Singapore Regional Chapter

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!

2017 Annual General Meeting

14 June 2017

The 2017 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of ISPOR Singapore Chapter was held on 14 June 2017 at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore during which the new chapter leadership was announced.

Prof. John Lee as President (second from the right); Michael Lim as Vice President (fifth from the left); Melisa Tan as Secretary (third from the right); Dr. Indira Umareddy Treasury (third from the left, front)

2017 Meeting Minutes

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