Third Spacing

In this episode, we interview Dr Victor Zhuang, a Fung Global Fellow at the Institute of International and Regional Studies, Princeton University, an International Postdoctoral Scholar at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, NTU, as well as Principal Consultant with SG Enable. We talk about what the disability research field is like in Singapore, technology and disability, as well as how inclusivity will likely be in the Singaporean context.

In this episode, we interview Clydia Tan, who identifies as a person with hearing loss, who trained in nursing. She shares the challenges she encountered during her nursing studies and we explore how aspiring healthcare professionals with disabilities can be better supported. We also discuss how healthcare workers with disabilities add value to the delivery of patient care.

In this episode, we interview Dr Paige Terrien Church, a neonatologist and developmental-behavioural paediatrician at the University of Toronto. She shares her personal journey as a physician living with spina bifida and describes some challenges she has encountered in her medical career. We also discuss her 2017 publication in JAMA paediatrics entitled “A Personal Perspective on Disability: Between the Words,” in which she publicly disclosed her disability for the first time, sharing with us the thoughts and feelings behind the act.

In this episode, we talk to Ms Cassandra Chiu, a psychotherapist who happens to be blind. As the first female guide dog user in Singapore and author of the book “A Place For Us”, she shares her experience as a disability rights advocate in Singapore. We discuss what her work entails, she elaborates on some anecdotes from her book, and sheds light on how we can all play a part towards building a more inclusive environment.

In this episode, we talk to Dr Satveer Kaur-Gill, a postdoctoral Research Associate at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, as she shares about the challenges the marginalised face in navigating health infrastructure. We discuss about cultural and structural competence when assessing any patient, especially the underprivileged, and most importantly how to make research impactful for target communities.

In this episode, we talk to Dr Rayner Tan, a postdoctoral fellow at Project China, in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a visiting research fellow at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS and at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, about his public health research in HIV, and marginalised populations at large in Singapore, and how his sociology background influences his methodology.

In this episode, we talk to Dr Hsu Li Yang, Vice Dean of Global Health and Programme Leader in the Antimicrobial Resistance Programme at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, and infectious diseases physician, about how he came to contribute to comics for public engagement such as The Antibiotic Tales with cartoonist Sonny Liew, and medical historical books he’s written, Tuberculosis: The Singapore Experience1967-2018 with Dr Loh Kah Seng, and why you shouldn't feel guilty about your creative pursuits.

In this episode, we talk to Youmin, a nature and forest therapy guide, yoga nidra facilitator and founder of Xiu Nature Connections, a nature-led health and wellbeing service and consultancy. She shares with us her discovery of forest therapy, its benefits, and how she is bringing forest bathing to Singaporeans.

In this episode, we talk to Dr Satyam Tripathi, director of Union Yoga and an Ayurvedic trained physician specialising in Yoga & Rehabilitation about the principles of Ayurvedic Medicine, and steps to broaden its reach.

In this episode, we speak to Dr Alexandra Seidenstein, a researcher, medical student and yoga practitioner. She shares with us the benefits of yoga and mindfulness, and how we can potentially incorporate it into medical treatment.