Dr Grace Chiang is a Consultant Family Physician at Alexandra Hospital. After graduating from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore, she completed her Masters of Medicine and Fellowship in Family Medicine. She was awarded the Dr Koh Eng Kheng Gold Medal as the top Fellowship candidate.
She also attained a Masters of Public Health with a concentration in Aging and Public Health from Johns Hopkins University under the Community Care Manpower Development Award from the Agency of Integrated Care. She is also Certified in Public Health (CPH) by the National Board of Public Health Examiners, USA.
Dr Chiang is involved in preventive health and population health initiatives. As a clinician investigator, she has an interest in studying innovative solutions for aging in place, chronic disease management, women's health, and longevity medicine. She is currently the Honorary Editor of the Singapore Family Physician Journal and is also part of the College of Family Physicians Singapore council. Dr Chiang is also a member of the Ethics and Editorial Policy Committee, Asia Pacific Association of Medical Journal Editors. As an educator, she is a physician faculty in the Family Medicine Residency (NUHS), clinical senior lecturer at NUS medicine, clinical tutor at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, and tutor for the Graduate Diploma of Family Medicine and Fellowship Programme. She is an advocate for family medicine in the Asia Pacific Region as the Singapore Representative for the WONCA Young Doctors Movement. She also actively contributes to the social service sector in Singapore and was selected to be part of the National Council of Social Service 40-under-40 programme 2022.
1. Zou JX, Chua W, Ser Z, Wang SM, Chiang GS, Sanmugam K, Tan BY, Sobota RM, Li H. Detection of Bacterial Neutral Ceramidase in Diabetic Foot Ulcers with an Optimized Substrate and Chemoenzymatic Probes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2023 Jun 20:e202307553.
2. Xiong Z, Achavananthadith S, Lian S, Madden LE, Ong ZX, Chua W, Kalidasan V, Li Z, Liu Z, Singh P, Yang H, Chiang GSH, et al. A wireless and battery-free wound infection sensor based on DNA hydrogel. Science advances. 2021 Nov 19;7(47):eabj1617.
3. Chiang GS, Low LL, Chia TH, Sundram M, Tan BY. Prevalence of risk of distress and associated factors among physicians, nurses and rehabilitation therapists working in a community hospital: a cross-sectional study. Singapore medical journal. 2021 Oct 24.
4. Aw, J., Lee, E., Chiang, G. and Tan, B., 2021. A study on prevalence and associations of non-robustness in older adults aged 65 years and above attending a general practitioner clinic in Ang Mo Kio. Singapore Medical Journal, 62(6), pp.311-314.
5. Chiang, G.S.H., Nyunt, M.S.Z., Gao, Q., Wee, S.L., Yap, K.B., Tan, B.Y. and Ng, T.P., 2021. Primary Care Prognostic (PCP) Index of 11-Year Mortality Risk: Development and Validation of a Brief Prognostic Tool. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 36(1), pp.62-68.
6. Ho HJ, Tan YR, Cook AR, Koh G, Tham TY, Anwar E, Hui Chiang GS, Lwin MO, Chen MI. Increasing Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Uptake in Seniors Using Point-of-Care Informational Interventions in Primary Care in Singapore: A Pragmatic, Cluster-Randomized Crossover Trial. American Journal of Public Health. 2019 Dec;109(12):1776-83.
7. Chiang G. S. H., Tong K., Voo T. C., Liang S., & Merchant, R. A. (2018). Importance and impact of a longitudinal ethics, law and professionalism curriculum on medical students' knowledge and professional attitudes. Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 8(1), 111-132.
8. Chiang, G. S., Sim, B. L., Lee, J. J., & Quah, J. H. (2018). Determinants of poor sleep quality in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia and hypertension in Singapore. Primary health care research & development, 1-6.
9. Chiang, G. S. (2018). Cognitive Frailty: A Review of the Mechanisms and Challenges. The Public Health Chronicle, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 1(1)
10. Chiang, G. S. H., & Goh, L. G. (2017). Olfactory groove and planum sphenoidale meningioma. Canadian Family Physician, 63(4), 288-291.
