Email geckhong.yeo@nus.edu.sg

The Digital Transformation of Human Thriving
The landscape of modern health is being redefined by digital apps and interventions. As the world moves toward more personalized, accessible care, digital platforms serve as the vital link between clinical research and daily life. They are no longer just tools; they are the infrastructure required to ensure that health support is proactive, scalable, and available to individuals across geographical locations.

My research focuses on three core pillars of this transformation:
Scalable Precision: I explore how digital apps and interventions can provide real-time, tailored support that adapts to an individual’s unique environment.

Life-Course Vitality: My work is grounded in the pursuit of human thriving across the developmental lifespan. By addressing health at every age and stage, digital interventions can foster long-term resilience and well-being rather than simply reacting to illness.

Evidence-Based Foundations: To ensure these technologies are both safe and effective, I utilize meta-analytical approaches to synthesize global data. This ensures that digital health solutions are built on a bedrock of high-quality evidence, driving meaningful improvements in both individual outcomes and broader health policy.

• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
• N.1 Institute for Health, NUS

• Digital apps and interventions
• Human thriving across the developmental lifespan
• Meta-analytical approaches

• PhD in Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2019
• Masters in Psychology, National University of Singapore. 2015

• Editor’s Choice article *Editor’s Choice papers represent the best science in each area of our discipline, reflecting science that is exceptionally important, impactful, and deserves additional visibility for the whole field)

• Research Fellow, National University of Singapore, 2020-2024

• Research advisor, The Chinese Development Assistance Council

• Yeo, G., & Lansford J. E. (2025). Effects of AI on Education Functioning: A Review and Meta-Analysis. Educational Psychology Review, in press.
• Yeo, G., Lansford, J. E., & Rudolph, K. D. (2025). How does Social Support Relate to Mental and Physical Health, Risk-Taking Behaviors, and Educational Functioning? A Review and Meta-Analysis. Psychological Bulletin, in press. [Editor’s Choice article; Editor’s Choice papers represent the best science in each area of our discipline, reflecting science that is exceptionally important, impactful, and deserves additional visibility for the whole field]
• Yeo, G., Lansford, J. E., & Rudolph, K. D. (2024). The Effectiveness of Digital Peer Support Intervention for Physical and Mental Health Functioning? A Review and Meta-Analysis. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 34, e9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796024000854
• Yeo, G., Lansford, J. E., Grassman-Pine, A., & Cheah, C.S.L. (2024). Effects of World Food Polices, Cultural and Economic Moderators on Food Insecurity and Health Outcomes: A Review and MetaAnalysis. Food Security, in press.
• Yeo, G., Reich, S. M., Liew, N., & Chia, E. (2024). Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Digital Mental Health Literacy Interventions on Mental Health. JMIR of Medical Internet Research (forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.2196/51268
• Yeo, G., Lansford, J. E., Hirshberg, M. J., & Tong, E. M. W. (2024). Associations of childhood adversity with emotional well-being and educational achievement: A review and meta-analysis. Journal of affective disorders, 347, 387–398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.11.083
• Yeo, G., & Tong, E. (2024). Trajectories of Emotional Disclosure with Parents among College Freshmen in Two East Asian Cultural Contexts: China and Singapore. Developmental Psychology (forthcoming).
• Yeo, G., Tan, C., Ho, D., & Baumeister, R. (2023). How do aspects of selfhood relate to depression and anxiety among youth? A meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, 53(11), 4833-4855. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291723001083
• Yeo, G., & Cheah, C. S. (2023). Commonality and Specificity in Chinese Parental Emotion Socialization and Adolescents’ Psychological Functioning: A Bifactor Approach. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-01017-w
• Yeo, G., Loo, G., Oon, M., Pang, R., & Ho, D. (2023). A Digital Peer Support Platform to Translate Online Peer Support for Emerging Adult Mental Well-being: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mental Health, 10(1), e43956
• Yeo, G., Chang, W. N., Lee, L. N., Oon, M., & Ho, D. (2022). Yeo, G., Chang, W., Lee, L. N., Oon, M.,& Ho, D. (2022). A digital peer support platform to translate web-based peer support for emerging adult mental well-being: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(9), e34602.
• Yeo, G., & Yang, C. C. (2022). The Onset of COVID-19 in Singapore: Negotiating Emerging Adulthood through Digital Peer Emotional Disclosure. Emerging Adulthood (forthcoming). Online First. https://doi:10.1177/21676968231153696
• Yeo, G., Raval, V. V., & Cheah, C. S. (2022). Cultural orientation, parental emotion socialization, and adolescents’ socio-emotional functioning across three Asian cultures: India, China, and Singapore. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 53(1), 43-65. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022121105415
• Yeo, G. (2021). Emotional Disclosure and Secrecy in the Development of Autonomous-Related Self among Singaporean Adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 30(2), 350-363. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-01899-2
• Leong QY, Sridhar S, Blasiak A, Tadeo X, Yeo GH, Remus A, Ho D. (2021). A Comparison of Mobile Health Platforms Developed for Depression and Anxiety Available for Research or Commercial Purposes: A Systematic Review of the Literature and App Store Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 08/11/2021:27388 (forthcoming/in press)

• https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2025/10/knowing-help-is-there