Faculty

Dr Oh Jean Yin is a Senior Consultant with the Adolescent Medicine Service, in the Department of Paediatrics at KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Singapore. She completed her postgraduate training in Paediatrics with specialist training and experience in Adolescent Medicine from 2006 in KK Hospital and as a Fellow in the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Toronto Sick Children’s Hospital from 2008 to 2009. With support from the Ministry of Health for the promotion of Adolescent Health, the Adolescent Medicine Service initiated and developed services for young people with obesity and eating disorders, pregnant teens, and adolescents with chronic illness.

The work continues with KKH’s Child and Adolescent Weight Management Program with efforts to find effective interventions that are risk stratified and stage-based, within the continuum of care. Her team has studied a family-based program (Lifestyle Intervention for Everyone – LITE) which has shown promising results and continue to study novel approaches using digital platforms and in the community. She has spoken at various local and regional platforms on the stage-based approach for the management of Childhood Obesity. She is also currently a member of the Advisory Panel on Parenting (APOP) for the Ministry of Social and Family development (MSF) and was a member of the Healthy Youth Committee (HY-COM) for the Ministry of Education from 2009 – 2014. From her work in Adolescent Medicine with a focus on Childhood Obesity, she has developed an interest in inter-professional education and implementation science