AProf Yew Yoong Ding
A/Prof Yew Yoong Ding
Senior Consultant, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Tan Tock Seng HospitalExecutive Director and Lead Scientist, Geriatric Education & Research Institute
A/Prof Ding is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Geriatric Medicine at Tan Tock Seng Hospital and Executive Director & Lead Scientist at the Geriatric Education & Research Institute (GERI). He holds appointments as Clinical Associate Professor at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU.
A/Prof Ding obtained postgraduate degrees in public health and research methodology from Australia and the United Kingdom, and completed health services research fellowships at VA Bedford in Massachusetts and ICES in Toronto. His research spans geriatric care models, frailty, intrinsic capacity, and geriatric syndromes, with a methodological focus on quantitative methods, implementation science, and policy research. He oversees effectiveness and implementation studies aimed at improving care for older persons across health system and community settings, with a particular emphasis on bridging the evidence-to-practice gap.