JCU Singapore School of Social and Health Sciences

Da Xuan Ng

Lecturer Counselling
daxuan.ng@jcu.edu.au

Lucy Tan

Associate Professor Clinical Psychology
lucy.tan@jcu.edu.au

Divjyot Kaur

Senior Lecturer Psychology
divjyot.kaur@jcu.edu.au

Peter Chew

Associate Professor
peter.chew@jcu.edu.au

Sherry Aw

Senior Lecturer Psychology
sherry.aw@jcu.edu.au

Muhamad Alif Bin Ibrahim

Adjunct Research Associate
muhamadalif.binibrahim@jcu.edu.au

Denise Dillon

Acting Dean Research/Associate Dean Research Education / Associate Professor Psychology
denise.dillon@jcu.edu.au

Jagdeep Kaur

Senior Lecturer Psychology
jagdeep.kaur@jcu.edu.au

Jose Yong

Senior Lecturer (Psychology)
jose.yong@jcu.edu.au

Temasek Foundation Youth Connect Programme

Nigel Marsh - JCU Singapore School of Social and Health Sciences

01 Oct 2022 - 30 Sep 2026

The Temasek Foundation Youth Connect Programme aims to provide early recognition and early intervention for distressed adolescents. This 4-year pilot programme is an initiative by KKH and the Temasek Foundation. One of the objectives of the programme is to build the capacity of school counsellors and community mental health practitioners to deliver evidence-based, psychological brief interventions from a process-based approach to augment the existing basic emotional support services. JCUS staff will develop the interventions and train the school counsellors and mental health workers (Dr Riard), evaluate the training (Dr Ng) and evaluate the clinical outcomes for the adolescents (Prof. Marsh).

KKH-CCF Psychosocial and Supportive Care Programme for Paediatric Oncology

Nigel Marsh - JCU Singapore School of Social and Health Sciences

01 May 2025 - 31 Jan 2027

In collaboration with the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, the Children's Cancer Foundation funded the Psychosocial and Supportive Care Programme for Paediatric Oncology. The aim of this programme is to develop a holistic paediatric oncology and supportive care programme. This project is a collaboration between the KKH Psychology Service and JCUS clinical psychology staff to develop and evaluate relevant psychological interventions.

Understanding Attitudes and Perceptions of Mental Health amongst Middle-Aged Women in Singapore

Sherry Aw - JCU Singapore School of Social and Health Sciences

15 Aug 2025 - 31 Dec 2025

This is a joint project with the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO), who we are signing an MOU with. SCWO has agreed to fund research assistants for this project, which involves data collection, analyses, and the write-up of a White Paper as well as scientific journal articles. The aims of the project are: 1. to examine the awareness and utilization of mental health services among middle-aged women in Singapore. 2. To examine the determinants of mental health attitudes and support seeking, such as mental health stigma and male allyship. The outcomes of the project are aimed to be published as part of a White Paper that will be presented to various ministries in Singapore on topics such as gender equality and mental health, and we also target the publication of scientific journal articles. Any data arising from this project will be owned by both JCU and SCWO, and both parties are responsible for the storage of the data. The roles of JCUS members in the research team are as follows: 1. Sherry Aw - Main liaison, overseeing the project from conceptualization, survey drafting, data collection, data analysis, and eventual write-up of the white paper and subsequent publications. 2. Ng Da Xuan - aid in data collection, conceptualization, write-up of the white paper and subsequent publications 3. Ai Ni Teoh - aid in write-up of the white paper and subsequent publications 4. Research assistants - to aid in data collection and write-up of the white paper.