Email clgy@nus.edu.sg

Charlie is trained in both epidemiology and food science. His work focuses on the prevention and management of chronic diseases through dietary and lifestyle practices. He is also deeply interested in the molecular determinants of health and the use of biomarkers to assess both current health status and future disease risk.

• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

• Nutrition epidemiology
• Molecular epidemiology

• Nutrition
• Epidemiology

• PhD (Public Health), National University of Singapore, 2021
• BASc (Food Science and Technology, Hons), National University of Singapore, 2017

• Research Fellow Research Award, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, 2024
• Lee Hin Peng Medal – Best Graduate with the Highest Score for Public Health Research Methods Module, 2021
• Graduate Student Research Award, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, AY2021/2022

• Senior Research Fellow, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (2025 to present)
• Research Fellow, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (2023 to 2025)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (2021 to 2023)

• Leader, Research team, Singapore Population Health Studies

• Lim CGY, Ozkan B, Liang Y, Yao J, Chen J, Khaing NEE, Rooney MR, Ndumele CE, Tai ES, Coresh J, Sim X, van Dam RM. Plasma proteomic signatures of adiposity are associated with cardiovascular risk factors and type 2 diabetes risk in a multi-ethnic Asian population. Diabetes. 2025 Mar 1;74(3):416-426.
• Lim CGY, Gradinariu V, Liang Y, Rebholz CM, Talegawkar S, Temprosa M, Min YI, Sim X, Wilson JG, van Dam RM. Proteomic analysis identifies novel biological pathways that may link dietary quality to type 2 diabetes risk: evidence from African American and Asian cohorts. Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Nov 18:S0002-9165(24)00887-6.
• Lim CGY, Hilal S, Ma S, Sim X, Tai ES, Teo YY, van Dam RM. Recalibrated Singapore-Modified Framingham Risk Score 2023 (SG-FRS-2023). [Report] Available online: https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/blog.nus.edu.sg/dist/4/6173/files/2023/10/2023_Recalibrated_Singapore-Modified_Framingham_Risk_Score_SG-FRS-2023_report.pdf
• Lim CGY, Tai ES, van Dam RM. Replacing dietary carbohydrates and refined grains with different alternatives and risk of cardiovascular diseases in a multi-ethnic Asian population. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022;nqab403.
• Lim CGY, Whitton C, Rebello SA, van Dam RM. Diet Quality and Lower Refined Grain Consumption are Associated With Less Weight Gain in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Adult Population. J Nutr. 2021;nxab110.
• Lim CGY, van Dam RM. Attitudes and beliefs regarding food in a multi-ethnic Asian population and their association with socio-demographic variables and healthy eating intentions. Appetite. 2020;144:104461.
• Lim CGY, Ting R, van Dam RM, Yang D, Liu MH, Tai ES, Rebello SA. Making novel staple foods the norm: perspectives from adult consumers with and without diabetes. Appetite. 2021;162:105189.