Asst Prof Yang Meijuan Grace

About

Dr Grace Yang is Senior Consultant in the Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Can-cer Centre Singapore and Assistant Professor in Duke-NUS Medical School. Alongside clinical work, she is actively pursuing health services research in developing and evaluating models of palliative care. With over 50 peer-reviewed publications and over $1.9 million in research grants as principal investi-gator, she was the first palliative care physician in Singapore to be awarded the NMRC Transition Award in 2019 and HPHSR Clinician Scientist Award in 2023.

Education and Training

• PhD, University of Cambridge, UK 
• MPH (Clinical effectiveness), Harvard University, USA 
• MRCP (UK), Royal College of Physicians (UK) 
• MA, University of Cambridge, UK 
• MBBChir, University of Cambridge, UK 
• BA (Pharmacology), University of Cambridge, UK

Awards

• NMRC HPHSR Clinician Scientist Award 
• NMRC Transition Award 
• NMRC Research Training Fellowship
  

Research Interests

• Health services research
• Palliative Care
  

Publications

• Yang GM, Ong WY, Tan J, Ding J, Ho S, Tan D, et al. Motivations and experiences of patients with advanced cancer partici-pating in Phase 1 clinical trials: A qualitative study. Palliat Med. 2023;37(2):257-64. 
• Ng CZ, Cheung YB, Koh ARX, Teo HR, Mok NKM, Yang GM. Palliative care pain control: inpatient consultation versus corounding models compared. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2023;13(e1):e59-e62. 
• Yang GM, Shivanada S, Foo C, Neo SH, Ho S, Yoon S. Experience of Patients in a Consult Model versus an Integrated Pallia-tive Care and Medical Oncology Co-Rounding Model: A Qualitative Study. J Palliat Med. 2022;25(2):291-5. 
• Yang GM, Zhou S, Xu Z, Goh SS, Zhu X, Chong DQ, et al. Comparing the effect of a consult model versus an integrated pallia-tive care and medical oncology co-rounding model on health care utilization in an acute hospital - an open-label stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial. Palliat Med. 2021;35(8):1578-89. 
• Yang GM, Dionne-Odom JN, Foo YH, Chung AHM, Kamal NHA, Tan L, et al. Adapting ENABLE for patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers in Singapore: a qualitative formative evaluation. BMC Palliat Care. 2021;20(1):86. 
• Long VJE, Cheung YB, Qu D, Lim K, Lee G, Yee ACP, Guo P, Harding R, Yang GM. Validity and reliability of the English and translated Chinese versions of the Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale (IPOS) in Singapore. BMC Palliat Care. 2021;20(1):40. 
• Zhuang Q, Lau ZY, Ong WS, Yang GM, Tan KB, Ong MEH, et al. Sociodemographic and clinical factors for non-hospital deaths among cancer patients: A nationwide population-based cohort study. PLoS One. 2020;15(4):e0232219. 
• Chua GP, Pang GSY, Yee ACP, Neo PSH, Zhou S, Lim C, Wong YY, Qu DL, Pan FT, Yang GM. Supporting the patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers: what are their palliative care needs? BMC Cancer. 2020;20(1):768. 
• Yang GM, Yoon S, Tan YY, Liaw K. Experience and Views of Oncology and Palliative Care Professionals on a Corounding Model of Care for Inpatients With Advanced Cancer. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018;35(11):1433-8. 
• Yang GM, Teo I, Neo SH, Tan D, Cheung YB. Pilot Randomized Phase II Trial of the Enhancing Quality of Life in Patients (EQUIP) Intervention for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018;35(8):1050-6. 
• Yang GM, Kanesvaran R, Neo SH, Yee ACP, Block SD, Cheung YB. Pilot Study of a Palliative Care and Medical Oncology Co-Rounding Model for Advanced Cancer Inpatients in a Tertiary Hospital in Singapore. J Palliat Med. 2018;21(1):95-8. 
• Yang GM, Tan YY, Cheung YB, Lye WK, Lim SHA, Ng WR, et al. Effect of a spiritual care training program for staff on patient outcomes. Palliat Support Care. 2017;15(4):434-43. Yang GM, Neo SH, Lim SZ, Krishna LK. Effectiveness of Hospital Palliative Care Teams for Cancer Inpatients: A Systematic Review. J Palliat Med. 2016;19(11):1156-65. 
• Yang GM, Ewing G, Booth S. What is the role of specialist palliative care in an acute hospital setting? A qualitative study ex-ploring views of patients and carers. Palliat Med. 2012;26(8):1011-7.