OUR RESEARCH TEAM

Dr Joanne Yoong, Principal Economist & Behavioural Scientist

Joanne Yoong, PhD, is an applied micro-economist and interdisciplinary researcher working on consumer and household decision-making in vulnerable populations. Dr Yoong holds multiple faculty appointments and is the author of over eighty peer-reviewed articles in leading economics, medical and public health journals. She has worked on projects around the world including Singapore, the United States, India, China, Ghana, Kenya, Cambodia, Indonesia and Iraqi Kurdistan. Dr Yoong received her PhD in Economics at Stanford University as an FSI Starr Foundation Fellow after an early career in financial services, and her AB summa cum laude in Economics and Applied and Computational Mathematics from Princeton University. You can find her scholarly work here.

• Behavioral economics

• Health, financial and social services research

• Socioeconomic development

• Program design and evaluation

Get in touch with Joanne at joanne@rforimpact.com

Gayle trained in political science and comparative politics in the Philippines and Singapore and is currently pursuing a PhD in Global Health at the University of Geneva. Her work focuses on commercial and political determinants of health, particularly alcohol and tobacco control in Southeast Asia. She is also a Senior Researcher on tobacco governance at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Government. She is part of the Asia Pacific Alcohol Policy Alliance and the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance. You can find her scholarly work here.

• Qualitative research 

• Health policy and systems research

• Tobacco control and alcohol control policy research

• Monitoring and evaluation 

​Get in touch with Gayle at gayle@rforimpact.com

Oliver Yuen, Senior Economist

Oliver specialises in cost-benefit analysis and has contributed to economic research projects spanning urban, energy, health, and social policy. He also works with clients, in programme evaluation, to improve the process of accounting, measuring, and managing the social value of programmes. Oliver holds economics degrees from both Singapore Management University and National University of Singapore, and won the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Economist Service) Best Thesis Prize for his insights on commuter behaviour. You can find his scholarly work here.

• Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) including Health Technology Assessment (HTA)

• Social Value and Social Return on Investment

• Social policy

Get in touch with Oliver at oliver@rforimpact.com 

Wei Kok obtained his degree from the University of London (UOL), majoring in Mathematics and Economics. He is passionate about teaching. While completing his degree, he co-founded Excel Through Tuition where he and his associates helped undergraduates better understand and appreciate economics modules. After teaching for 5 years, he decided to pursue a Master’s in Applied Economics at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), from which he graduated with distinction. He is highly quantitative in nature and is interested in data analysis and econometric modelling.

• Data analysis

• Econometric modelling

• Cost-benefit analysis

• Education

Get in touch with Wei Kok at weikok@rforimpact.com

Daniel Lin, Senior Researcher 

Daniel is a qualitative researcher passionate about improving health and social outcomes of individuals and communities so that they may be better empowered to thrive and lead meaningful lives. He trained in the social sciences (majoring in geography) at the National University of Singapore and has previously worked in the areas of population health programme development, asset-based community development, health informatics, as well as health services and policy research. Daniel hopes to help organizations develop sound policy and practice through quality evidence-based research.

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• Qualitative research

• Programme development and evaluation

• Health services research

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Get in touch with Daniel at daniel@rforimpact.com