Nutrition and Physical Activity Archives

Mayfong Mayxay

Visiting Professor Email mayfong@tropmedres.ac Mayfong Mayxay Professor Mayfong Mayxay is the Vice-Rector and a Professor in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease at University of Health Sciences (UHS), Ministry of Health, Lao PDR; a Visiting Professor in Tropical Medicine at University of Oxford and a Visiting Professor in Public Health at the National University of Singapore. He is also a member of parliament (MP) of the Lao National Assembly (9th legislation). He initiated many important academic entities in Laos, including a clinical research unit called “Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit orRead more

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TAN, Sarah Yi Xuan

Research Fellow Email sarah.tan@nus.edu.sg TAN, Sarah Yi Xuan Sarah is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and part of the Physical Activity and Nutrition Determinants in Asia (PANDA) team. Her research interests are diverse and evolving, but broadly encompass investigations in the following areas: Social and cognitive determinants of health behaviours across the lifespan Augmented digital intervention strategies aimed at optimising human potential and outcomes Affiliation NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health Research Areas Health behaviours Wearable technology Digital interventions Health promotion and communication Prevention of non-communicable chronic diseases Academic/Professional Qualifications

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SENG Yi Feng Melvin

Assistant Professor (Adjunct) Email syfmelvin@gmail.com SENG Yi Feng Melvin Dr. Melvin Seng is a medical practitioner and Occupational Medicine specialist. He has extensive experience practicing Occupational Medicine in the public and the private sector, where he strategizes and implements occupational health and wellbeing policies for organizations. He is passionate about workers’ health and improving the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of communities. Affiliation NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (Adjunct) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (Adjunct) National University Health System (Adjunct) Research Areas

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Gao Qi

Lecturer (Adjunct) Tel (65) 6903 5539 Email Qi_GAO@ncid.sg GAO Qi I have keen interest in disease surveillance, risk assessment, field epidemiology, training and education. I strive to strengthen the public health and work closely with international partners to establish world-class field epidemiology and allied professional training programmes. The COVID-19 pandemic shows us that kindness could emerge in unexpected ways during a public health crisis. In the era of AI and Big Data, I hope our next generation of public health professionals who will become not only data savvy, but more

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ALI Shahmir H.

Research Fellow Email sali@nus.edu.sg ALI Shahmir H. I am a postdoctoral research fellow working under the programme evaluation arm of the Health Intervention and Policy Evaluation Research (HIPER) research unit at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. Much of my research expertise centers around interpersonal and community level contributors to non-communicable diseases and lifestyle behaviors in multi-ethnic, Asian, and immigrant populations. Through my experience and training in quantitative, qualitative, and geo-spatial analysis methods, I have conducted work in the US, China, Australia, and Pakistan on topics ranging

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EDNEY Sarah Martine

Senior Research Fellow Email sarah.edney@nus.edu.sg EDNEY Sarah Martine I am a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow working in the Physical Activity and Nutrition Determinants in Asia (PANDA) programme. Currently, I am working on: Understanding patterns of behaviour using real-time data capture strategies. Ensuring the needs of end-users are met by engaging them in my research. Designing and evaluating mHealth interventions to help people lead healthier lives. Affiliation NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health Research Areas Physical activity and health Health promotion Digital health Chronic disease prevention Academic/Professional Qualifications PhD, University

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LEE Yu Qi

Senior Research Fellow Email ephlyq@nus.edu.sg LEE Yu Qi 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

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LIM Guan Yi Charlie

Research Fellow Email clgy@nus.edu.sg LIM Guan Yi Charlie Charlie is trained in both nutrition epidemiology and food science. His work focuses on the prevention and management of chronic diseases through dietary and lifestyle practices. Additionally, he has keen interests in the cultural and attitudinal determinants of food choice and novel biomarkers that can inform about the current state of health. Affiliation NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health Research Areas Nutrition epidemiology Determinants of dietary behaviour Teaching Areas Nutrition Epidemiology Academic/Professional Qualifications PhD (Public Health), National University of Singapore,

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CHU Hin Yee Anne

Visiting Research Fellow Email annechu@nus.edu.sg CHU Hin Yee Anne 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

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HILDON Zoe Jane-Lara

Assistant Professor (Practice) Tel (65) 92413386 Email Zhildon@nus.edu.sg HILDON Zoe Jane-Lara Working across non-governmental, social services and academic sectors Zoe Hildon has specialised in formative studies for intervention design and mixed methods evaluations. Her work leverages implementation science research and application, using theory-based approaches. Her work spans three continents – Europe, Africa and Asia. Zoe has technical expertise in qualitative and mixed methods and related methodological innovation. Her most recent work focuses on research relating to social and behavior change (SBC) and communication programming. Affiliation NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public

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