Meet the Team
Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh
Maw Pin Tan
Shawn Soh
Shyh Poh Teo
Professor in Geriatric Physiotherapy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Researched extensively into physical function, performance and falls risk assessment in older persons.
Professor in Geriatric Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. Spearheaded the 1st World Congress on Falls and Postural Stability and remains a member in the steering committee.
Assistant Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology. Developed the first Balance Recovery Confidence Scale and extended the concept of falls efficacy. Developer of http://www.fallsefficacy.com.
Consultant Geriatrician, Head of Geriatrics and Palliative Services in RIPAS Hospital, Brunei. Board member of the ASEAN Centre of Active Ageing and Innovation (ACAI).
Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Research focuses on fall prevention and exercise intervention for healthy older adults and those with cognitive impairment and dementia.
Researcher in the field of public health, ageing population and gerontology issues. Director of the Center for Family and Ageing Studies (CeFAS) in University of Respati Indonesia. Developer of the Indonesian Fall Risk Assessment Tool. Director of the West Java Elderly Friendly Foundation. Actively engage in active ageing promotion and develops community-based active ageing programs in the West Java region.
Senior Consultant, Changi General Hospital. Research focuses on care transitions, end of life care in nursing homes, community geriatric services, frailty and falls.
Director of Strategic and Wisdom Research Institute, Srinakharinwirot University. Former Dean of Faculty of Physical Therapy. Currently, serving as a secretariat of Royal Physical Therapy Specialist College, PT Council of Thailand.
Wayne Chan
Rumpa Boonsinsukh
Susiana Nugraha
Christopher Lien
Assistant Professor and Certified Prosthetist & Orthotist, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Research focuses on human posture and motion control, physical activity, balance and preventing falls.
Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong. Research focuses on gait and balance, risk factors for falls, exercise training for frail older adults, and protective devices for injury prevention.
Professor in Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia. Research focuses on occupational health and safety for vulnerable workers.
Lecturer, Aisyiah University of Jogyakarta. Working with women’s health patients and senior-friendly Indonesian community administrators.
Christina Zong-Hao Ma
Yijian Yang
Indri Hapsari Susulowati
Rosy Armelia
Research Fellow, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia. Research focuses on exercise physiology, biomechanics, exercise interventions for falls prevention.
Lecturer, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Research focuses on falls, postural stability, and exercises for older adults with dementia.
Research scientist focusing on a wide range of ageing research components from epidemiology in ageing and rehabilitation through to basic sciences of ageing related diseases.
Geriatrician, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Specialises in inpatient falls prevention and education. Tteam lead, Ministry of Health Malaysian Patient Safety Goal Falls Prevention guidelines implementation.
Elizabeth Chong
Sumaiyah Mat
Normala Mesbah
Yoshi Okubo
Senior Physiotherapist, Sarawak General Hospital
Research Assistant, Universiti Malaya. Currently doing her PhD in obesity, sarcopenia, and falls at Universiti Malaya.
Junior Lecturer, Malaysia
Associate Professor, Universiti, Malaya, Malaysia. Consultant Geriatrician, UM Specialist Centre.
Tan Guo Jeng
Nor Izzati Saedon
Nurul Nabilah Akmal Hashim
Janet Bong
Running MDT Falls Prevention Clinic plus inpatient rehabilitation.
General Physician, Hospital Kuala Lumpur
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Geriatric Trainee working with the Ministry of Health Malaysia who loves the beautiful island of Borneo
Allied health research lead, Northern Hospital/La Trobe University
Hazel Heng
Yi Bin Ho
Li Yann Lim
Nareshraja Janardana
Head & Senior Consultant, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Associate Consultant – Geriatrics, Changi General Hospital, Singapore
Senior analyst, Changi General Hospital, Singapore. Research focuses on mixed methods research and programme evaluation. She has an interest in fall prevention, frailty and mental health concerns.
Assistant Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology. Research focuses on enhancing physical activity opportunities for older people and balance impairment.
Rebecca Hui
Trishpal Kaur Dhaliwal
Reshma Aziz Merchant
Michelle Ng
Assistant Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology
Associate Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology. Research focuses on aged care. He is currently rolling out an evidence-based program, Say No to Frailty, to support seniors in managing frailty and preventing falls in Singapore.
Geriatrician, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore. Special interest in continence and falls. Running multidisciplinary continence clinic in collaboration with Urology in addition to general geriatrics clinics
Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention (GEDI) Clinician and Physiotherapist, Cairns Hospital.
Shirlynn Cai
Rana Aroos
Tim Xu
Bernadine Teng
Postdoctoral fellow, Falls, Balance and Injury Research Centre and Research Fellow for The George Institute for Global Health, Neurological Program
Senior Consultant, Hospital Fall prevention lead, Orthogeriatric lead, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore.
Lecturer and a registered community physiotherapist at the Faculty of Physical Therapy, Mahidol University, Thailand.
Assistant Dean, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
Mei Ling Lim
Su Su
Surasa Khongprasert
Warin Rakkamon
Occupational Therapist, Rockingham Hospital, Western Australia
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Juntendo University. Research interest into fall prevention and management in the old-old (people aged 75 yrs or over).
Bonardo Prayogo Hasiholan
Part-time researcher at UI
Lecturer at the Faculty of Physical Therapy, Srinakharinwirot University (SWU), Thailand. Research on postural control problems and fall risk screening in patients with stroke and the elderly.
Ryuichi Sawa
Nithinun Chaikeeree
Maryflor Romo
Geriatrician, Public health, Health Services and Systems Researcher and Academic
Neurological physiotherapist, Srinakharinwirot University.
Research Fellow, Centre for Ageing Research and Education. Research focusing on falls risk assessment and interventions
PhD Candidate. Research interests surrounding population health, and falls implementation.
Teerawat Nithiatthawanon
Koh Jean Wen, Vanessa
Goh Jing Wen
Chek Hooi Wong
Senior Lecturer and Education Research Fellow, Monash University. Australian Physiotherapy Association titled Research Physiotherapist. Led the research development of the Balance Intensity Scale and now has a research focus on targeting and measuring the intensity of balance exercise.
Senior Lecturer, Monash University. Neurological and geriatric physiotherapist. Research focuses on tailoring falls prevention to high risk groups, patient reported outcomes and psychometric properties of measurement tools.
Lecturer, MAHSA University, Malaysia. Dedicated researcher with a PhD in Idiopathic Scoliosis. Leading specialist in research in expanded recovery through a scientific approach, with expertise in Bioethics and Medical Ethics.
Senior Professor Sarath Lekamwasam, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. MBBS, MD, PhD, FRACP (Hon), FRCP. Research interests: falls, fractures, sarcopenia, osteoporosis, population health.
Sze-Ee Soh
Sarath Lekamwasam
Mudasir Rashid Baba
Melanie Farlie
Senior Lecturer in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. Special interests; falls in elderly and orthogeriatrics. Lead investigator of regional falls registry.
Chair of the Cambodian Physical Therapy Association and Physiotherapy Lecturer of Technical School for Medical Care, University of Health Science, 20 years of rehabilitation service, also working in health and disability research.
Geriatric Department, Kuala Lumpur General Hospital, Malaysia (Ministry of Health Malaysia)
Assistant Professor (Public Health)
Adjunct Research Fellow (La Trobe University, Melbourne). Actively involved in various ageing studies and serves as the treasurer for Dementia Brunei
Malarkodi Suppamutharwyam
Shahrima Sharbini
Hoeung Heam
Warsha de Zoysa
Executive Director of Lions Befrienders Service Association (Singapore), overseeing programmes and services that support active ageing, senior engagement, and volunteerism in the community
Professor, Nopany Institute of Healthcare Studies. Consultant Chief Physiotherapist, Belle Vue Clinic. Research focuses on stages of sarcopenia, types of exercises for different stages of sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity, reversibility of pre-sarcopenia.
MD Geriatric Medicine, National Fellowship in Palliative Medicine.
Has 10 years of experience in Assistant Professor, Department of Geriatrics, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre. Special interest in falls, home health care, and preventive geriatrics.
Chief Consultant Geriatric Medicine, Jaslok Hospital Mumbai India. Active advocate of Active aging and Fall prevention .Believes in establishing continuum of geriatric care
Naganath Narasimhan Prem
Divyamol Sasidharan
Shabnam Agarwal
Karen Wee
Assistant Professor, ISIC- IRS, New Delhi. Currently pursuing PHD from SGT University. Author in IAP Guidelines on Geriatric fitness – Exercise testing and protocol (2024)
Associate Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Gurugram University, India. Area of interest are Balance rehabilitation, Spinal Cord injury, Geriatrics, Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological impairments
Assistant professor, Specialisation in Community Physiotherapy, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, India. Special interests: CGA & rehabilitation, falls, sarcopenia, promotive & preventive geriatrics.
Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Metropolitan University. Research focuses on the application of biomechanics in education and clinical application relating to falls in older adults.
Timothy Yam
Sashrika Nanoti
Shefali Walia
Garima Wadhwa
Consultant geriatrician with an interest in orthogeriatrics, falls and sarcopenia. Woodlands Health (Singapore) falls prevention workgroup and NHG Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia workgroup
Geriatrician. Heading Tan Tock Seng Hospital Falls Service. Interest in falls research using technology and dual tasking.
Associate Professor. Kansai Medical University. My research focuses on identifying risk factors for falls among community-dwelling older adults, examining the impact of fear of falling, and investigating gait changes associated with fall risk
Principal Physiotherapist, Physio Helps. Associate Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology. Gerontologist with a keen interest in using available neighborhood resources like senior-friendly gyms and elderly exercise corners in parks.
Tsuyoshi Asai
Tasneem Faiyaaz Basrai
Joanne Kua
Louise Heyzer
Experienced Physiotherapy with 12 years specializing in geriatrics, working in private hospital setting
Community physiotherapist who has worked in Melbourne and Singapore with an interest in promoting healthy ageing for seniors.
Pharmacy lecturer and researcher with a strong interest in geriatric care, particularly in optimising medication practices.
Educator and a health researcher with a special interest and engagement of gerontology and geriatric research and geriatric care
Nur Aimuni Abu Hassan
Udalamatta Gamage Nirmala Priyadarshani
Sheron Goh Sir Loon
Benedict Ho
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Physical Therapy at Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand. Research focus is on balance and fall risk assessment in older adults
Head of Neurologic Physical Therapy, Department of Physical Therapy, Chair of the PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences at the Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University. Her research focuses on the interplay between cognition and physical mobility, particularly gait and balance, to advance early detection and intervention strategies for at-risk populations.
Lecturer, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. Her research centers on balance and gait impairments in older adults, especially those with cognitive decline, particularly MCI.
Lecturer and neurological physical therapist, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Srinakharinwirot University, Research focuses on the Rasch analysis and scale development, stroke rehabilitation, postural control, and fall prevention
Sirinun Boripuntakul
Somporn Sungkarat
Yupaporn Rattanavichit
Thitimard Winairuk
Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Science at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Leading research projects focused on the use of accelerometry in measuring gait quality for fall-risk screening and assessing the effectiveness of stepping exercise in preventing falls
SGT University, India. Interest in fall prevention, functional fitness, and geriatric rehabilitation.
Consultant Geriatrician. Obtained an MD in geriatric medicine from Sri Lanka and had further training at Oxford University Hospitals, UK. My research interests include orthogeriatrics, falls, and geriatric palliative care.
Associated Research Fellow. National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Falls epidemiology, real-time surveillance systems, evidence-based intervention design and implementation, and multi-level policy evaluation across community and clinical settings.
Freddy Lam
Pengpeng Ye
Muskan
Sithira Senevirathne
Super enthusiastic to work for the upliftment of Geriatrics Population and Healthy Aging
Senior Health Coach at St Luke’s Eldercare Day Rehab Centre, specializing in curating tailored exercise programs for seniors with Clinical Frailty Scores (CFS) 1–3 and 4–5, promoting strength, mobility, and independence.
Rehab doctor with special interest in the care of older adults, specifically regarding falls prevention
Senior Lecturer, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Neurological and Geriatric physiotherapist. Research interests: gait and balance, falls risk and falls prevention.
Asha Wettasinghe
Aman Kumar Singh
Manfred Ho Hon Wai
Daphnie Demetria
Geriatrician with interests in falls, osteoporosis, and geriatric surgical care, leading initiatives in acute care, emergency, and community settings.
Senior Consultant Geriatrician at NUHS. Research in frailty, sarcopenia, cognition, health technology, and community care.
Senior Principal Physiotherapist. Led a multi-site study showing physiotherapy significantly improves balance, gait, and functional outcomes in nursing home residents, informing national frailty care policy.
Physiatrist in India specializing in neurological rehabilitation with a strong focus on structured transitional care to enhance patient outcomes and quality of life.
Angela Frances Yap
Tan Li Feng
Yong Limin
Tripti Swami
Professor in Medicine. Consultant Physician and an Academic in Internal Medicine with a special interest in Geriatrics. He is also the President-Elect of the Sri Lankan Association of Geriatric Medicine
Shehan Silva
Jagadish K Chhetri
Director of the Nepal Geriatrics Center, president of the Nepalese Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics and Nepal Gerontology and Geriatrics Foundation.
Research focuses on public health, rare diseases, maternal and child health, healthy ageing
Public health researcher using longitudinal data and implementation science to evaluate policies and interventions for falls prevention and frailty.
Wenjing Ji
Yang Liu
Chang Won Won
Wenjing Ji
Professor. Chair, Senior Health Care Center, Kyung Hee University Hospital. Previous President of the Korean Society of Sarcopenia in 2022-2023.
Associate Professor, Director. Taipei Medical University. Research focuses on balance, gait, fall prevention, sarcopenia, and frailty.
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