Email ephsyi@nus.edu.sg

• Associate Professor and UHS-SPH Integrated Research Programme Leader, NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
• Director, KHANA Center for Population Health Research, Cambodia
• Adjunct Professor, Center for Global Health Research, Touro University California, USA

• Infectious diseases (HIV, sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis)
• Sexual and reproductive health
• Substance abuse & mental health
• Harm reduction & human rights

• Basic epidemiology
• Research design and implementation
• Public health programme evaluation
• Community and global health

• PhD in Community and Global Health, School of International Health, University of Tokyo, Japan
• MHSc in International Health, School of International Health, University of Tokyo, Japan
• MD, University of Health Sciences, Cambodia

• Best Speaker Award (2019 in Laos PDR) from the Public Health Association in Greater Mekong Sub-Regional Countries
• Young Investigator Award (2016 in Japan) from Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health
• Best Speaker Award (2015 in Vietnam) from the Public Health Association in Greater Mekong Sub-Regional Countries, Vietnam
• The Montreux Prize 2010 (Best Young Researcher Award) from the Swiss Association for Adolescent Health/International Association for Adolescent Health, Switzerland
• Scientific Research Award for Graduate Students (2009) from University of Tokyo, Japan
• Young Investigator Award (2008 in Japan) from Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health

• 2024 – Present: Associate Professor (Practice Track), Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS
• 2019 – 2024: Assistant Professor (Practice Track), Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS
• 2015 – Present: Director, KHANA Center for Population Health Research, Cambodia
• 2014 – Present, Adjunct Associate Professor, Center for Global Health Research, Touro University California, USA
• 2018 – 2019: Senior Research Fellow, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS
• 2014 – 2015: Research Director, KHANA, Cambodia
• 2013 – 2014: Senior Research Fellow, School of Population Health, University of South Australia, Australia
• 2011 – 2013: Postdoctoral Fellow, Asia Health Policy Program, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, USA
• 2010 – 2011: Research Fellow, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan

• 2019 – Present: Director, UHS-SPH Integrated Research Programme
• 2015 – Present: Director, KHANA Center for Population Health Research, Cambodia
• 2014 – 2015: Director of Research, KHANA, Cambodia
• 2016 – 2017: President, University of Tokyo Alumni in Cambodia, Cambodia

• 2017 – Present: Associate Editor, BMC Public Health
• 2015 – Present: Academic Editor, PLoS One
• 2018 – Present: The PULSE Scientific Advisory Committee, APCOM, Thailand
• 2017 – Present: Scientific Advisory Board, Pasteur Institute, Cambodia
• 2015 – 2018: Lead Consultant, Development of Social Health Insurance for the Informal Sector in Cambodia (JICA-SHIP Project), Global Link Management (GLM) & Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan
• 2016 – 2017: Lead Consultant, Assessment of Health Facilities in Cambodia, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association (JATA) & Japan International Cooperation Agency, Japan

• Brody C, Sok S, Tuot S, Pantelic M, Restoy E, Yi S. Do combination HIV prevention programmes result in increased empowerment, inclusion and agency to demand equal rights for marginalised populations in low-income and middle-income countries? A systematic review.BMJ Glob Health. 2019;4(5):e001560.
• Kikuchi K, Yasuoka J, Tuot S, Yem S, Chhoun P, Okawa S, Murayama M, Huot C, Yi S. Improving overall health of children living with HIV through an oral health intervention in Cambodia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2018;19(1):673.
• Brody C, Tuot S, Chhoun P, Swendenman D, Kaplan KC, Yi S. Mobile Link – a theory-based messaging intervention for improving sexual and reproductive health of female entertainment workers in Cambodia: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2018;19(1):235.
• Yi S, Tuot S, Mwai GW, Ngin C, Chhim K, Pal K, et al. Awareness and willingness to use HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Int AIDS Soc. 2017;20(1):21580.
• Yi S, Tuot S, Chhoun P, Pal K, Ngin C, Choub SC, Brody C. Improving prevention and care for HIV and sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men in Cambodia: the sustainable action against HIV and AIDS in communities (SAHACOM). BMC Health Serv Res. 2016;16(1):599.

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