Email ephlyq@nus.edu.sg

Dr Lee was trained as a clinical dietitian and attained her PhD at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her PhD research investigated the relationship between maternal nutrition, obesity and diabetes in pregnancy and offspring kidney structure and function in an Australian Indigenous population. Since joining NUS, she has been working with the Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) study, a mother-offspring cohort study in Singapore and the NUS School of Public Health Multi-ethnic Cohort (MEC) studies. Her research interests are diverse and continually growing.

• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

• Maternal and child nutrition
• Dietary patterns
• Systematic review and meta-analysis
• Nutrition and non-communicable diseases

• PhD (Human Physiology), University of Newcastle, Australia
• Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (First Class Honours), University of Newcastle, Australia

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Research Assistant, University of Newcastle, Australia
• Casual Academic, University of Newcastle, Australia
• Clinical Dietitian, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
• Clinical Dietitian, Mount Alvernia Hospital, Singapore

• • Park SH, Lee YQ, Müller-Riemenschneider F, Dickens BSL, van Dam RM. Acculturation as a Determinant of Obesity and Related Lifestyle Behaviors in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Population. Nutrients. 2023 Aug 17;15(16):3619.
  • Lee YQ, Chia A, Whitton C, Cameron-Smith D, Sim X, van Dam RM, F-F Chong M. Isocaloric Substitution of Plant-Based Protein for Animal-Based Protein and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in a Multiethnic Asian Population. J Nutr. 2023 May;153(5):1555-1566.
  • Yeung K-F, Lee YQ, Chong MFF, Gandhi M, Lam AYR, Julianty S, Tan GCS, Ho ETL, Goh S-Y, Tan GSW, et al. Baseline characteristics of participants in the Pre-Diabetes Interventions and Continued Tracking to Ease-out Diabetes (Pre-DICTED) Program. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 2022;10(5):e002966.
  • Lee YQ, Whitton C, Neelakantan N, van Dam RM, Chong MF-F.Dietary patterns and predicted 10-year cardiovascular disease risk in a multiethnic Asian population. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 2022. 32(9): p. 2093-2104.
  • Lee YQ, Colega M, Sugianto R, Lai JS, Godfrey KM, Tan KH, Shek LP, Loy SL, Müller-Riemenschneider F, Padmapriya N, Chong YS, Eriksson JG, Chan JKY, Chan SY, Tai BC, Chong MF. Tracking of dietary patterns between pregnancy and 6 years post-pregnancy in a multiethnic Asian cohort: the Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) study. Eur J Nutr. 2022 Mar;61(2):985-1001.
  • Lee YQ, Lumbers ER, Schumacher TL, Collins CE, Rae KM, Pringle KG, Gomeroi Gaaynggal Advisory Committee. Maternal Diet Influences Fetal Growth but Not Fetal Kidney Volume in an Australian Indigenous Pregnancy Cohort. Nutrients. 2021 Feb 9;13(2):569. doi:10.3390/nu13020569. PMID: 33572217; PMCID: PMC7914647.
  • Lee YQ, Loh J, Ang RSE, Chong MF. Tracking of Maternal Diet from Pregnancy to Postpregnancy: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies. Curr Dev Nutr. 2020 Jul 15;4(8):nzaa118. doi:10.1093/cdn/nzaa118. PMID: 32793849; PMCID: PMC7408223.
  • Lee YQ, Lumbers ER, Oldmeadow C, Collins CE, Johnson V, Keogh L, Sutherland K, Gordon A, Smith R, Rae KM, Pringle KG. The relationship between maternal adiposity during pregnancy and fetal kidney development and kidney function in infants: the Gomeroi gaaynggal study. Physiol Rep. 2019 Sep;7(17):e14227. doi:10.14814/phy2.14227. PMID: 31515958; PMCID: PMC6742895.
  • Lee YQ, Beckett EL, Sculley DV, Rae KM, Collins CE, Pringle KG. The Relationship between Maternal Global Nutrient Restriction during Pregnancy and Offspring Kidney Structure and Function: A Systematic Review of Animal studies. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2019. doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00082.2019.
  • Lee YQ, Collins CE, Gordon A, Rae KM, Pringle KG. The Relationship between Maternal Obesity and Diabetes during Pregnancy on Offspring Kidney Structure and Function in Humans: A Systematic Review. J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2018:1-14. doi:10.1017/S2040174418000867.
  • Lee YQ, Pringle KG, Weatherall LJ, Keogh L, Diehm C, Roberts CT, Eades S, Brown A, Smith R, Lumbers ER, Brown L, Collins CE, Rae KM. Influence of Maternal Adiposity, Preterm Birth and Birth Weight Centiles on Early Childhood Obesity in an Indigenous Australian pregnancy-through-to-early-childhood Cohort Study. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 2018:1-9. doi:10.1017/S2040174418000302.
  • Lee YQ, Collins CE, Schumacher, TL, Weatherall, LJ, Keogh L, Sutherland K, Gordon A, Rae KM, Pringle KG. Disparities exist between the Dietary Intake of Indigenous Australian Women during Pregnancy and the Australian Dietary Guidelines: the Gomeroi gaaynggal Study. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 2018;31(4):473-85.
  • Lee YQ, Collins CE, Gordon A, Rae KM, Pringle KG. The Relationship between Maternal Nutrition during Pregnancy and Offspring Kidney Structure and Function in Humans: A Systematic Review. Nutrients. 2018;10(2).
  • Duncanson K, Lee YQ, Burrows T, Collins CE. Utility of a Brief Index to Measure Diet Quality of Australian Preschoolers in the Feeding Healthy Food to Kids Randomised Controlled Trial. Nutrition & Dietetics: the Journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia. 2017;74(2):158-66.