Yap Seng Chong

Research interests

Publications

• The Singapore National Precision Medicine Strategy

  Nature Genetics · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01274-x

• Brain charts for the human lifespan

  Nature · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04554-y

• A compromised developmental trajectory of the infant gut microbiome and metabolome in atopic eczema

  Gut Microbes · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2020.1801964

• Cohort profile: Singapore Preconception Study of Long-Term Maternal and Child Outcomes (S-PRESTO)

  European Journal of Epidemiology · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-020-00697-2

• Nutrients or nursing? Understanding how breast milk feeding affects child cognition

  European Journal of Nutrition · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-019-01929-2

• Mitochondrial oxidative capacity and NAD+ biosynthesis are reduced in human sarcopenia across ethnicities

  Nature Communications · 2019 · 10.1038/s41467-019-13694-1

• Socio-demographic and maternal predictors of adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines in Singaporean children

  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-019-0834-1

• Prevalence and incidence of postpartum depression among healthy mothers: A systematic review and meta-analysis

  Journal of Psychiatric Research · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.08.001

• Perinatal maternal depressive symptoms alter amygdala functional connectivity in girls

  Human Brain Mapping · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23873

• Influences of prenatal and postnatal maternal depression on amygdala volume and microstructure in young children

  Translational Psychiatry · 2017 · 10.1038/tp.2017.74

• Maternal Factors that Induce Epigenetic Changes Contribute to Neurological Disorders in Offspring

  Genes · 2017 · 10.3390/genes8060150

• High folate and low vitamin B12 status during pregnancy is associated with gestational diabetes mellitus

  Clinical Nutrition · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2017.03.022

• Faster eating rates are associated with higher energy intakes during an ad libitum meal, higher BMI and greater adiposity among 4·5-year-old children: results from the Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) cohort

  British Journal Of Nutrition · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007114517000848

• Developmental pathways to adiposity begin before birth and are influenced by genotype, prenatal environment and epigenome

  BMC Medicine · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0800-1

• Predictors of screen viewing time in young Singaporean children: the GUSTO cohort

  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0562-3

• Sleep Quality and Nocturnal Sleep Duration in Pregnancy and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

  SLEEP · 2016 · 10.1093/sleep/zsw058

• Associations of Maternal Vitamin B12 Concentration in Pregnancy With the Risks of Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Individual Participant Data

  American Journal of Epidemiology · 2016 · 10.1093/aje/kww212

• Risk factors for gestational diabetes: is prevention possible?

  Diabetologia · 2016 · 10.1007/s00125-016-3979-3

• Dynamics of Infant Gut Microbiota Are Influenced by Delivery Mode and Gestational Duration and Are Associated with Subsequent Adiposity

  mBio · 2015 · 10.1128/mbio.02419-14

• Trans-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 12 genetic loci influencing blood pressure and implicates a role for DNA methylation

  Nature Genetics · 2015 · 10.1038/ng.3405

• Trained immunity in newborn infants of HBV-infected mothers

  Nature Communications · 2015 · 10.1038/ncomms7588

• Prenatal maternal depression alters amygdala functional connectivity in 6-month-old infants

  Translational Psychiatry · 2015 · 10.1038/tp.2015.3

• The effect of genotype and in utero environment on interindividual variation in neonate DNA methylomes

  Genome Research · 2014 · 10.1101/gr.171439.113

• Back to Basics: A Bilingual Advantage in Infant Visual Habituation

  Child Development · 2014 · 10.1111/cdev.12271

• Cohort Profile: Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) birth cohort study

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyt125

• Prenatal Maternal Depression Associates with Microstructure of Right Amygdala in Neonates at Birth

  Biological Psychiatry · 2013 · 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.06.019

• Maternal anxiety and infants' hippocampal development: timing matters

  Translational Psychiatry · 2013 · 10.1038/tp.2013.79

• Carbetocin for preventing postpartum haemorrhage

  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2012 · 10.1002/14651858.cd005457.pub4

• Probiotic supplementation in the first 6 months of life in at risk Asian infants – effects on eczema and atopic sensitization at the age of 1 year

  Clinical & Experimental Allergy · 2008 · 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03133.x

• Antenatal education and postnatal support strategies for improving rates of exclusive breast feeding: randomised controlled trial

  BMJ · 2007 · 10.1136/bmj.39279.656343.55

• Identification of nestin-positive putative mammary stem cells in human breastmilk

  Cell and Tissue Research · 2007 · 10.1007/s00441-007-0390-x

• Persistent Organic Pollutants and Adverse Health Effects in Humans

  Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health · 2006 · 10.1080/15287390600751447

• Confinement and other psychosocial factors in perinatal depression: A transcultural study in Singapore

  Journal of Affective Disorders · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2005.09.004

• The prevalence of menopausal symptoms in a community in Singapore

  Maturitas · 2002 · 10.1016/s0378-5122(01)00299-7

• Acculturation and low-birthweight infants among Latino women: a reanalysis of HHANES data with structural equation models.

  American Journal of Public Health · 1996 · 10.2105/ajph.86.3.394

Current projects

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