Report Card Leaders

Falk Mueller-Riemenschneider, PH.D.
Associate Professor Falk Müller-Riemenschneider (PhD) is the programme leader of the Physical Activity and Nutrition Determinants in Asia (PANDA) programme at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH), National University of Singapore (NUS). He is a medical doctor with two decades of experience in public health research and practice in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Singapore. His work focuses on the prevention of non-communicable diseases, with a particular emphasis on movement behaviours across the lifespan and the application of digital technologies in public health research. He also led the Global Matrix 4.0 report for Singapore, which was published in 2023.

Sarah Tan, PH.D.
Dr Sarah Tan (PhD) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at SSHSPH, NUS and part of A/Prof PANDA programme. She has been trained to quantitatively evaluate the determinants of health behaviours and population outcomes across the lifespan, and is presently focused on leveraging digital technologies to phenotype health behaviours and outcomes, and evaluate the complex relationships underlying these factors.

 

Report Card Grades

  • Overall Physical Activity: C-
  • Organized Sport and Physical Activity: B-
  • Active Play: C-
  • Active Transportation: C
  • Sedentary Behavior: C-
  • Physical Fitness: INC
  • Family and Peers: C-
  • School: INC
  • Community and Environment: A+
  • Government: B
* For non-Government indicators, the grade is based on mixed data: device-measured and self-reported. For the Government indicator, the HEPA 2 approach, developed by Wales (Ward et al. 2020), is used to assess this indicator.

Report Card Leaders

Falk Mueller-Riemenschneider, MBBS, MSc, MD
Associate Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public health, National University of Singapore

Dr Falk Mueller-Riemenschneider is a physician by training and has worked in public health for more than 15 years, in the UK, Germany and since 2012 in Singapore. Since joining the School of Public Health, behavioural research with a focus on health promotion and the prevention of non-communicable diseases has become his priority. He is passionate about physical activity and he has led various projects with a focus on movement behaviours in children, adolescents and adults. Ultimately, he aims to improve population health by promoting activity and reducing sedentary behaviour in different populations and by using diverse approaches.

You can contact him at ephmf@nus.edu.sg.

Sophie Bozhi Chen, MPH, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, Saw Swee Hock School of Public health, National University of Singapore

Having received her PhD in Public Health from the National University of Singapore in 2020, Dr Chen’s research focuses on understanding and promoting healthy movement behaviours (i.e., sleep, sedentary behaviour, physical activity). Currently, she is working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Saw Swee Hock School of Public health, National University of Singapore, where her research examines the predictors of movement behaviours and their health impacts in children and adolescents.

You can contact her at ephcbo@nus.edu.sg.