I am an Associate Professor in the
Department of Neurology and the Head
of the Laboratory for Genomics,
Pharmacogenomics and Precision Health
(PRECISE) at the Linda T. and John A
Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences
and Precision Medicine at the Medical
College of Wisconsin. Prior to that, I
served as the Head of the
Pharmacogenomics and Personalized
Medicine Program at the Agency for
Science Technology and Research
(A\*STAR) Singapore, as Assistant
Professor (joint appointment) in the
Department of Medicine and the
Department of Biomedical Informatics
at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
at the National University of
Singapore. I also served as a Faculty
at the Centre for Precision Health
(CPH) at the National University
Health System (NUHS) in Singapore, the
Pharmacogenomics Domain Expert for the
Precision Medicine Coordination Office
(PMCO) of the Ministry of Health,
Singapore and on the NIH ClinGen,
Pharmacogenomics Working Group
(CLINGEN\_PGXWG) and the Executive
board of the Pharmacogenomics Global
Research Network (PGRN). I bring a
wealth of experience, leadership, and
scientific expertise in cutting- edge
"Genomics, Pharmacogenomics and
Precision Health Research and
Innovations". My recent work focuses
on Genomics, Pharmacogenomics and
Precision Health research in Oncology
and Neuroscience. As a Principal
Investigator or Co-Investigator on
several University, NIH, CHIR, and
NMRC funded grants, I have
successfully developed and implemented
multiple projects focused on genomics,
pharmacogenomics and precision health;
collaborated with many global
researchers; and have produced several
high impact peer-reviewed publications
in top scientific journals including
Nature Genetics and JAMA ONCOLOGY. I
have received several awards and
recognition for my academic and
scientific contributions, including
the British Columbia Children’s
Hospital Research Institute
Outstanding Achievement award,
Boehringer Ingelheim Award, Canadian
Society of Pharmacology and
Therapeutics Publication Award and the
American Society of Human Genetics
outstanding papers award. I am
currently a member of several
scientific consortia and working
groups including the PGRN Psychiatry
Special Interest Group, NIH
CLINGEN\_PGXWG Nomenclature Survey
Subgroup, NIH CLINGEN\_PGXWG Gene-Drug
Validity Subgroup, Pharmacogene
Variation Consortium and CPNDS
Pharmacogenomics Clinical Practice
Recommendations Group. I am also a
member of several academic and
professional organizations including
the Pharmacogenomics Global Research
Network, American Association of
Pharmaceutical Scientists, British
Pharmacological Society, European
Society of Pharmacogenomics and
Personalized Therapy, American Society
of Human Genetics, Canadian Society
for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Canadian
Society of Pharmacology and
Therapeutics, International Genetic
Epidemiology Society, European Society
of Human Genetics and African Society
of Human Genetics. I have served on
the Editorial Board of several
journals including the Journal of
Population Therapeutics and Clinical
Pharmacology and as an editorial
reviewer and ad hoc reviewer for
several journals including Nature
Genetics, Circulation – Journal of the
American Heart Association, Mayo
Clinic Proceedings, MDPI Pharmaceutic,
Pharmacogenetics and Genomics,
Canadian Journal of Cardiology,
Clinical Genetics and Pharmacogenomics
– Future Medicine.