Consultant Psychiatrist, Institute of Mental Health; Singapore

Dr Jared Ng had served as a military psychiatrist for the Singapore Armed Forces and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 where he provided medical care and psychiatric training to both foreign troops and locals nationals. He is currently working at the Emergency & Crisis Services at the Institute of Mental Health, Singapore and is also the program director of a community mental health program. He is an adjunct assistant professor with the Duke-NUS School of Medicine and LKC School of Medicine.

Dr Ng obtained his Master of Public Health from Harvard University. He is interested in the public health approach to mental health issues, including promotion and prevention of mental illnesses and their comorbidities.