Singapore Regional Chapter

Chapter Activities

Advanced Modelling Techniques in Health Technology Assessments and Real-World Evidence Generation

26-27 February 2019

ISPOR Singapore Chapter held courses on Advanced Modelling Techniques in Health Technology Assessments (HTA) and Real-World Evidence Generation on 26-27 of February 2019 lead by expert Professor J. Jaime Caro. 

Courses included:

Tuesday, 26 February (Focus: Health Technology Assessment)

• Introduction to modelling for HTA
• Discretely integrated Condition Event (DICE)

Wednesday, 27 February (Focus: Real-World Data)

• Simulation to address missing head-to-head clinical trials
• SAVES-Simulation techniques to improve the efficiency of post-marketing registries

New Executive Committee Team for ISPOR-S 2018-2019

21 September 2018

On 21st September, ISPOR-S held their AGM and elected the new executive committee team for ISPOR-S 2018-19.

The new members of the Executive Committee are:

-        Assistant Professor Wee Hwee-Lin as President

-        Dr John Tayu Lee as Immediate Past President

-        Ms (Viva) Yan Ma as Vice President

-        Ms Caitlin Asjes as Treasurer

-        Mr Brandon Chua as Secretary

Chapter Activities 

ISPOR-S 2018 Educational workshop series

Evidence synthesis: systematic review, meta-analysis & network meta-analysis 26 May 2018

News! Ten ISPOR Singapore Chapter members attended this one-day workshop led by Dr. David Wu.

The workshop covered four areas:

1. Impetus for systematic reviews and meta-analysis;
2. Basic steps to perform a quantitative systematic review;
3. Statistical methods of MA/NMA;
4. Hands-on of MA/NMA using statistical software.

There was a good mix of participants’ profile. The workshop included a practical session to reinforce the concepts of meta-analysis and network meta-analysis. Dr. Wu facilitated the session that allowed interaction between facilitator and participants. We thank Dr. Wu and all participants for spending their time on a weekend with us!

2018 Educational workshop series - Evidence synthesis: systematic review, meta-analysis & network meta-analysis 26 May 2018

News! Ten ISPOR-S members attended this one-day workshop led by Dr David Wu. The workshop covered four areas:

1. Impetus for systematic reviews and meta-analysis;
2. Basic steps to perform a quantitative systematic review;Statistical methods of MA/NMA;
3. Hands-on of MA/NMA using statistical software.

There was a good mix of participants’ profile. The workshop included a practical session to reinforce the concepts of meta-analysis and network meta-analysis. Dr Wu had facilitated the session that allowed interaction between facilitator and participants. We thank Dr Wu and all participants for spending their time on a we