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Johan Gunnar ERIKSSON
DIRECTOR
Research Interests
Early programming of health and disease; prevention of gestational diabetes (GDM), type 2 diabetes and related metabolic outcomes by lifestyle interventions.
LEE Kai Wei, Jason
Deputy DIRECTOR
Research Interests
Fluid balance and heat stress; Extreme physiology; Military, occupational and applied performance and safety; Heat on health and work productivity
CHAN Shiao-Yng
Research Interests
Management of pregnant women with medical disorders; Endocrine and metabolic dysfunction in pregnancy and their impact on maternal and child outcomes as well as on placenta.
CHONG Yap Seng
Research Interests
Women’s health and early childhood development; Genetic epidemiology of pregnancy-related disorders, intrapartum and postpartum management, natural childbirth, strategies to promote breastfeeding, and the developmental origins of health and disease.
Maria DE IORIO
Research Interests
Bayesian Nonparametrics, Biostatistics, Network models, Medical Statistics, Genomics, Population Genetics, Metabolomics, Genetic Association Studies.
LI Lingjun, Queenie
Research Interests
Gestational Diabetes & Hypertension; Fetal Growth Restriction & Childhood Obesity; Transgenerational health consequences; Life Course Epidemiology
LO Chi Yan, June
Research Interests
Children sleep; Adolescent sleep, Sleep deprivation, Cognition, Mood, Screen time, Sleep interventions
LOW Cherh Chiet, Ivan
Research Interests
Neural and cognitive responses during exertional heat stress and hypohydration in humans; Thermal physiology and heat mitigation strategies in occupational and urban settings; Wearable technology development for continuous physiological monitoring.
Nicholas RAVANELLI
Research Interests
Identifying factors impacting health and productivity during heat stress, and developing evidence-based heat-resilience solutions exploiting wearable technology.
Keri MCCRICKERD
Research Interests
Appetite and eating behaviour in children and adults
ONG Yi Ying
Research Interests
DOHaD; Developmental Mismatch; Fetal and postnatal growth/nutrition; Obesity; Cardiometabolic risk; Neurodevelopment; Accelerated maturation
Shefaly SHOREY
Research Interests
Maternal, paternal, and newborn health across the perinatal period; Women and Children’s Health; Development and Evaluation of Psychosocial and Educational Interventions; Applied Research Methods, Systematic Reviews, and Healthcare Education.
Jose Maria VALDERAS Martinez
Research Interests
Primary care and family medicine; Patient reported experiences and outcomes, quality and safety, multimorbidity
THAM Huiwen, Elizabeth
Research Interests
Atopic Dermatitis, Food Allergy, Early Life Immunomodulation and the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHAD)
WANG Chee Keng, John
Research Interests
Motivation and emotional aspects of sport and exercise; peak Human Performance; motivation in human performance; advanced statistical analysis
YEUNG Wei Jun, Jean
Research Interests
Family, Children, Fathers, Social Inequality, Demography, Aging, Life Course, China’s Social Transformation, Social Policy, Human Capital, Stratification
ZHANG Cuilin
Research Interests
Aetiology and prevention of obesity, type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes and comorbidities; Nutrition, diet and lifestyle intervention, multi-omics research; Women’s Health, maternal and child health
ZHANG Cuilin
Research Interests
Aetiology and prevention of obesity, type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes and comorbidities; Nutrition, diet and lifestyle intervention, multi-omics research; Women’s Health, maternal and child health
CHEE Wei Liang, Michael
Research Interests
Sleep, Cognition and Learning from Adolescence through Old Age; Napping, Memory, EEG, Sleep wearables, fMRI, Behavioural testing, Physiological monitoring, Lifestyle intervention.
GOH Jor Ming
Research Interests
Exercise and age-associated immunosenescence, Exercise and immune modulation in cancer patients, Exercise and inflammation in cardiovascular disease and cancer, High intensity interval training (HIIT) and health benefits in cardiovascular disease and cancer, Novel biomarkers of healthy ageing
HO Su Hui, Cyrus
Research Interests
Interface between Psychiatry and Medicine, Complex mood disorders, Biomarker discovery in Psychiatry, Global Mental Health
LEE Yung Seng
Research Interests
Obesity, insulin resistance, and mediators of obesity related morbidities; Research approach to elucidate the biological susceptibility to human obesity and related morbidities is two pronged, by studying 1) genetics and 2) In-utero and early life developmental factors (developmental origins of health and disease); Various paediatric endocrine disorders
LING Shuo-Chien
Research Interests
Understanding how the human nervous system functions, how aging and diseases affect these basic neuronal functions, and to elucidate potential targets for therapeutic intervention.
TEO Kee Keong, Adrian
Research Interests
Stem cells, Human pluripotent stem cells, Human induced pluripotent stem cells, Diabetes, Disease modelling, Pancreatic beta cells, Organoids, Diabetes complications, Cell therapy, Gene therapy
YEO Boon Thye, Thomas
Research Interests
Brain Imaging; Machine Learning; Neuroscience; Mental Disorders
ZHOU Juan, Helen
Research Interests
Brain Imaging, Brain Network, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurological Disorders, Mental Disorders, Brain Ageing and Development, Machine Learning
LING Shuo-Chien
Research Interests
Understanding how the human nervous system functions, how aging and diseases affect these basic neuronal functions, and to elucidate potential targets for therapeutic intervention.1
CAI Shirong
Research Interests
Maternal and child sleep: risk factors and downstream sequelae; Maternal and child chronotype and subsequent health outcomes
Anna FOGEL
Research Interests
Family health behaviours and well-being, eating behaviours, physical activity, screen time, socio-urban health, lifestyle interventions
HUANG Jian
Research Interests
Molecular and life-course epidemiology, causal inference, early development and healthy ageing, genomics, metabolomics, proteomics
LEOW Khee Shing, Melvin
Research Interests
Metabolic Physiology, Adipocyte biology, epigenetic programming in metabolic disorders, thyroid disorders, endocrine manifestations and complications of systemic disorders, mathematical modelling of endocrine physiology and molecular endocrinology.
LOO Xiu Ling, Evelyn
Research Interests
Study of the exposome and its influence on host immune responses and microbiome , allergic diseases, DOHAD, multi-omics analysis
Jeroen SCHMITT
Research Interests
Clinical Research, Cognition, Mood, Sleep, Nutritional Bioactives and Human Health, Digital Biomarkers, Gut-Brain-Axis
TAN Xiang Ren
Research Interests
Brain health and cognition, Human exercise and thermal physiology, Exercise interventions for health and fitness, Neuroimaging and neuromodulation.
Mya Thway TINT
Research Interests
Developmental influences on the risks of offspring’s metabolic diseases, Life-course epidemiology of muscle-bone health in women and children, integration of understanding on epidemiology in developing interventions in improving women health and child health
Sambasivam Sendhil VELAN
Research Interests
Metabolic Imaging of Body Composition (MRI, MRS, NIRS, Ultrasound) and Musculoskeletal Imaging (Mitochondrial Metabolism); Life Course Metabolic Imaging
Dennis WANG
Research Interests
Multi-omics Analysis, Personalised Medicine, Multiple Long Term Conditions, Machine learning, Health AI, Computational Biology
