Senior Lecturer · Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya
Wen Ting, Tong is a trained implementation researcher and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya. She obtained her PhD from Universiti Malaya, where her doctoral research focused on developing an effective implementation strategy to integrate patient decision aids into primary care practice, with the aim of facilitating shared decision making.
Following her PhD, she joined the National University of Singapore as a research fellow at the Centre for Behavioural and Implementation Science Interventions (BISI). Her research vision revolves around achieving high-quality healthcare by applying implementation and behavioural sciences to improve the adoption of evidence-based interventions in clinical practice. Her work is situated within the multidisciplinary realm of implementation science, evidence-based practice, and patient-centred care.
Beyond her core focus, Wen Ting's research extends into digital health, mental health, health ethics, and sexual and reproductive health. She is currently expanding her research interests into the application of artificial intelligence in healthcare, with a particular focus on AI for mental health and the implementation of AI-driven interventions in primary care settings.
Wen Ting has experience in designing and developing online courses on MOOC platforms including OpenLearning. Her courses — "Introduction to Research for Healthcare Professionals" and "Manuscript Writing Made Easy" — have garnered significant enrolment numbers and continue to be highly sought after by clinicians and healthcare researchers across the region.
Her research has been published in journals including Implementation Science, BMJ Open, PLOS ONE, and BMC Health Services Research. She has co-authored book chapters published by IGI Global (2018) and Universiti Malaya Press (2024). She has received multiple research awards at international conferences and has been appointed as the Riegelman GNAPH Fellow for the Global Network for Academic Public Health.