Email annechu@nus.edu.sg

Anne has expertise in the field of physical activity and sedentary behaviour, focusing on validation of methods (questionnaires and accelerometry-based devices) to improve the measurement of these constructs, evaluation of their connections with physical and mental health, as well as building the evidence to inform public health actions for health promotion interventions. Having trained in epidemiology and public health from SSHSPH, she later applied these skills to her postdoctoral research in assessing women and child health to better understand the early life origins of health.

She currently lives in Basel, Switzerland. On weekends, she would just strap on a backpack and be in the mountains or by beautiful lakes with her husband. Anne is learning German and aiming to have fluent conversations with the locals and understand the ads on YouTube.

• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (Visiting)
• Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) (Adjunct)

• Physical activity & sedentary behaviour
• Mental health
• Systematic review and meta-analysis
• Health promotion interventions
• Women’s health

• Epidemiology and public health
• Lifestyle behaviour

• Ph.D. (2014), Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• M.Med.Sc. (2010), Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• B.Sc. (Hons) in Biotechnology (2007), Faculty of Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Research Fellow (2018-2020), Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
• Research Associate (2018), Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
• Tutor, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Malaya (2012-2013)

• Chu AHY, Bernard JY, Koh D, & Müller-Riemenschneider F. (2020). Accelerometer profile of physical activity and sedentary behavior in a multi-ethnic urban Asian population. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2020 Mar 10:1-8. DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2020.1734520.
• Chu AHY, Aris IM, […], Chan SY. Anthropometric measures and HbA1c to detect dysglycemia in young Asian women planning conception: The S-PRESTO cohort. Scientific Reports, 2020;10(1).
• Chu AHY, van Dam RM, Biddle SJH, Koh D, Tan CS, & Müller-Riemenschneider F. (2018). Self-reported domain-specific and accelerometer-based physical activity and sedentary behaviour in relation to psychological distress among an urban Asian population. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 15 (36).
• Chu AHY, Ng SHX, Tan CS, Win AM, Koh D, & Müller-Riemenschneider F. (2016). A systematic review and meta-analysis of workplace intervention strategies to reduce sedentary time in white-collar workers. Obesity Reviews. 17(5), 467-81.
• Chu AHY, Ng SHX, Koh D, & Müller-Riemenschneider F. (2015). Reliability and validity of the self- and interviewer-administered versions of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ). PLOS ONE, 10(9), e0136944.

View her full list of publications here.