lynette shek

Prof Lynette Shek Pei-Chi

ORCID: 0000-0001-9064-8983

Appointment(s)

Vice-Dean (Administration), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Professor, Department of Paediatrics, National University of Singapore

Senior Consultant, Khoo Teck Puat-National Univeristy Children’s Medical Institute, National University Hospital

Adjunct Investigator, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences



Degree(s)

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Honours), National University of Singapore (1994)

Member, Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom (1997)

Graduate Certificate in Paediatric Rheumatology, University of Western Australia (2018)

 



Biography

Professor Lynette Shek is currently a Senior Consultant of the Division of Paediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology at the National University Hospital. She was appointed as the Vice-Dean (Administration) of NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in 2019 and is also a Principal Investigator at the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, A*STAR.  She is appointed as the Programme Lead, Wellbeing Office, National University Health System in 2024.

Prof Shek attained her postgraduate paediatric degree in 1997 and was accredited as a paediatric specialist by the Ministry of Health, Singapore in 2001. She became a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore in 2004 and has been a member of the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics since 1996. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.


Research Areas/Research Interest

  • Paediatrics
  • Paediatric Allergy & Immunology (Allergy & Immune System Disorders)


Selected Publications

Association of physical activity and sedentary behavior with depression and anxiety symptoms during pregnancy in a multiethnic cohort of Asian women, 2016

Natarajan Padmapriya, Jonathan Y Bernard, Shen Liang, See Ling Loy, Zhe Shen, Kenneth Kwek, Keith M Godfrey, Peter D Gluckman, Yap-Seng Chong, Seang Mei Saw, Michael J Meaney, Helen Chen, Falk Muller-Riemenschneider

A Comparison of Practices During the Confinement Period among Chinese, Malay, and Indian Mothers in Singapore, 2016

Doris Fok, Izzuddin M Aris, Jiahui Ho, Sok Bee Lim, Mei Chien Chua, Wei Wei Pang, Seang-Mei Saw, Kenneth Kwek, Keith M Godfrey, Michael S Kramer, Yap Seng Chong

Neutralizing Anti-Interferon-Gamma Autoantibody Levels May Not Correlate With Clinical Course of Disease, 2016

Elizabeth Huiwen Tham, Chiung-Hui Huang, Jian Yi Soh, Meera Thayalasingam, Alison Joanne Lee, Lionel Hon Wei Lum, Li Mei Poon, David Chien Boon Lye, Louis Yi Ann Chai, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Bee Wah Lee, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek

Severe Mycobacterial Diseases in a Patient with GOF I kappa B alpha Mutation Without EDA (vol 36, pg 12, 2016), 2016

Alison Joanne Lee, Marcela Moncada-Velez, Capucine Picard, Genevieve Llanora, Chiung-Hui Huang, Laurent Abel, Si Min Chan, Bee-Wah Lee, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Jacinta Bustamante, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek, Stephanie Boisson-Dupuis

Predominantly night-time feeding and maternal glycaemic levels during pregnancy, 2016

See Ling Loy, Tuck Seng Cheng, Marjorelee T Colega, Yin Bun Cheung, Keith M Godfrey, Peter D Gluckman, Kenneth Kwek, Seang Mei Saw, Yap-Seng Chong, Natarajan Padmapriya, Falk Muller-Riemenschneider, Ngee Lek, Fabian Yap, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, Jerry Kok Yen Chan

Singaporean Mothers' Perception of Their Three-year-old Child's Weight Status: A Cross-Sectional Study, 2016

Tuck Seng Cheng, See Ling Loy, Yin Bun Cheung, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Mya Thway Tint, Keith M Godfrey, Peter D Gluckman, Kenneth Kwek, Seang Mei Saw, Yap-Seng Chong, Yung Seng Lee, Fabian Yap, Ngee Lek

Severe Mycobacterial Diseases in a Patient with GOF I kappa B alpha Mutation Without EDA, 2016

Alison Joanne Lee, Marcela Moncada-Velez, Capucine Picard, Genevieve Llanora, Chiung-Hui Huang, Laurent Abel, Si Min Chan, Bee-Wah Lee, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Jacinta Bustamante, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek, Stephanie Boisson-Dupuis

OPINION: Primary prevention of allergy - Will it soon become a reality?, 2016

Hugo P Van Bever, Sowmya Nagarajan, Lynette P Shek, Bee-Wah Lee

Tobacco smoke exposure and respiratory morbidity in young children, 2016

AM Snodgrass, PT Tan, SE Soh, A Goh, LP Shek, HP van Bever, PD Gluckman, KM Godfrey, YS Chong, SM Saw, K Kwek, OH Teoh

An independent association of prenatal depression with wheezing and anxiety with rhinitis in infancy, 2015

Tuck Seng Cheng, Helen Chen, Theresa Lee, Oon Hoe Teoh, Lynette P Shek, Bee Wah Lee, Cornelia Chee, Keith M Godfrey, Peter D Gluckman, Kenneth Kwek, Seang Mei Saw, Yap-Seng Chong, Michael Meaney, Birit FP Broekman, Oh Moh Chay, Hugo Van Bever, Anne Goh

Association of Maternal Vitamin D Status with Glucose Tolerance and Caesarean Section in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Cohort: The Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes Study, 2015

See Ling Loy, Ngee Lek, Fabian Yap, Shu E Soh, Natarajan Padmapriya, Kok Hian Tan, Arijit Biswas, George Seow Heong Yeo, Kenneth Kwek, Peter D Gluckman, Keith M Godfrey, Seang Mei Saw, Falk Mueller-Riemenschneider, Yap-Seng Chong, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, Jerry Kok Yen Chan

Clinical phenotype and allergen sensitization in the first 2 years as predictors of atopic disorders at age 5 years, 2015

Phaik Ling Quah, Evelyn Xiu Ling Loo, Gabriella Nadine Li Yuan Lee, I-Chun Kuo, Irvin Gerez, Genevieve Villablanca Llanora, Yiong Huak Chan, Marion Aw, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek, Bee Wah Lee

Atopic Dermatitis in Early Life: Evidence for at Least Three Phenotypes? Results from the GUSTO Study, 2015

Evelyn Xiu Ling Loo, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek, Anne Goh, Oon Hoe Teoh, Yiong Huak Chan, Shu E Soh, Seang Mei Saw, Kenneth Kwek, Peter D Gluckman, Keith M Godfrey, Yap Seng Chong, Bee Wah Lee, Hugo P Van Bever

Maternal PUFA status and offspring allergic diseases up to the age of 18 months, 2015

Ya-Mei Yu, Yiong-Huak Chan, Philip C Calder, Antony Hardjojo, Shu-E Soh, Ai Lin Lim, Helena L Fisk, Oon Hoe Teoh, Anne Goh, Seang-Mei Saw, Kenneth Kwek, Peter D Gluckman, Keith M Godfrey, Yap-Seng Chong, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek, An Pan, Mary Foong Fong Chong, Hugo PS van Bever

Clinical and immunochemical profiles of food challenge proven or anaphylactic shrimp allergy in tropical Singapore, 2015

M Thalayasingam, IFA Gerez, GC Yap, GV Llanora, IP Chia, L Chua, CJAO Lee, LDH Ta, YK Cheng, BYH Thong, CY Tang, HPS Van Bever, LP Shek, MA Curotto de Lafaille, BW Lee

Rhinitis in the first 18 months of life: Exploring the role of respiratory viruses, 2015

Antony Hardjojo, Anne Goh, Lynette PC Shek, Hugo PS Van Bever, Oon Hoe Teoh, Jian Yi Soh, Biju Thomas, Boon Huan Tan, Yiong Huak Chan, Mahesh Babu Ramamurthy, Daniel YT Goh, Shu-E Soh, Seang-Mei Saw, Kenneth Kwek, Yap-Seng Chong, Keith M Godfrey, Peter D Gluckman, Bee Wah Lee

Gestational Age and Neonatal Brain Microstructure in Term Born Infants: A Birth Cohort Study, 2014

Birit FP Broekman, Changqing Wang, Yue Li, Anne Rifkin-Graboi, Seang Mei Saw, Yap-Seng Chong, Kenneth Kwek, Peter D Gluckman, Marielle V Fortier, Michael J Meaney, Anqi Qiu

Ethnic differences translate to inadequacy of high-risk screening for gestational diabetes mellitus in an Asian population: a cohort study, 2014

Yap-Seng Chong, Shirong Cai, Harvard Lin, Shu E Soh, Yung-Seng Lee, Melvin Khee-Shing Leow, Yiong-Huak Chan, Li Chen, Joanna D Holbrook, Kok-Hian Tan, Victor Samuel Rajadurai, George Seow-Heong Yeo, Michael S Kramer, Seang-Mei Saw, Peter D Gluckman, Keith M Godfrey, Kenneth Kwek

Relationships of maternal folate and vitamin B12 status during pregnancy with perinatal depression: The GUSTO study, 2014

Mary FF Chong, Jocelyn XY Wong, Marjorelee Colega, Ling-Wei Chen, Rob M van Dam, Chuen Seng Tan, Ai Lin Lim, Shirong Cai, Birit FP Broekman, Yung Seng Lee, Seang Mei Saw, Kenneth Kwek, Keith M Godfrey, Yap Seng Chong, Peter Gluckman, Michael J Meaney, Helen Chen

Hyper-responsive T-cell cytokine profile in association with development of early childhood wheeze but not eczema at 2 years, 2014

Ling Quah Phaik, Chiung-Hui Huang, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek, Kaw Yan Chua, Bee Wah Lee, I-Chun Kuo

Molecular analysis of infant fecal microbiota in an Asian at-risk cohort-correlates with infant and childhood eczema, 2014

GC Yap, EXL Loo, M Aw, Q Lu, LPC Shek, BW Lee

Supplementation with Probiotics in the First 6 Months of Life Did Not Protect against Eczema and Allergy in At-Risk Asian Infants: A 5-Year Follow-Up, 2014

Evelyn XL Loo, Genevieve V Llanora, Qingshu Lu, Marion M Aw, Bee Wah Lee, Lynette P Shek

Identification of shared and unique immunoglobulin E epitopes of the highly conserved tropomyosins in Blomia tropicalis and Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (vol 32, pg 1203, 2002), 2013

FC Yi, N Cheong, LP Shek, DY Wang, KY Chua, BW Lee

Transcriptome Changes Affecting Hedgehog and Cytokine Signalling in the Umbilical Cord: Implications for Disease Risk, 2012

Walter Stuenkel, Hong Pan, Siew Boom Chew, Emilia Tng, Jun Hao Tan, Li Chen, Roy Joseph, Clara Y Cheong, Mei-Lyn Ong, Yung Seng Lee, Yap-Seng Chong, Seang Mei Saw, Michael J Meaney, Kenneth Kwek, Allan M Sheppard, Peter D Gluckman, Joanna D Holbrook

Comparative study of the reactogenicity of a three-component acellular pertussis vaccine and whole-cell pertussis vaccine administered to healthy Singaporean infants, 2003

LPC Shek, ESH Khor, GH Tan, KT Low, D Ong, J Roy, HH Han, HL Bock, BW Lee