CHIA Kee Seng
Affiliation
- NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (Primary)
- NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (Joint)
Research Interest
- Molecular epidemiology of chronic diseases (cancer, CVD, DM)
- Primary prevention of chronic diseases
Teaching Areas
- Epidemiology and biostatistics
- Occupational Medicine
Academic/Professional Qualifications
- MBBS, 1981 (Singapore)
- MSc(OM), 1985 (Singapore)
- MD, 1995 (Singapore)
Awards/Honours
- Ministry of Education Service to Education Award (2009)
- NUHS Research Excellence Award (2010)
- National Day Award, Public Administration Medal (Silver) 2018, Ministry of Health
Career History
- Foreign Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Sweden (2006).
- Professor, Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine, NUS (2005)
- Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, National University of Singapore. (1 July 2005 – 28 February 2022, Local Tenure Contract).
- Associate Professor, Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine, NUS (1997)
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine, NUS (1990)
- Lecturer, Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, NUS (1985)
Administrative Leadership
- Independent Board Member, Tsao Foundation, Singapore (27 August 2018 – 26 August 2021)
- Chairman, The Workplace Health Committee, Workplace Safety and Health Council (1 February 2011 – 31 March 2019)
- Dean, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore (1 October 2011 – 31 December 2017)
- Adjunct Group Leader, Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) (10 May 2004 – 9 May 2016)
- Adjunct Senior Principal Clinician Scientist , Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), Singapore (26 August 2014 – 25 August 2017)
Professional/Consulting Activities
- Member, Workplace Safety and Health Council, Ministry of Manpower
- Board Member, Health Promotion Board
- Chairman, Residency Advisory Committee (Preventive Medicine)
Selected Publications
- Ability to predict breast cancer in Asian women using a polygenic susceptibility model. Breast Cancer Res Treatment Dec 2010
- Researching genetic versus nongenetic determinants of disease: a comparison and proposed unification. Sci Transl Med. 2009 Nov 18;1(7):7ps8.
- Genome-wide association study in individuals of South Asian ancestry identifies six new type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci. Nat Genet. 2011 Aug 28;43
Media Coverage
- Prepare for an L-shaped recovery, The Straits Times Opinion, 30 May 2020
- Protecting healthcare workers, The Straits Times Opinion, 21 February 2020
- Making sense of the debate on Singapore’s ban on e-cigarettes, TODAY Commentary, 22 April 2019
- Why Singapore’s new approach to workplace safety and health matters (to you), TODAY Commentary, 15 April 2019
- Why tobacco companies are so nervous about plain packaging, The Straits Times Opinion, 18 February 2019
- Singapore should aim to be smoke-free, not just smoke-lite, TODAY commentary, 6 October 2017
- Take war on diabetes into the workplace, The Straits Times Opinion, 25 August 2017
- A lifetime of health and wealth makes for good retirement, The Straits Times Opinion, 30 June 2017
- The Norms in Hepatitis C Outbreaks, The Straits Times Opinion, 2 December 2015
- If We’re Learning From New Zealand’s Smoking Ban, Should We Also Learn From Its Vaping Laws?, RICE, 29 April 2022
- Let’s have a tobacco-free generation in Singapore, The Straits Times, 30 December 2021
- Health Promotion, Protection And Personal Responsibility, Power 98 FM, 27 December 2021
- Time to do more to stub out smoking in Singapore?, The Straits Times, 3 January 2020
- New forms of smoking catch on, The Standard Hong Kong, 24 May 2019
- Why tobacco companies are so nervous about plain packaging, The Straits Times, 18 February 2019
- Plain packaging planned for cigarettes, The Straits Times, 1 November 2018
- Ageing well and staying healthy, The Sunday Times, 21 October 2018
- Call for education to back anti-smoking laws, The Straits Times, 9 October 2017
- Singapore’s war on diabetes aims to save lives – and limbs – in a state where the disease causes four amputations a day, South China Morning Post, 11 September 2017
- Research on behaviour, targeted messaging may help Singapore’s war on diabetes: Experts, Channel NewsAsia, 31 August 2017
- The Big Read: Apathy, complacency — the worst enemies in Singapore’s war against diabetes, TODAY, 25 August 2017
- More can be done to stub out smoking, says expert, The Straits Times, 9 July 2017
- Singaporeans are living longer – but are they ready for old age?, The Straits Times, 30 June 2017
- Battling Obesity, ‘Frontline’, Channel 8 News, 23 June 2017
- $5 Health Screening for 1.8 million Singaporeans: Letters out from August, The Straits Times, 16 April 2017
- The Big Read: After raising legal smoking age, what next? Iceland may offer answer, TODAY, 18 March 2017
- 2 smoking shelters to be built on Orchard Road by mid-April, Channel News Asia, 14 March 2017
- Curbing teen smoking ‘must go beyond raising minimum age’, The Straits Times, 14 March 2017
- Smoking is an archaic habit with no place in modern society, Channel News Asia, 11 March 2017
- Raising minimum legal age for smoking: Making it harder for youth to light up, The Straits Times, 10 March 2017
- New Initiatives Aim to Promote Healthy Living Among the Young, The New Paper, 24 February 2017
- Enhancing Multiple Tobacco Control Measures to put an end to smoking, Channel News Asia, 22 Feb 2017
- Ending the tobacco scourge, The Straits Times, 18 February 2017
- Are kids eating too much sweet stuff?, The Straits Times, 30 September 2016
- 国大公共卫生学院投资100万元抗糖尿病, Lianhe Zaobao, 30 September 2016
- 国大卫生学院三管齐下了解肥胖与糖尿病关联, Lianhe Wanbao, 29 September 2016
- Rising obesity among young men a concern for public health experts, Channel NewsAsia, 29 September 2016
- Singaporeans at risk of diabetes should get screened earlier, Channel NewsAsia, 30 March 2016
- Rising obesity among young set to worsen diabetes rate in Singapore, The Straits Times, 22 February 2016
- Work together to keep Zika at bay, The Straits Times, 5 February 2016
- Sugar High ‘IT Figures’ Season 4 Episode 14, Channel NewsAsia, 8 February 2016
- ‘年长者应积极面对衰老’, Shin Min Daily News, 3 November 2015
- Healthcare outcomes: Singapore ranked 2nd, The Straits Times, 28 November 2014
- Need to Know Interview on Workplace Safety and Health, 938LIVE, 14 May 2014
- Are Singaporeans living healthier?, On the Red Dot, Channel 5, 5 February 2014
- On Big Data: The Bigger Picture, BFM89.9, 24 June 2014
- Rounding up major healthcare issues of 2013, Power98 FM, 30 December 2013