Professor Chia Kee Seng

Dean, NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

Dr Chia is Professor and Dean of Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and Director, Centre for Molecular Epidemiology. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.

 

He started his professional career as an occupational medicine specialist and is currently a member of the Workplace Safety and Health Council, chairs the Workplace Health Committee and is member of the WSH Institute Steering Committee.

 

His current research focus is in the molecular epidemiology of chronic diseases (cancer, cardiovascular disease, myopia, and diabetes mellitus) and the translation of these findings to preventive measures at the population level. In the last 5 years, Prof Chia has set up the Singapore Consortium of Cohort Studies for translational research to elucidate gene-environment interactions in disease causation, prevention and therapy.