Joshua Wong

Experienced leader with 10+ years of success in leading and managing end-to-end epidemiological projects in public and private healthcare sectors. Proven track record in spearheading high-impact projects like real-world evidence generation, digital therapeutics, and population health interventions. Expertise in leveraging cross-functional teams and cultivating partnerships with clinicians, academics, and industry experts to drive actionable outcomes benefiting the population.

Singaporean Citizen

• Over 7 years of experience managing multi-disciplinary teams in delivering high-impact public health projects.
• Co-investigator on several infectious disease projects, contributing directly to public health strategies.
• Awarded the NHG Healthcare Manpower Development Plan (2016) to enhance public health surveillance capabilities.

• PLOS ONE
• Open Forum Infectious Diseases

• Healthcare Resource Utilisation and Suicidal Ideation Amongst Adolescents in the US with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, and Substance Use Disorders using Electronic Health Records. KM Chan, LT Low, JG Wong, S Kuah, J Rush, 2024, J. Affect. Disord.
• Comparative effectiveness study of paliperidone palmitate 6-month with a real-world external comparator arm of paliperidone palmitate 1-month or 3-month in patients with schizophrenia. I Turkoz, JG Wong, B Chee, et al., 2023, Ther Adv Psychopharmacol.
• Classic myeloproliferative neoplasms in Singapore: A population-based study on incidence, trends, and survival from 1968 to 2017. HL Htun, WX Lian, JG Wong, et al., 2022, Cancer Epidemiol.
• Risk prediction models to guide antibiotic prescribing: A study on adult patients with uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infections in an emergency department. JG Wong, AA Hein, WX Lian, DC Lye, CK Ooi, A Chow, 2020, Antimicrob Resist Infect Control.
• Effective Antimicrobial StewaRdship StrategIES (ARIES): Cluster randomised trial of computerised decision support system and prospective review and feedback. ST Heng, JG Wong, B Young, et al., 2020, Open Forum Infect Dis.
• Forecasting hospital pneumonia admissions using influenza surveillance, climate and community data. JG Wong, HJ Ho, A Chow, 2019, Online J. Public Health Inform.
• Identifying adult dengue patients at low risk for clinically significant bleeding. JG Wong, TL Thein, YS Leo, DC Lye, 2016, PLOS ONE.
• Length of stay an important mediator of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. JG Wong, MI Chen, MK Win, PY Ng, A Chow, 2015, Epidemiol Infect.