Sports Medicine Series May '25 - Exercise Physiology in Action: Shaping Health, Performance, and the Future of Care

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May 12, 2025

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Sports Medicine Series May ’25 – Exercise Physiology in Action: Shaping Health, Performance, and the Future of Care

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Title: Exercise Physiology in Action: Shaping Health, Performance, and the Future of Care

Date: 10 May 2025, Saturday

Time: 2 – 4pm (Singapore Time, GMT +8)

Venue: Online webinar via Zoom

Ms. Fadzlynn Fadzully

Clinical Exercise Physiologist

Singapore Sport & Exercise Medicine Centre @ KKH

KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Bridging Movement and Medicine: The CEP’s Role in Managing Health

What exactly does a Clinical Exercise Physiologist (CEP) do? In this talk, CEP Fadzlynn will walk us through a typical day in the life of a CEP, the types of patients they support, and the important roles they play beyond clinic, including research, innovation, and multidisciplinary care. This session will offer a deeper look into how exercise can be used as a powerful tool in managing health and improving quality of life for patients and the wider community.

SPEAKER BIO

Ms. Fadzlynn Fadzully is a CEP at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH), where she has been practicing for over five years. She holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Exercise Physiology and is accredited as both an Exercise Physiologist and Exercise Scientist by Exercise and Sports Science Australia.

At KKH, Fadzlynn works with patients from a wide range of medical backgrounds. From individuals with developmental disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and Autism Spectrum Disorder, to women-related conditions like Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, as well as childhood cancer survivors. In addition to her clinical work, she is an active member of research teams focused on maternal and child health.

Dr. Eevon Chia

Exercise Physiologist

Consultant

Longevity Strategist

Health from the Lens of Exercise Physiology – Scope of Practice and Case Studies

We explore the critical role of exercise physiology in promoting health through evidence-based interventions, framed by the scope of practice of Exercise Physiologists (EPs) and illustrated with real-world case studies.

Scope of Practice: EPs specialise in exercise interventions for healthy populations to those with acute, subacute, or chronic conditions, including cardiopulmonary, metabolic, musculoskeletal, and neurological disorders (e.g., heart disease, diabetes, MS, Parkinson’s). Their practice encompasses assessment, intervention, education and collaboration.

Case Studies in Action: Low-Cost Community Programme for Older Adults. A strength and balance programme improved functional fitness in seniors (> 50 years) highlights the scalability of exercise physiology in public health. Exercise physiology demonstrates measurable benefits across diverse populations, including chronic disease, ageing and behavioural change.

By integrating expertise with practical case evidence, we highlight exercise physiology’s transformative potential in bridging health gaps and advancing holistic care.

SPEAKER BIO

Dr. Eevon Chia is a doctor of exercise science and is reasonably healthy and fit. Over the years, she has observed that those who started building their health banks earlier in life were able to navigate illnesses more positively, respond better to medical treatment, and bounce back to thrive in their daily lives. With a solid understanding of the science behind exercise, she has spent the last 20 years learning, experimenting, evaluating, and actually incorporating evidence-based health and fitness practices into her own life. She is keen on any sport on wheels, including recreational aviation.

Dr. Goh Jorming

Research Assistant Professor

Head Clinical Sciences (Integrative Physiology)

Healthy Longevity Translational Research Program & NUHS Centre for Healthy Longevity

The Role of Exercise Training in Mediating Immune and Physiological Outcomes in Breast Cancer

Exercise training is efficacious in modulating clinical outcomes in different chronic diseases, including breast cancer. In breast cancer survivors, exercise training has been demonstrated to improve fatigue, cardiorespiratory fitness as well as other clinically relevant outcomes. While the mechanisms are still being elucidated, exercise training alters systemic physiology, as well as immune function, which can change the dynamic interaction between host immune function and the cancer microenvironment. This presentation will give an overview of the role of exercise in breast cancer treatment, the underlying mechanisms of exercise-induced chemoprotection, as well as current collaborative efforts between the speaker and collaborators from the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), Genome Institute of Singapore and the NUS Healthy Longevity Translational Research Program.

SPEAKER BIO

Dr. Goh Jorming is a Research Assistant Professor with the NUS Med Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme and the Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He is Principal Investigator and Head of the Exercise Physiology and Biomarkers laboratory and also holds a joint research appointment with NCCS. He obtained his BS and MS in exercise science from Indiana University (Bloomington, IN) and Washington State University (Spokane, WA), and his PhD in exercise and cancer biology from University of Washington (Seattle, WA). Since 2014, he has led human performance studies varying from immune characterisation of multiple days of exercise training to this current study in human breast cancer rehabilitation.

Mr. Etienne Ding

Exercise Physiologist | Sport Scientist

AMP Lab

Beyond the Hype: How AI is Reshaping the Role of Healthcare Practitioners

Artificial Intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept – it has already been integrated in healthcare practices. So what does this mean for practitioners? This webinar discusses the nuanced and evolving relationship between AI and healthcare professionals. We’ll explore how AI complements clinical decision-making, enhances diagnostics, streamlines administrative tasks, and improves patient outcomes – and not for the sake of just jumping on the AI bandwagon.

We will also address the elephant in the room: what aspects of healthcare delivery might AI replace – and how professionals can adapt, reskill, and stay relevant in an increasingly data-driven environment. Join us to demystify AI, explore the real impact on clinical practice, and develop a roadmap for thriving in the AI-powered future of healthcare.

SPEAKER BIO

Mr. Etienne Ding is an exercise physiologist with more than a decade of clinical practice and experience in the private and public sectors, having practised in organisations like Apple and the Ministry of Defence. He has a strong interest in health technology and youth strength conditioning. Currently, he is practising at AMP Lab where he is advocating a better mindset towards adopting preventive health and his unique approach to increasing health span. Other than serving individual needs, he also provides consultancy services to organisations to create evidence-based health interventions for health and fitness. He strongly believes in the power of health education to promote preventive health and conservative treatment as a mainstay of healthcare.

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