JOANNE SU-YIN YOONG



JOANNE YOONG SU-YINJyoong@usc.edu, joanne.yoong@+(65)8332-7955UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Senior Economist, Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR)Director, CESR Washington DC and Singapore Collaborator, USC Behavioral Economics StudioNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPOREVisiting Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Center for Healthcare Innovation LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINEHonorary Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), Global Health, Faculty of Public Health and PolicyRAND CORPORATION Adjunct Economist RESEARCH FOR IMPACTFounder and PrincipalPAST EMPLOYMENT NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE- 2012-2018 Associate Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public HealthDirector, Center for Health Services and Policy ResearchRAND CORPORATION Summer Intern, 2007, Associate Economist, 2008-2011; Full Economist - 2011-2012Associate Director, Center for Financial and Economic Decision Making 2010-2012Faculty, Pardee RAND Graduate SchoolRAND Health Investment Award, 2010GOLDMAN SACHS AND COMPANY 1998-2002Fixed Income and Credit Derivatives Analyst 2000-2002, Summer Intern, 1998, 1999ACADEMIC HISTORY STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Ph.D, ECONOMICS 2008 Starr Foundation Fellowship (1 of 2) 2006/7, 2007/8, Starr Foundation Dissertation Travel Grant (2007)Stanford International Economic Policy Research Shultz RA Fellowship (1 of 3), 2005-2006 Stanford University Department of Economics Graduate Fellowship, 2002-2003Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Stanford University, 2003 & 2004PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, A.B. ECONOMICS 2000 Summa Cum Laude (Departmental Highest Honors), Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society Certificate Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton-in-Beijing ProgramDBS Bank Scholarship (full tuition and stipend)SERVICE AND POLICY Founder, Research for Impact, 2019-presentBoard Member, Octava Foundation, 2019-presentCouncil Member, Economic Society of Singapore, 2019-presentResearch Advisory Council Member, HealthServe, 2018-present Advisory Council Member, Agency for Care Effectiveness, Singapore 2016-present Research Advisory Committee, Agency for Integrated Care, Singapore 2016-present Associate Editor, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2019-presentCouncil Member, Economic Society of Singapore Board Member, International Longevity Center, Singapore 2018-presentOECD/INFE Expert Research Committee, 2015-presentMember, Clinical Adoption Working Group for Precision Medicine, Singapore 2017-2018Member, National Diabetes Taskforce, Singapore 2016-2019 Member, National Cardiovascular Disease Taskforce, Singapore 2016-2018Advisory Committee, Healthcare Innovation Programme, National University of Singapore, 2016-2018EXCO, NUHS Women’s Leadership Group, 2017-2018Expert Advisory Panel, Diagnostics Development Hub, Singapore 2016-2017 Expert Advisor, Ministry of Health Citizen Jury on Diabetes, Singapore 2017Invited expert, Ministry of Health consultation on Eldershield Reform, Singapore 2017Director, APEC Asia Pacific Regional Capacity Building for Health Technology Assessment (ARCH) Initiative, 2013 Co-founder and co-chairperson, Singapore Health Economics Association, 2014- present3ie Impact Evaluation Expert, 2010-presentDirector, Behavioral Finance Forum 2010-2011CONFERENCES ORGANIZEDCurrent Innovations in Probability Weighted Household Survey Research, February 2019Organizing Committee, 1st Asian Workshop on Econometrics & Health Economics, 2018Raffles Dialogue 2017, 2018, Singapore (organizing committee)Behavioral Exchanges (BX2017) Singapore, 2017 (organizing committee)Frontiers of Behavioral Economics, Singapore, 2015 (conference chair, main organizer)Singapore Health Economics Association Conference, 2014, 2015 (conference chair, main organizer)Asia Pacific Regional Capacity Building for Health Technology Assessment (ARCH) Initiative, 2013 (conference chair, main organizer)RAND Behavioral Finance Forum 2011, Washington DC PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Chen et al (forthcoming) “Smoking, life expectancy and chronic disease in South Korea, Singapore, and the United States: a microsimulation model", Health EconomicsFrancisco Perez Arce, Lila Rabinovich, Anya Samek and Joanne Yoong (forthcoming) “The effect of informational prompts about survivor benefits for spouses on Social Security claim intentions”, Journal of Pension Economics and FinanceFrancisco Perez Arce, Lila Rabinovich, Anya Samek and Joanne Yoong (forthcoming), “Policy?Levers?to Reduce Social Security Shortfalls: Likely impact on benefit and behavior expectations”, Journal of Pension Economics and FinanceHewage,Sumali, Wu Shishi, Nithya Neelakanthan and Joanne Yoong (forthcoming) “A Systematic Review of Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Lifestyle Interventions to Improve Clinical Diabetes Outcome Measures in Women with a History of GDM”, Clinical Nutrition ESPENTyagi, S., Koh, G. C. H., Luo, N., Tan, K. B., Hoenig, H., Matchar, D. B., Joanne Yoong …Tan, C. S. (2019). “Dyadic approach to post-stroke hospitalizations: role of caregiver and patient characteristics”. BMC Neurology, 19(1), 267. S Molton,??Monica Chan,??Shirin Kalimuddin,??Jolene Oon,??Barnaby E Young,??Jenny G Low,??Brenda M A Salada,?Tau Hong Lee,??Limin Wijaya,??Dale A Fisher,??Ezlyn Izharuddin,??Tse Hsien Koh,??Jeanette W P Teo,??Prabha Unny Krishnan,?Bien Peng Tan,??Winston W L Woon,??Ying Ding,??Yuan Wei,??Rachel Phillips,??Rajesh Moorakonda,??Kah Hung Yuen,?Boon Piang Cher,??Joanne Yoong,??David C Lye and Sophia Archuleta (2019), “"Oral versus intravenous antibiotics for patients with Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess: a randomized controlled non-inferiority study” Clinical Infectious Diseases, doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz881. [Epub ahead of print]Zhou, Lihan & So, Jimmy & Kapoor, Ritika & Zhu, Feng & Zou, Ruiyang & Koh, Calvin & Rha, Sun & Chung, Hyun & Yoong, Joanne & Yap, Celestial & Rao, Jaideepraj & Chia, Chung-King & Tsao, Stephen & Shabbir, Asim & Lam, Kong-Peng & Hartman, Mikael & Yong, Wei & Too, Heng-Phon & Yeoh, Khay. (2019). “Prospective validation of a serum miRNA panel for early detection of gastric cancer” Journal of Clinical Oncology. 37. 4065-4065. 10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.4065. Yue, M., Dickens, Borame Sue Lee Dickens , Joanne Yoong, Chen I-Cheng Mark, Yot Teerawattananon and Alex Cook (2019), “Cost-effectiveness analysis for influenza vaccination coverage and timing in tropical and subtropical climate settings: a modelling study” Value in Health Yoong and Huiwen Huang (2019), “Applying Behavioural Insights to Youth Radicalisation”, Home Team Journal, April 2019, Issue 8Nurjono M, Shrestha P, Ang IYH, Shiraz F, Yoong JS, Toh SES, Vrijhoef HJM (2019) “Implementation Fidelity of a Strategy to Integrate Service Delivery: Learnings from a Transitional Care Program for Individuals with Complex Needs in Singapore”, BMC Health Services Research;19(1):177. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-3980-x.Chen, C, D. Park, E Kempson and Joanne Yoong, (2019) chapter, “Gender, Old Age and Economic Security in Asia” in Aging in Asia, ed. Phua Kai Hong, Goh Lee Gan and Yap Mui Teng, World Scientific PressCynthia Chen, Lim Jue Tao, Chia Ngee Choon, Lijia Wang, Bryan Tysinger, Julie Zissimopoulos, Chong Ming Zhe, Wang Zhe, Gerald Koh, Yuan Jian-Min, Kelvin Bryan Tan, Chia Kee Seng, Alex Richard Cook, Rahul Malhotra, Angelique Chan, Stefan Ma, Tze Pin Ng, Woon-Puay Koh, Dana Goldman and Joanne Yoong (2019) “The Long-Term Impact of Functional Disability on Hospitalization Spending in Singapore”, Journal of the Economics of Aging, J, Alonso S, Chan CW, Clement MV, Lim LHK, Archuleta S (2019) “What Does It Take To Spur Investment in Gender Equity in the Health and Biomedical Sector? A Perspective from Singapore”, Lancet, Feb 9;393(10171):e21-e22. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32096-8Png, ME, Yoong, J, Ong, C., Fisher, D and Bagdasarian N (2019) A Screening Strategy for Latent Tuberculosis in Healthcare Workers: Cost-effectiveness and Budget Impact of Universal versus Targeted Screening, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Feb 21:1-9. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.334.Shorey, S., Gandhi, M, Ng, Y. P. M., Siew, A. L., Yoong, J., & M?relius, E. (2019), Effectiveness of a technology-based supportive educational parenting program on parental outcomes in Singapore: A randomized controlled trial, Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(2):e10816. doi: 10.2196/10816.Chen, C., Cervero Liceras, F., Flasche, S., Sidharta, S., Yoong, J., Sundaram, N., & Jit, M. (2018). Effect and cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination: a global modelling analysis. The Lancet Global Health, 7(1), e58-e67.Lin, L., Teng G.G., Lim, A., Yoong, J., Zethraeus, N. and Wee HL (2018) “Cost-effectiveness of an adherence-enhancing intervention for gout based on real-world data”, International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, (early view)Tikki Pang, John EL Wong, Yap Seng Chong, Joanne Yoong and Helena Legido Quigley (2018). “Third Raffles Dialogue on Human Wellbeing and Security: a marathon, not a sprint”, The Lancet, 392: 10165, P2664-2665.Shilpa Tyagi, Gerald Choon-Huat Koh, Luo Nan, Kelvin Bryan Tan, Helen Hoenig, David B. Matchar, Joanne Yoong, Eric A. Finkelstein, Kim En Lee, N. Venketasubramanian, Edward Menon, Kin Ming Chan, Deidre Anne De Silva, Philip Yap, Boon Yeow Tan, Effie Chew, Sherry H. Young, Yee Sien Ng, Tian Ming Tu, Yan Hoon Ang, Keng Hee Kong, Rajinder Singh, Reshma A. Merchant, Hui Meng Chang, Tseng Tsai Yeo, Chou Ning, Angela Cheong, Yu Li Ng and Chuen Seng Tan (2018) “Healthcare utilization and cost trajectories post-stroke: role of caregiver and stroke factors” BMC Health Services Research, 18:881 M, Yoong J, Yap P, Wee SL, Vrijhoef HMJ. (2018) Implementation of Integrated Care in Singapore: A Complex Adaptive System Perspective. International Journal of Integrated Care.;18(4):4. DOI:?, Lydia, Lim Wei-Yen and Joanne Yoong, (2018) chapter, “The Singapore Healthcare System”, in Resilient and People Centered Health Systems: Progress, Challenges and Future Directions in Asia, eds. Nima Asgari and Helena Legido Quigley, WHO Asian Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. Tyagi S, Koh GC, Luo N, Tan KB, Hoenig H, Matchar DB, Yoong J, Finkelstein EA, Lee KE, Venketasubramanian N, Menon E, Chan KM, De Silva DA, Yap P, Tan BY, Chew E, Young SH, Ng YS, Tu TM, Ang YH, Kong KH, Singh R, Merchant RA, Chang HM, Yeo TT, Ning C, Cheong A, Ng YL, Tan CS (2018) “Can caregivers report their care recipients' post-stroke hospitalizations and outpatient visits accurately? Findings of an Asian prospective stroke cohort (2018) .BMC Health Services Research, 25;18(1):817. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3634-4.Rogofsky, David; Chard, Richard;Yoong, J. (2018). Insight into the Earned Income Tax Credit and Tax-Advantaged Retirement Savings. Social Security Bulletin, 78(2). Sundaram, N., Duckett, K., Yung, C. F., Thoon, K. C., Sidharta, S., Venkatachalam, I., … Yoong, J. (2018). “I wouldn’t really believe statistics” – Challenges with influenza vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers in Singapore. Vaccine. , S. D., Yin, J. D.-C., Yoong, J. S.-Y., & Khan, M. S. (2018). High use of private providers for first healthcare seeking by drug-resistant tuberculosis patients: A cross-sectional study in Yangon, Myanmar. BMC Health Services Research, 18(1). , S., Ng, Y. P. M., Siew, A. L., Yoong, J., & M?relius, E. (2018). Effectiveness of a Technology-Based Supportive Educational Parenting Program on Parental Outcomes in Singapore: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 7(1), e4. , M. E., Yoong, J., Chen, C., Tan, C. S., Tai, E. S., Khoo, E. Y., & Wee, H. L. (2018). Risk factors and direct medical cost of early versus late unplanned readmissions among diabetes patients at a tertiary hospital in Singapore. Current Medical Research and Opinion, 1–19. , M. E., Yoong, J., Tan, C. S., & Chia, K. S. (2018). Excess Hospitalization Expenses Attributable to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Singapore. Value in Health Regional Issues, 15. , M., Shrestha, P., Lee, A., Lim, X. Y., Shiraz, F., Tan, S., …Yoong, J & Vrijhoef, H. J. M. (2018). Realist evaluation of a complex integrated care programme: Protocol for a mixed methods study. BMJ Open, 8(3). , S. S., Singh, S. R., Chi, C., Chan, J. K. Y., Yew, T. W., Han, W. M., & Yoong, J. (2018). Health care providers’ perceptions of responsibilities and resources to reduce Type 2 diabetes risk after gestational diabetes mellitus. Clinical Diabetes, 36(2). , J. H., Lee, C. K., Lee, H. K., Wong, N., Teo, K., Tan, C. S., … Yoong, J. (2018). Cost-benefit analysis of introducing next-generation sequencing (metagenomic) pathogen testing in the setting of pyrexia of unknown origin. PLoS ONE, 13(4). , C., Khan, M. S., Yoong, J., Lin, X., & Coker, R. J. (2017). Financial barriers and coping strategies: a qualitative study of accessing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and tuberculosis care in Yunnan, China. BMC Public Health, 17(1), 1–11. , J., Chard, R. E., & Rogofsky, D. (2017). Using Informatics to Examine How Knowledge Influences Retirement Savings Behavior. In Proceedings of The 8th International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics (IMCIC 2017) (pp. 257–262).Chard, R. E., Rogofsky, D., & Yoong, J. (2017). Wealthy or Wise?: How Knowledge Influences Retirement Savings Behavior. Journal of Behavioral and Social Sciences, 4, 8899.Sundaram, N., James, R., Sreynimol, U., Linda, P., Yoong, J., Saly, S., and Khan, M. S. (2017). A strong TB programme embedded in a developing primary healthcare system is a lose-lose situation: Insights from patient and community perspectives in Cambodia. Health Policy and Planning, 32, ii32-ii42. , N., Chen, C., Yoong, J., Luvsan, M.-E., Fox, K., Sarankhuu, A.andJit, M. (2017). Cost-effectiveness of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Mongolia. Vaccine, 35(7), 1055–1063. , T., Legido-Quigley, H., Yoong, J. S.-Y., Chong, Y. S., Yeoh, K. G., Koh, D. R., and Wong, J. E.-L. (2017). Second Raffles Dialogue on Human Well-Being and Security. The Lancet. (17)32706-XKoh, J. J. K., Reinert, M. G., Chuah, F. L. H., Yoong, J. S.-Y., Cervero-Liceras, F., Haldane, V., and Legido-Quigley, H. (2017). Singapore’s Role and Contribution in Health Globally: A Qualitative Study Exploring Perspectives of Global Health Actors in Southeast Asia. Asian Journal of Public Affairs, 10(1). , M. S., Hutchison, C., Coker, R. J., Yoong, J., Hane, K. M., Innes, A. L., Aung, S. (2017). Preventing emergence of drug resistant tuberculosis in Myanmar’s transitioning health system. Health Policy and Planning, 32, ii43-ii50. , M. S., Schwanke-Khilji, S., Yoong, J., Tun, Z. M., Watson, S., & Coker, R. J. (2017). Large funding inflows, limited local capacity and emerging disease control priorities: A situational assessment of tuberculosis control in Myanmar. Health Policy and Planning, 32. , M. S., Ning, Y., Jinou, C., Hutchison, C., Yoong, J., Lin, X., & Coker, R. J. (2017). Are global tuberculosis control targets overlooking an essential indicator? Prolonged delays to diagnosis despite high case detection rates in Yunnan, China. Health Policy and Planning, 32, ii15-ii21. , R., Khim, K., Boudarene, L., Yoong, J., Phalla, C., Saint, S., and Khan, M. S. (2017). Tuberculosis active case finding in Cambodia: A pragmatic, cost-effectiveness comparison of three implementation models. BMC Infectious Diseases, 17(1). , B. P., Chen, C., & Yoong, J. (2017). Prevalence-based, disease-specific estimate of the social cost of smoking in Singapore. BMJ Open, 7(4). , J. H., Ma, S., Heng, D., Yoong, J., Lim, W. Y., Toh, S. A., & Loh, T. P. (2017). Impact of analytical and biological variations on classification of diabetes using fasting plasma glucose, oral glucose tolerance test and HbA1c. Scientific Reports, 7(1). , N., Jit, M., Cox, S., Yoong, J., & Hutubessy, R. C. W. (2017). Capturing Budget Impact Considerations Within Economic Evaluations: A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations of Rotavirus Vaccine in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and a Proposed Assessment Framework. PharmacoEconomics, 1–12. , M. E., Yoong, J., Phan, T. P., & Wee, H. L. (2016). Current and future economic burden of diabetes among working-age adults in Asia: Conservative estimates for Singapore from 2010-2050 BMC Public Health, 16(1). , M., Yoong, J., Tun, Z. M., & Coker, R. (2016). Implementing health policy and systems research in Myanmar. The Lancet, 387(10020), 749–750. (16)00329-9Khan, M. S., Guan, B. Y., Audimulam, J., Cervero Liceras, F., Coker, R. J., & Yoong, J. (2016). Economic interventions to improve population health: A scoping study of systematic reviews. BMC Public Health, 16(1). , S. H., Carvalho, L. S., Smith, J. P., & Yoong, J. (2016). Financial Education Interventions Targeting Immigrants and Children of Immigrants: Results from a Randomized Control Trial. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 50(2), 263–285. , S. E., Wah, L. J., Khim, J. S. G., Yoong, J., Lim, R. B. T., & Seng, C. K. (2015). A Study on the Comprehensive and Integrated Workplace Safety and Health Services in Singapore. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 57(9), 958–964. , A. L., Yoong, J., Kasim, J., Ciccone, G., Khim, J. G., & Tambyah, P. A. (2015). Is measles IgG testing for healthcare providers cost-effective? Results from seroprevalence studies of healthcare providers in a tertiary public hospital with a large foreign-born workforce. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 36(12), 1468–1470. , M., Hutubessy, R., Png, M. E., Sundaram, N., Audimulam, J., Salim, S., & Yoong, J. (2015). The broader economic impact of vaccination: Reviewing and appraising the strength of evidence. BMC Medicine, 13(1). , D., Yoong, J., & Hubertus, J. V. (2015). Telephone support and adherence in patients with chronic disease; a qualitative review of reviews. Smart Homecare Technology and TeleHealth, 3, 107. , A., Mahajan, A., Blackburn, B., Kopf, D., Krishnan, L., & Yoong, J. (2014). Micro-loans, insecticide-treated bednets, and malaria: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Orissa, India. American Economic Review, 104(7), 1909–1941. , M. E., & Yoong, J. S. Y. (2014). Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of lifestyle modification versus metformin therapy for the prevention of diabetes in Singapore. PLoS ONE, 9(9). , M., Anthony, C. R., Lim, Y. W., Jones, S. S., Overton, A., & Yoong, J. K. (2014). The Future of Health Care in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq: Toward an Effective, High-Quality System with an Emphasis on Primary Care. Rand Health Quarterly, 4(2), 1. Retrieved from , A., Hung, A., Kapteyn, A., Lusardi, A., Samek, A. S., & Yoong, J. (2014). Five steps to planning success: Experimental evidence from US households. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 30(4), 697–724. , J., Phillips, R., Gandhi, M., Yoong, J., Lye, D., Tan, T. T., … Archuleta, S. (2013). Oral versus intravenous antibiotics for patients with Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 14(1). , A. M., de Bruin, W. B., Yoong, J., & Willis, R. (2012). Inappropriate Confidence and Retirement Planning: Four Studies with a National Sample. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 25(4), 382–389. , N. E., Kopf, D., Spreng, C. P., Yoong, J., & Sood, N. (2012). Healthy firms: Constraints to growth among private health sector facilities in Ghana and Kenya. PLoS ONE, 7(2). , J. (2011). Financial Illiteracy and Stock Market Participation. In Financial Literacy: Implications for Retirement Security and the Financial Marketplace. , N., Burger, N., Yoong, J., Kopf, D., & Spreng, C. (2011). Firm-level perspectives on public sector engagement with private healthcare providers: Survey evidence from Ghana and Kenya. PLoS ONE, 6(11). , D., Yamey, G., Visconti, A., Harding, A., & Yoong, J. (2011). Where do poor women in developing countries give birth? a multi-country analysis of Demographic and health survey data. PLoS ONE, 6(2). , P. K., Tarozzi, A., Mahajan, A., Yoong, J., Krishnan, L., Kopf, D., & Blackburn, B. G. (2011). High prevalence of Wuchereria bancrofti infection as detected by immunochromatographic card testing in five districts of Orissa, India, previously considered to be non-endemic. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 105(2), 109–114. , J., Burger, N., Spreng, C., & Sood, N. (2010). Private sector participation and health system performance in sub-saharan Africa. PLoS ONE, 5(10). , A., Mahajan, A., Yoong, J., & Blackburn, B. (2009). Commitment mechanisms and compliance with health-protecting behavior: Preliminary evidence from Orissa, India. American Economic Review, 99(2), 231–235. REPORTS, POLICY BRIEFS AND WORKING PAPERS Joanne Yoong, Kata Mihaly, Sebastian Bauhoff, Lila Rabinovich, Angela Hung, and Elaine Kempson (2013)” A Toolkit for the Evaluation of Financial Capability Programs in Low and Middle Income Countries”, World Bank “A Return on Investment Analysis for the Yellow Ribbon Fund”, lead investigator (with Oliver Yuen and John Ham,NUS), report for project commissioned by SCORE, Singapore “Quicksand or Bedrock for Behavioral Economics: Assessing Foundational Empirical Questions” (with Victor Stango and Jonathan Zinman, NBER Working Paper No. 23625; previously“The Quest for Parsimony in Behavioral Economics: New Methods and Evidence on Three Fronts)Joanne Yoong, Lila Rabinovich, Tania Gutsche and Arie Kapteyn (2016) “What do People Know about Social Security?”, CESR Working Paper Joanne Yoong and Lila Rabinovich (2016) “How do People Want to Learn About Social Security?” , CESR Working Paper“The Productivity Impact of Workplace Safety and Health Interventions in Singapore: Smoking Cessation, Ergonomics and Weight Management Programs” (with Cheng Yue Pan), chapter in “Final Report on Integrated Workplace Safety and Health” National University of Singapore, 2013“Outcome Evaluation of U.S. Department of State Support for the Global Methane Initiative” Nicholas Burger, Noreen Clancy, Yashodhara Rana, Rena Rudavsky, Aimee E. Curtright, Francisco Perez-Arce, Joanne K. Yoong, RAND Technical Report 1250, 2013 “Indonesia - Evaluation of the urban community driven development program: Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Mandiri Perkotaan (PNPM-Urban)” 2013. World Bank Policy Note (with Baker, Judy, Burger, Nicholas, Glick, Peter; Perez-Arce, Francisco, Rabinovich, Lila, Sikoki, Bondan, Suriastini, Wayan, Alfah, Dani, Schuler, Nina,Dwiyani, Risye, Hermissari, Evi, Sari, Kumala,Shah, Fatima, Soraya, George and Trohanis, Zoe) , RAND Restricted Draft, 2012 “The impact of economic resource transfers to women versus men: a systematic review” (with Lila Rabinovich and Stephanie Diepeveen), Technical report. London: EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, 2012“Empowering Women Through Financial Awareness” (with Angela Hung and Elizabeth Brown), OECD Working Papers on Finance, Insurance and Private Pensions, No. 14, 2012“"Do Risk Disclosures Affect Investment Choice?", (with Angela A. Hung and Aileen Heinberg), RAND WP-733 2010“Long-term financial incentives and investment in daughters : evidence from conditional cash transfers in north India” (with Nistha Sinha) World Bank Policy Research Working Paper WPS 4860 Fertility and women’s labor force participation in a low-income rural economy, (with Matthias Lundberg and Nistha Sinha), conference paper, T.P Schultz Festschrift, 2010"Building Up, Spending Down: Financial Literacy, Retirement Savings Management, and Decumulation," (with Angela A. Hung, Erik Meijer and Kata Mihaly), RAND WP-712, 2009"Defining and Measuring Financial Literacy," (with Angela Hung & Andrew Parker) RAND WP-708IN PROGRESS “Cost-Benefit and Return on Investment Analysis for Kidstart”, thematic lead (with Robyn Mildon (overall evaluation PI), Center for Evidence and Implementation), for ECDA, Singapore “Attitudes, Altruism and Saving: A Randomized Trial of Youth Financial Education in China” (with Luz Salas and Daniel Shepard) “Management Quality in Singapore Hospitals” (with Nicholas Bloom, Renata Lemos and Daniela Scur)“Successful Implementation of Surgical Safety Interventions in A Singapore Hospital”, (with Francisco Cervero, Sandhya Mujumdar and Sophia Ang)TEACHINGUNDERGRADUATE TEACHINGStanford University: Development Policy and PracticeNUS: SPH 3103 Public Health Economics, SPH 2103 Health Systems and PolicyGEK 1000 Public Health In ActionGRADUATE TEACHINGYong Loo Lin School of Medicine: Pharmacoeconomics Combined Teaching Sessions 2015-2017 SUPERVISIONPostdoctoral Research Fellows: Wang Yi (NUS), Cynthia Chen (USC), Neisha Sundaram (NUS), Yang Fan (NUS), Gayatri Kembhavi-Tam (NUS)PhD Students : Png May Ee,(NUS), Sumali Hewage (NUS), Elizabeth Brown(PRGS), Sara Outcault (PRGS)PhD Committee Member: Saw Htay Wah (PRGS), Yang Fan, Wang Chengna, Ritika Kapoor (NUS), Neisha Sundaram (Swiss TPH) MSc /MPH Students : Divya Subramaniam, Cher Boon Piang, Safiyah Salim, Susan Artan Chen, Chen Yue Pan, Chua Jia Ni, Bernie Guan, Chittamuru Sankeerth Reddy (NUS)EXECUTIVE EDUCATION SESSIONS LED BY INVITATIONCommunication of Health Risks, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore 2019Behavioral Economics for Finance Practitioners, Accenture Singapore and Malaysia 2019Behavioral Economics and Securities Regulation, Second Workshop, IOSCO Asia Pacific Hub, 2018LKY-MAS Regulators Workshop – Behavioral Economics for Financial Regulators, 2018Health Economics, Singapore Public Health and Occupational Medicine Conference, Singapore 2018EPF Malaysia, Behavioral Insights Workshop, Malaysia 2018MAS Public Policy Workshop, Singapore 2018Health Economics, Global Conference for Integrated Care, Singapore 2018Behavioral Insights and Policy Design, Civil Service College, Singapore 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019Program Evaluation and Behavioral Economics, Civil Service College, Singapore, 2015Behavioral Economics and Environmental Policy Design, National Environment Agency LEAP Program, Singapore 2015, 2016,2017Behavioral Economics and Securities Regulation, Securities Commission Malaysia, 2016, 2017Behavioral Economics and Securities Regulation, Inaugural Workshop, IOSCO Asia Pacific Hub, 2017Health Technology Assessment Implementation Science Workshop, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 2017Social Impact Measurement, Destination Good, AirAsia ASEAN Conference on Social Enterprise 2015Behavioral Economics from Design to Evaluation, Singapore Public Health and Occupational Medicine Conference, 2015Social Marketing for Financial Education, OECD-INFE Summit, 2015Duke-NUS Modern Aging Workshop, Health Systems and Aging, 2015Singapore Palliative Care Conference Invited Workshop, “Health Economics and Palliative Care” 2014Behavioral Economics in Health, Singapore Public Health and Occupational Medicine Conference, 2014World Bank-USC Invited Workshop on Measuring Financial Capability & The Effectiveness of Interventions, University of Malaya, Invited Speaker 20143ie-ADB Impact Evaluation conference, invited workshop on program evaluation, September 2014Expert Facilitator, Workshop on “Health and Inequality” 8th MGS Regional Youth Conference 2014Economic Evaluation Workshop, Singapore Public Health and Occupational Medicine Conference 2013EXECUTIVE EDUCATION/WORKSHOPS INITIATED AND LED Health Services Research and Health Technology Assessment, National Cancer Institute Singapore, 2017Socioeconomic Analysis for Policymakers, AVA, Singapore 2016Health Technology Assessment and Cost Effectiveness Analysis, National University Hospital Singapore, 2015USAID-LSHTM-NUS, Fundamentals of Economic Evaluation for TB Programs, Myanmar, 2014LSHTM-NUS, Fundamentals of Economic Evaluation for TB Programs, Cambodia, November 2014Asia Pacific Regional Capacity Building for Health Technology Assessment Workshop, Manila, 2014Asia Pacific Regional Capacity Building for Health Technology Assessment Workshop, Bali, 2014World Bank Russian Trust Fund on Financial Literacy and Education Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop, South Africa, October 2011World Bank Russian Trust Fund on Financial Literacy and Education Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop, Montevideo, Uruguay, October 4-5, 2010INVITED PANELS AND KEYNOTE ADDRESSES Keynote, OECD-SEBON Meeting on Financial Inclusion, Kathmandu, Nepal 2019Panel presentation, OECD-G20 Meeting on Finance and Aging, Paris 2019Panel speaker, OECD-G20 Meeting on Financial Inclusion, Paris 2019Panel speaker, Center for Health Innovation launch conference , Singapore 2019Singapore Health and Biomedical Conference, Singapore 2018Financial Planning Association of Malaysia Annual Conference, 2018Singapore HPB-RHS Workshop on Nudging for Population Health, 2018Health and Retirement in Singapore, Actuarial Society of Singapore 2017NUHS-Fred Hutchinson Symposium on Cancer Care, 2017Singapore-Malaysia Public Health and Occupational Medicine Conference, 2017Icons of Healthcare Singapore 2017 Singapore Molecular Diagnostics Symposium 2017 – NGS in Healthcare Global Emerging Markets Regulatory Conference (GEMRC) 2017 ISPOR 7th Annual Asia Pacific Conference 2016 (3 panel presentations)The International Conference on the Modernisation of Chinese Medicine , Singapore, 2016WHO Center for Health Development Meeting on Research for Policy Innovations for UHC and Aging Populations: panelist, “Research for Sustainable Planning and Coherent Policies for UHC and aging”, Kobe, Japan 2015Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, panelist: “Information Technology and Healthcare in Singapore”, 2015NUS-Cambridge Symposium, “Behavioral Economics and Infectious Disease”, Singapore 2015World Health Summit, “Behavioral Economics and Medication Adherence“, Berlin 2015Panelist on Stratified Medicine and Behavior, Singapore Public Health and Occupational Medicine Conference, 2015Persidangan Kebangsaan Perkhidmatan Kardiologi, Kuantan (National Conference on Cardiology), Malaysia, 2015Tsao Foundation –NCWP Conference on Financial Security for Older Persons, Manila 2015Tsao Foundation – PPSW Meeting on Gender and Old-Age Security, Jakarta 2015IOSCO/IEFE Roundtable on Behavioral Economics, May 2015 Citi-Tsao Multipartite Regional Meeting on Gender and Old Age Security, January 2015Indonesia Financial Services Authority conference, invited keynote, November 2014ARCH Conference on HTA and Tobacco Control in the Asia Pacific, November 2014Citi Financial Times Financial Literacy Symposium, closing panel speaker, November 2014Hong Kong Investor Education Commission, invited keynote speaker, November 2014Tsao Foundation Invited Expert Consultation on the State of Aging in Singapore, 2014Duke NUS Health Services & Systems Research Modeling Symposium, Invited Panel Speaker, 2014OECD-High Level Symposium on Financial Capability, Seoul, Korea, Keynote Speaker “Behavioral Economics and Long Term Savings and Investments”2014OECD-High Level Symposium, Seoul, Korea, Invited Keynote Speaker 2014Agency for Integrated Care, Singapore, Learning Forum, talk entitled “Economic Evaluation of Adherence to Supervised Therapy in? Post-Stroke Patients”, 2013 Ministry of Health, Singapore Invited Lecture Series, Presenter 2013, talk entitled “Economic Evaluation of Adherence to Supervised Therapy in? Post-Stroke Patients” Citi-FT Conference on Financial Education in Asia, Hong Kong, Invited Speaker, 2013College of Alice and Peter Tan Roundtable Discussion, Invited Speaker, 2013India-OECD-World Bank Regional Conference on Financial Education, New Delhi, 2013, Invited SpeakerOECD-World Bank Conference on Financial Capability in Africa and the Middle East, Kenya 2013, Invited SpeakerOECD-Bank of Italy Symposium on Financial Literacy: Improving Financial Education Efficiency, Rome, 9 June 2010, Speaker: Title: “Making Financial Education More Effective: Lessons From Behavioural Economics”2012 Pension Research Council Meeting, Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaThird Annual Financial Literacy Leadership Conference, Arlington VA, October 25-26 2010, "Financial Literacy: Next Steps” Presenter and panelist for Plenary Session: Financial Literacy Research, Surveys, Evaluation and Analysis New School/Parsons School of Design symposium, Visualizing Finance 1.0: Developing A Common Language, New York, NY October 22, 2010. Panelist.Pension Research Council 2010 Symposium: Financial Literacy: Implications for Retirement Security and the Financial Marketplace, April 29-30, 2010, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Invited Panel SpeakerRESEARCH SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONSGlobal Evaluation and Implementation Summit, Melbourne, 2018NCSC ORCCOP Research Meeting, Singapore 2018NCSC Practitioner Meeting, Singapore, 2017Global Conference for Integrated Care, Singapore 2018Asia Pacific Hypertension Conference, Singapore, 2017Jurong Health System Research Symposium, 2017Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore 2017International Health Economics Association Conference, Boston 2017 International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics: IMCIC, Florida 2017 (virtual presentation)Population Association of America Conference (poster only) 201620th Annual American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, 2016International Health Economics Association Conference, Milan 2015 Frontiers of Behavioral Economics Conference, Singapore 2015Singapore Health Economics Association Conference, 2015WHO Consultation on the Broader Economic Impact of Vaccines and Immunization Programmes, The Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand: 24-25 November 2014Tan Tock Seng Hospital Research Round, Invited Speaker, “ Does Hospital Decentralization Affect Public Health Outcomes?”, 2014Singapore Health Economics Association Conference, 2014ISPOR 6th Annual Asia Pacific Conference, Beijing 2014 2nd Singapore Rehabilitation Conference, Singapore, 2013Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR), Beijing, 2012Financial Literacy Center Conference, George Washington University 2012 APEC Meeting on Financial Literacy, St Petersburg, Russia, 2012GIZ Conference on Health in Africa 2012, Dar-Es-Salaam, IHEA PreCongress symposium on The Private Sector Role in the Overall Health System."Session 2B: The Private Sector Role in the Overall Health System”, July 09, 2011.Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decisionmaking, June 26-28,2011. Labor/Public Economics Seminar, Economics Department, University of Maryland College Park, December 2, 2010First Annual Conference of the Financial Literacy Research Consortium, New Insights and Advances in Financial Literacy: Translation, Dissemination, ChangeInternet Interviewing and the Health and Retirement Survey Workshop, Munich, 2010 Pacific Development Conference, University of Southern California, CA, March 13, 2010 5th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, December 16-18, 2009 ................
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