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Nawi Ng

Professor

School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Mail
nawi.ng@gu.se
Visiting address
Medicinaregatan 18A
41390 Göteborg
Postal address
469
40530 Göteborg

About Nawi Ng

MD, MPH, PhD. Prof. Nawi Ng is a Professor of Global Health at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institution of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. He is a medical doctor and epidemiologist by training and leads the Global and Public Health research group at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg.

Prof. Ng previously worked at Umeå University in Sweden, where he served as a Senior Lecturer (2007–2014) and Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health (2015–2019). He was also a Visiting Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health from 2019 to April 2024.

Research area

His research focuses on inequalities in non-communicable diseases and their risk factors, risk behavior estimation and behavioral changes, population aging, disability and quality of life among older people, and unmet healthcare and social care needs, along with financial protection in Sweden and low- and middle-income countries.

Prof. Ng leads several research projects, including: (i) unmet healthcare and social care needs; (ii) poverty and healthcare utilization in Cambodia; (iii) a multilevel intersectional study of communities’ vulnerability and public health institutions’ capacity to cope with COVID-19; and (iv) the development of digital coaching for sustainable behavior changes and health promotion in Sweden (STAR-C). He also serves as a Co-Principal Investigator on a project at Umeå University focused on social capital for the planning and design of sustainable neighborhoods in Sweden.

He has published 167 papers in peer-reviewed international journals, including in The Lancet, International Journal of Epidemiology, Bulletin of the WHO, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Innovation in Aging, and BMC Geriatrics. He has an H-index of 52.

Prof. Ng has held editorial roles as the Managing Editor (2007–2014) and Chief Editor (2015–2018) of the Global Health Action open-access journal. He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Group of SEACO—Southeast Asia Community Observatory (2014–2019) and has served on the Scientific Advisory Group for Indonesia's Sleman Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) since 2016 and the KAHER HDSS in India since 2023.

Teaching Responsibilities

Prof. Nawi Ng has supervised thirteen Ph.D. students to completion and is currently supervising ten ongoing Ph.D. candidates.

At the Master of Global Health Programme, University of Gothenburg:

  • MGH101: Global Health Challenges in an Interdisciplinary Context (15 ECTS) – Teacher
  • MGH102: Epidemiology (15 ECTS) – Teacher
  • MGH311: Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics (7.5 ECTS) – Course Leader
  • MGH400: Degree Project in Global Health (30 ECTS) – Course Leader

At the Master of Public Health Science Programme, University of Gothenburg:

  • MPH221: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (15 ECTS) – Teacher
  • MPH223: Social Epidemiology (15 ECTS) – Teacher
  • MPH235: Public Health Work (15 ECTS) – Mentor for Interns
  • MPH241: Master Thesis (30 ECTS) – Thesis Supervisor

Additional Teaching Responsibilities:

At the University of Gothenburg:

  • Course Coordinator for the new Global Health course (3 ECTS) for the undergraduate medical program, starting in 2025.
  • Teacher for the LÄA091: Social Medicine course in the undergraduate medical program.
  • Thesis Supervisor for the LÄA110: Examensarbete course (Degree Project for Undergraduate Medical Students).
  • Teacher in SM00130: The Individual, Health, and the Community (4 ECTS), a PhD course.

At Umeå University:

  • Teacher in the UMU-30509: Global Health (10 ECTS) course, Master of Public Health Programme.

At Karolinska Institute:

  • Teacher in 3GB015: Non-communicable Diseases, Injuries, and Emergencies: A Global Health Perspective (3 ECTS) course, Master's Programme in Global Health.

Latest update: 10 September 2024.