Rate My Professor Sapphire Lin

Sapphire H. Lin is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Digital Medicine (WisDM), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, and the N.1 Institute for Health at NUS. She previously served as a research fellow at SingHealth. Lin holds a PhD in communication from the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University and a Master of Mass Communication from the same institution. Her research centers on health communication, examining how information and communication technologies influence health behaviors among vulnerable populations, including older adults, individuals with illnesses, and persons with disabilities. She employs both qualitative and quantitative methods in interdisciplinary studies exploring human-human and human-technology interactions to optimize health outcomes. Lin has led roles in large collaborative studies and grants involving academia, industry, government, and community partners, with the aim of informing policy and practice to improve well-being.

Key publications include co-authored works such as “Theoretical advancements in mHealth: A systematic review of mobile apps” (2018) in the Journal of Health Communication and “The state of wearable health technologies: a transdisciplinary literature review” (2021) in Mobile Media & Communication, along with studies on physical activity among older adults in Singapore and related topics in health technology adoption. Her work integrates theoretical insights with practical applications to address societal challenges in digital health and communication.

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