Workshop: Evidence and Ethics in Healthcare

Director of Health and Social Sciences (HSS) Cluster at Singapore Institute of Technology. Prof Alan has a long and distinguished career as a clinician, manager and academic. He leads the professionalism and ethics strand of the HSS allied health programmes. He is a member of the Allied Health Professions Council.

A/Prof Shamala Thilarajah trained as a physiotherapist specialising in neurological rehabilitation in Sydney and London before returning home to Singapore in 2012.

A/Prof Thilarajah has worked across acute to community sectors over 19 years of clinical experience and is currently a Senior Principal Physiotherapist at the Singapore General Hospital. At present, A/Prof Thilarajah leads several stroke improvement projects at an institutional and cluster level. She also holds a part-time position with the MOH Chief Allied Health Officer’s Office as one of the leads for the Community Rehabilitation Transformation Workgroup as well as at the Singapore Institute of Technology.

In 2020, A/Prof Thilarajah was one of the 2 Singaporeans who were selected as a World Stroke Organisation Future Leader. She is a passionate advocate for people with stroke and other disabilities and believes in equal access to social participation for people with disabilities. She is the current elected President of the Singapore National Stroke Association.