MEET THE TEAM
MAXINE TAN
Maxine is currently a PhD student under Hannah’s supervision, with doctoral research focusing on the modelling of infectious diseases at within-host and between-host levels. Her research interest involves the use of within-host modelling in exploring host and pathogen dynamics, and how these might relate to public health policy and interventions. She holds a B.E (Hons) degree in Biomedical Engineering from the National University of Singapore (2020).
SYLVIA GWEE
Sylvia is currently a research associate. Her research interest lies in infectious disease epidemiology, and previously worked on systematic reviews/meta-analyses and infectious disease surveillance. She is currently working on a COVID-19 serology study. She holds a BSc in Life Science with a minor in Public Health (2019) and completed the Master of Public Health at NUS.
VISHAKHA
Vishakha is a research associate and a PhD student. 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 immunization systems of different countries in Southeast Asia. Her areas of interest include vaccine hesitancy, health and immunization systems strengthening, and infectious disease epidemiology.
CHRIS MERCADO
Chris Mercado is a Research Associate, focusing in the analysis of serology data to gain insight into the transmission patterns of vector-borne diseases, such as malaria and dengue. With a keen interest in the relationship between evidence generation and public health policy-making, Chris aims to bring his knowledge and skills to his work. Previously trained as a nurse, Chris has attained an MPH from the University of the Philippines and an MSc in Biomedical and Health Informatics from Mahidol University.
ANET J.-N ANELONE
Anet is currently a senior research fellow in mathematical modelling under Hannah. His research interests are in mathematical modelling of health and disease dynamics, mathematical modelling in vaccine design and evaluation, biomedical applications of control engineering, HIV, measles and oncolytic virus therapy. Anet holds a PhD from the University of Kent, Canterbury, where his thesis topic was “A Study of the Synergies Between Control Mechanisms in the Immune System and the Variable Structure Control Paradigm.”
ABHISHEK SENAPATI
Abhishek is a Research fellow, currently working on the project “Mathematical modelling and health economic analysis of dengue vaccination strategies in Singapore”. His research interest lies in developing and applying mathematical models to understand the transmission dynamics and control of infectious diseases. I aim to explore the complex interactions between pathogens, hosts, and the environment to gain insights into disease spread and inform evidence-based interventions. He holds a BSc in Mathematics from Presidency College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. MSc in Applied Mathematics from University College of Science, Technology and Agriculture, Kolkata, India. PhD in Applied Mathematics from Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.
CHEN YINNING
Yining is a PhD student in Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore. She got her Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree majoring in Statistics from Sun Yat-sen University and Imperial College London, respectively. Her research interest is Bayesian models and modelling for infectious diseases.
NG CHONG KAI
Chong Kai is a research assistant working with Dr. Hannah. He is currently working on analyzing COVID-19 data. On top of that, he is developing infectious disease models for dengue in Singapore via mathematical and statistical modelling. He holds a Bachelors in Statistics, specializing in Data Science.
LOHSSHINI SETHU PATHY
Lohsshini is a research assistant, doing project management and research work on the dengue vaccine. She is currently exploring her research interests and is managing a wide range of research projects. Her deeper interests lie in public health programme design and global health. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Life Science, specializing in Biomedical Science with a minor in Public Health (2022).
SHI YILE
Yile is currently a PhD student under Dr Hannah. His research interests lie in Machine Learning based methods into compartmental disease models for pandemics forecasting with higher accuracy. He holds a MSc (with distinction) in Statistics with Data Science from the University of Edinburgh in 2022.
ALUMNI
Zaw Myo Tun
Research Associate
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.
Toh You Sheng
Research Assistant
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.
Chew Yi Zhen
Research Assistant
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
Research Assistant
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.
Shazed Mohammad Tashrif
Research Associate
Shazed 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
Research Associate
Sun 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
Research Assistant
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
Research Assistant
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
Research Assistant
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
Research Assistant
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
Research Assistant
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
Research Assistant
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.