Core Research Team
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Professor Andy Hau Yan HO, PhD, EdD, MFT, FT (Director) Professor Andy Ho is a health psychologist, social scientist and educator who specializes in applied gerontology, thanatology studies, palliative and bereavement care, holistic therapies, and community empowerment. He is Board Director of the prestigious International Work Group on Death Dying and Bereavement (IWGDDB) and the Association of Death Education and Counseling (ADEC), as well as Deputy Director at Palliative Care Centre for Excellence in Research and Education (PalC). A strong advocate for social justice and equality, Professor Ho has devoted his research and teaching for the promotion of civil participation, creative engagement, and responsible citizenry to create a more caring and compassionate global community. He is the first Asian Recipient of the ‘ADEC Academic Educator Award’ in 2018, conferred the NTU ‘Nanyang Education Award’ in 2019, and the ‘Distinguished Alumni Award’ from the University of Hong Kong in 2020. His social and scholarly contributions are recognized with distinction by academic, professional and government bodies around the world. Areas of Expertise: Applied Gerontology, Thanatology and Death Studies, Public Health Palliative and Bereavement Care, Formal and Informal Caregiver Support, Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Expressive Arts & Holistic Therapy, Participatory Action Research, Qualitative Psychology. |
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Ms. Geraldine TAN-HO, MSocSc, CT (Research Fellow, Senior Counsellor) Ms. Geraldine Tan-Ho is a Senior Counsellor with rich clinical experience in the field of palliative care for children, youth and older adult patients and family caregivers. She is a passionate advocate and therapist for research and interventions that facilitate meaningful dialogue on life and death issues, as she believes that these endeavors will lead to individual catharsis, community empowerment, positive social change and the holistic enhancement of our healthcare landscape. Geraldine’s experiences working with her patients and their families have further fueled her dedication to abolishing death taboos and encouraging compassionate awareness of our mortality. Driving her clinical work is her lifelong commitment to strengthening her proficiency in academia – she is a certified Thanatologist, author of numerous end-of-life care publications, and currently pursuing a Doctor of Psychology. Geraldine also sits as Co-Chair on the Community Engagement and Communications committee of the Singapore Hospice Council, where she lends her expertise and knowledge to end-of-life care outreach efforts in Singapore. Primary Research Projects:
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Ms. CHOO Ping Ying, MA, BSc, CT (Research Associate, Counsellor) Ms. Ping Ying is a multilingual counselor who specializes in couples and family therapy. She has vast experience working with diverse clientele in both college and community mental health settings. Journeying together with her clients, her areas of clinical experience revolve around identity and lifespan development, interpersonal relationships and systems, trauma and abuse, grief and bereavement, and self-compassion and mindfulness. She aspires to be a counseling psychologist, specializing in the grief and loss as well as death and dying, and contribute to the community via research, clinical services and psychoeducation. Primary Research Projects:
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Dr. Paul Victor PATINADAN, PhD, CT (ARCH Researcher) Mr. Paul Patinadan graduated with an Bachelor (Hons) Degree in Psychological Sciences, and has since continued his academic career studying and conducting mixed-methods research on multiple areas of human interactions including: Human-Animal interactions, animal related ethico-moral decision making; and Human-Computer Interaction; health related technologies for rehabilitation and healthy living. Under the supervision of Dr. Andy Ho, his doctoral thesis focuses on exploring the concept of dignity among terminally-ill patients and their caregivers in Singapore setting. Primary Research Project: The Table to Console: A Novel Psychotherapeutic Culinary Grief Intervention (CGI) for Bereaved Family Caregivers in Singapore Previous Research Projects:
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Ms. NG Jing Ting, BSc (Project Officer) Ms. Ng Jing Ting graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Monash University and completed fourth-year studies at James Cook University, Singapore. Through joining ARCH, she wishes to learn more about qualitative research methods and ways to contribute to community health. She is currently interested in research exploring topics related to health psychology as well as neuropsychology. Primary Research Projects: A Longitudinal Mixed Method Study on Psychosocial QOL Trajectories of First-Time Stroke Patients and Their Family Caregivers in Singapore Supporting Research Project: Slow Art Plus: Developing and Piloting a Single Session Art Gallery-based Intervention for Mental Health Promotion via a Mixed Method Waitlist Randomized Control Trial (RCT) |
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Ms. Stephanie Hilary Xinyi Ma, MA (Doctoral Researcher) Ms. Stephanie Hilary Xinyi Ma is a Psychology PhD Student at the School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University with a passion for community empowerment and the enhancement of holistic well-being. Over the past six years, Hilary has been involved in numerous research projects with various populations across the lifespan, ranging from childhood cancer survivors, youth and undergraduate students, patients with coronary heart disease and diabetes, caregivers of persons with dementia, to healthy community dwelling older adults. As an advocate for wellbeing, community health, and creative ageing, her research interest involves enhancing the lives of individuals, specifically through participatory arts. Aside from research, she volunteers at a local nursing home as an art facilitator, plays the piano, learns Chinese ink painting, and dances in her free time. Adept at both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, her research interest includes arts engagement, culture and health, participatory art-based interventions, intergenerational interventions and creative ageing. Primary Research Projects:
Supporting Research Project: Slow Art Plus: Developing and Piloting a Single Session Art Gallery-based Intervention for Mental Health Promotion via a Mixed Method Waitlist Randomized Control Trial (RCT) Previous Research Projects:
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Mr. Shaik Muhammad Amin, MSc (Doctoral Researcher) Mr. Shaik Muhammad Amin graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, and a Master’s Degree in Applied Gerontology and has contributed to the scientific research of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders with several publications in the areas of neuropsychology and neuroimaging. Apart from his fascination with the complexity of brain functions, Amin spent a good half of his academic career expanding his portfolio with community-based research. From developing diabetes health coaching models with NTU’s Ageing Research Institute for Society and Education (ARISE) to providing research support for community-based organisations with the Strategy, Research and Data Division of the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC), Amin explored his growing interest for impactful research and the scientific areas he hoped to inform. Hence, his project with Dr Andy Ho represents an amalgamation of his research interests in both neuroscience and community impact. His doctoral thesis will focus on developing and testing a holistic Psych-Socio-Educational Stroke Rehabilitation Programme that will allow Singaporean first-time stroke survivors and their caregivers to cope with the psychosocial losses of stroke and experience improvements to the quality of life. Primary Research Project: A Longitudinal Mixed-Method Study on Psychosocial QOL Trajectories of First-Time Stroke Patients and Their Family Caregivers in Singapore. Supporting Research Project: Attitudes towards Mortality, Organ Donation and End-of-Life Care Decisions among Singaporean Young Adults |