NTU Singapore’s centre designated as World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre to promote digital health and education

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore is poised to shape the future of digital health and education on a global scale in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO). The University’s Centre for Population Health Sciences (CePHaS), hosted by Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) has been designated as WHO’s first Collaborating Centre for digital health and education.

Led by LKCMedicine Associate Professor Josip Car, director of NTU's CePHaS, the Centre will work with the WHO to look into how digital health and health education tools and mobile solutions can be used to boost the learning capacity and core competencies of health workers worldwide.

Professor Ling San, NTU Provost and Vice President (Academic), said, “For CePHaS to be named an official WHO Collaborating Centre is a testament to the expertise of our professors at NTU's LKCMedicine, and the trusted relationship we have built with the WHO in the last few years. NTU is very proud of the impactful research and innovation spearheaded by our professors and scholars in medical education, and new technologies such as artificial intelligence and 3D-printing. These disruptive technologies are transforming conventional health care as we know it today, with telemedicine, wearable medical devices and other innovations. NTU welcomes this opportunity to work with the WHO to ensure that the world's health care workforce is prepared for the challenges that lie ahead.”