Biography
Dr Joseph Leong Jern-Yi graduated from NUS in 1999 and earned his Master in Psychiatry in 2003 and studied Psychiatric Rehabilitation at UCLA with Distinguish Professor of Psychiatry Robert Paul Liberman in 2009.
He’s currently Deputy Program Director of Community Mental Health Team at the Institute of Mental Health working with Community Partners to build connections, capacity and capability. He has been actively involved with IMH-GP Partnership Program (GPPP) as well as training of GPs in Motivational Interviewing and Mental Health topics.
He has been involved in tele-psychiatry projects since 2016 at the Institute of Mental Health with collaborators such as TotalWEllnessVillage@Facebook, HealthyMindOnline, NUS-ISS and AskDr.
He’s very passionate about teaching, coaching and mentoring and has been a core faculty of the National Psychiatry Residency Program. He was awarded the NHG Excellence in Teaching 2004, Excellence Service Star Award 2007, Healthcare Humanity Award 20011 by President of Singapore and Distinguished Public Service Star Award 2013 by the Singapore government and Special Recognition Award from Dean of Medicine, NUS in 2019.