Centre for Health Sciences Research & Innovation (CHeSRI)

Professor Alan Wong
Cluster Director
Health and Social Sciences

Welcome to the Centre of Health Sciences Research and Innovation (CHeSRI).

The CHeSRI is set up within the Health and Social Sciences Cluster in 2017, as a strategic initiative to consolidate all health and social sciences research activities within the University. Since 2011, the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) has been offering health sciences programmes, particularly nursing and allied health.

SIT became the 5th autonomous public university in 2014. In 2016, the new university launched the pre-registration allied health programmes of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, diagnostic radiography and radiation therapy. The university has grown its health and social sciences faculty strength, from fewer than three to today’s more than 40 members whose expertise includes various allied health specialties and basic sciences. One of our strategic directions is to develop a coherent applied research agenda that aims to demonstrate clinical effectiveness of allied health and nursing services, improve patient care and promotes healthy living, including healthy ageing.

We invite scholars and researchers who have interest in health sciences to collaborate with us in applied research. There is also opportunity to work with students in their Honours research projects. In these pages you will also see the resources available at our University to support applied research. We hope you find our website helpful.

Best wishes
Prof Alan Wong

Showcase

Study finds stroke survivors inactivity extend beyond a lack of motivation

The Study team looked at barriers to physical activity faced by 38 stroke survivors from the Singapore National Stroke Association (SNSA), from June 2019 to December 2019.

ʋArm, the VR Armskate Rehab Device

In partnership with METTA’s Day Rehabilitation Centre for the Elderly, our team of faculty and students aims to design an arm-skate device that infuses gamification, to motivate post-stroke survivors to regain their upper limb mobility through rehabilitation.

A Smart Knee Brace to Assist Elderly in Sit-to-Stand Tasks

For many seniors, prolonged sitting or bed rest can lead to weakness in their quadriceps muscles, making it harder for them to perform basic daily tasks, such as sit-to-stand (STS) movements.

Healthcare provider wearing RFID tag standing in close proximity activates the RFID reminder indicator and captures identify of healthcare provider

RFID-based Reminder System to Improve Infection Control Compliance

Adherence to the five moments of hand hygiene is required by healthcare professionals while attending to their patients.

Second generation prototype – the use of piston vacuum pump

Portable Medical-Grade Suctioning Device

Airway suctioning devices can be lifesaving during critical situations.

Final Report Presentation at Kingmaker Consultancy Pte Ltd.

Video Game Repository for Parents

A study, conducted by Choo et. al. (2010), showed that approximately 9% of video gamers in Singapore, the fifth highest in the world, demonstrate pathological symptoms.

Projects

External Grant

FY	Title	Co-I	Funding Agency	Duration (Mths)
2017	Bio-Inspired hip protector based on the exoskeleton of mantis shrimp	Benjamin Soon	MOE (TIF)	24
2016	Do Physical Functions in Nursing Home Residents Change During Their Stay	Alan Wong	Agency for Integrated Care Pte Ltd (AIC)	18

SIT Ignition Grant

FY	Title	PI	Co-I	Duration (Mths)
2018	Integrated Rehabilitation Parallel Bars and Staircases	Meredith Yeung		12
2018	Virtual Reality Mobility Training (VRMT) For Physiotherapy	Benjamin Soon		12
2017	Automated Multi-Objective Nurse Scheduling System		Chen Xiaorong Mary	12
	Scam Prevention	Jiow Hee Jhee		12
	How computer gaming affects the brain health of post-stroke patients?	Wong Boon Seng	Andy Lee Tim Xu Angela Papadimitriou	12
2016	Arm Skate Rehab Device for Post-Stroke Exercise		Tim Xu	12
	Protection Motivation Theory-Based Digital Media Security Programmes	Jiow Hee Jhee		12
	Hand Hygiene Reminder and Monitoring System		Genedine Lim	12
2015	Improving access to private ambulances - a health services-centric study		Eric Chua	12
2015	Video Game Repository for Parents	Jiow Hee Jhee		12

SIT Cluster Seed Grant

FY	Title	PI	Co-I	Duration (Mths)
FY18 – August Grant Call	Understanding capabilities, opportunities and motivation to reduce sitting time and sedentary behaviour in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease post-exacerbation	Muhammad Rahizan Zainuldin	Mark Anthony Chan	12
	A Qualitative Study to Explore the Attitudes, Behaviours and Experiences of Commuters on Shared Paths (SP) in Singapore	Jade Soh	Alan Wong	12
	The normal width of the linea alba in a Singaporean nulliparous population	Edwina Rigby	Tarek Mohamad Mohamad Abdelkader	12
	An exploration of muscle activation pattern during inverted row exercise	Edwin Lim	Alan Wong	12
	Factors affecting exercise adherence in older people with a risk of falling in Singapore	Bernadine Teng		12
FY18 – May Grant Call	The Lived Professional Identities of New Nursing Graduates across the Boundaries of Communities of Practice	Mary Chen Xiaorong		12
	Annual Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Survey (AMPS)	Anthony Goff	Jason Choi Benjamin Soon Edwina Rigby	12
	A warning, assisting and reminding mobile application (WARMA) for active mobility, safe traffic environment in the community-dwelling older adults	Yeh Ting Ting	Kent Lam (ICT)	12
	Age-Specific Normative Reference Values for the Incremental Shuttle Walk Test in a Healthy Singaporean Population	Meredith Yeung	Clement Yan	12
	Incorporating Brain-Computer-Interface Games (BCI) to Cognitive Remediation for Persons With Schizophrenia-a Pilot Study	Tan Bhing Leet		12
	3D reconstruction of the knee joint and wrist joint using CT scan data followed by 3D printing of these joints	Ponnampalam Gopalakrishnakone	Ooi Chin Chin Desmond Chong (Eng)	12

Contact Us

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