Chew Yi Zhen
Yi Zhen studied in Environmental Studies who developed an interest in software programming. She is excited in using programming skills to make visualisations for the covid vaccine modelling project.
Shreya Khandelwal
Shreya has been a Research Assistant in the group since June 2020. She is working on an analysis of serological studies conducted for COVID-19. She is interested in the intersection of statistical methods, public health, and policymaking. She has completed a BSc (Triple Majors) in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics from India in 2019, and is currently an MSc Statistics student at the National University of Singapore.
Maxine Tan
Maxine is currently a PhD student with the Clapham Lab. Her research interests include developing within-host models of virus infection to explore host and pathogen dynamics, and how these might impact population transmission dynamics. Prior to joining the team, she received her B.E (Hons) degree in Biomedical Engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2020.
Zaw Myo Tun
Zaw Myo Tun is an epidemiologist with an interest in infectious disease transmission and control. He obtained a medical degree and has worked in a HIV/TB programme in Myanmar. He is currently a Research Associate at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health where he obtained his PhD. His doctoral research used a novel approach to study the role of patient movements on the risk of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission in a Singapore tertiary hospital using electronic medical records. Additionally, he has worked on epidemiological studies on Tuberculosis, maternal tetanus vaccination, and SARS-CoV-2. He is also active in teaching. His current work focuses on the modelling of infectious disease dynamics and understanding the impact of various interventions to guide public health decision making.
Vishakha
Vishakha is a research associate and a PhD student at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. She completed a Master of Science degree in Biology, with a concentration in Population Genetics from Virginia Commonwealth University. Having transitioned to epidemiological research, she is currently working on a qualitative study assessing the resilience of vaccination systems of different countries in Southeast Asia. Her areas of interest include vaccine hesitancy, immunization systems strengthening, and infectious disease epidemiology.
Chris Mercado
Chris Mercado joins the team as Research Associate. His work aims to apply infectious disease models to understand population-level immunity and vaccination scenarios for dengue in endemic settings. Before NUS, Chris has supported research and advocacy projects on malaria at the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) and the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN). Trained as a nurse, he has obtained postgraduate degrees in public health and informatics.
Toh You Sheng
You Sheng is a final year undergraduate at the National University of Singapore majoring in Data Science & Analytics with a Minor in Public Health. He is currently working on disease transmission dynamics of Japanese encephalitis. His research interests are infectious disease modelling and making use of mathematical techniques to develop improved, efficient models as well as the use of novel machine learning techniques in public health.
Alumni
Shazed Mohammad Tashrif
Shazed was a Research Associate Saw Swee Hock School of Public health, NUS, as in August 2020-January 2021 . He worked on modelling the effects of different non-pharmaceutical interventions on the disease dynamics of COVID-19 using an age-stratified SEIR model. Shazed completed his M.Sc. (Applied Physics) from National University of Singapore in 2019. His area of interest is Mathematical and Statistical modelling, Data science and Artificial Intelligence.
Sun Jie
Jie joined NUS as a research associate in 2020. Concurrently she is pursuing a Master’s degree in Health Data Science at Harvard University. Prior to this, she has worked in the healthcare industry, taking consulting and regional project management roles. She is interested in medical NLP and infectious disease modeling, and how data science can change the way of processing medical data.
Deon Lum
An environmental studies graduate from the National University of Singapore, Deon’s interest spans many aspects of the natural world. Prior to joining the Clapham Lab, his work mainly revolved around the discovery and extinction of species. His work at the lab delved into how immunity influences the dynamics of dengue transmission.
Ritika Purbey
Ritika is currently studying Public Health and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. She joined NUS as a research assistant in March 2021 and was working on investigating the role of gender in infectious disease transmission models. Ritika is passionate about topics related to infectious disease and social epidemiology. She is especially interested in dynamic transmission modelling and its implications for health policy decisions.
Goh Fang Ting
Fang Ting obtained her bachelor of science (applied mathematics) from NUS and joined the project that aims to evaluate the different use of covid-19 vaccine in Singapore. She is looking forward to applying her skills in mathematics to epidemiological modelling and data analysis for infectious disease control.
Yuwei Cheng
Yuwei Cheng graduated from National University of Singapore with a double degree in Statistics and Economics in June 2020. Her interest is to apply statistical and economic modelling skills for generating reliable and interpretable insights from real world data, especially in the field of public health. She is self-motivated and result orientated. She enjoys doing research and hopes her work can make a positive impact in the local community.
Ryan Teo
Ryan was an undergraduate at the National University of Singapore reading a major in Statistics and minors in Public Health and Geographical Information Systems. His research interests include infectious disease modelling and geospatial analytics. He was working on his honours project focusing on predicting population susceptibility to dengue over space and time in Singapore.
SW Stacy Khaw
Stacy joined NUS as a research assistant in 2020. Her current research focussed on contact tracing modelling: its uses and applications in containment of the current COVID-19 outbreak. She is excited to work on mathematical techniques used in epidemiology and their applications to public health. She also has strong interests in zoonotic diseases and antimicrobial resistance. She previously received her degree in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Queensland in 2019.