Profile
A/Prof. Liew is a Senior Consultant (Geriatric Psychiatrist) and Clinician Scientist at Singapore General Hospital, specializing in the care of older patients with memory and mental health issues. He is the co-Lead of the Ageing and Population Health Research Peak at Singapore General Hospital and an Associate Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School.
With an interest in public health research, particularly in ageing and brain health, A/Prof. Liew has published extensively and holds ongoing research grants in these fields. His research integrates behavioral and data science to develop innovative solutions for complex healthcare challenges. Beyond his research and clinical responsibilities, he actively contributes to the academic community as an editorial board member for the journals of BMC Geriatrics and Healthcare.
A/Prof. Liew is dedicated to advancing the field of geriatric psychiatry and public health, with a continual focus on strategies that enhance the wellbeing of the ageing population.
Education
- FRCPsych, Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom
- PhD (Public Health), National University of Singapore
- Master of Clinical Investigation, National University of Singapore
- MRCPsych, Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom
- Graduate Diploma in Geriatric Medicine, National University of Singapore
- MMed (Psychiatry), National University Singapore
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Senior Consultant, Department of Psychiatry, Singapore General Hospital
- Associate Professor, SingHealth Duke-NUS Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School
- Associate Professor, Programme in Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
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Awards
- HPHSR Clinician Scientist Award 2024
- SingHealth Publish! Award 2021
- NMRC Research Training Fellowship 2016
- Ministrity of Health Healthcare Research Scholarship 2013
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Research Interests
- Ageing & Brain Health
- Behavioural & Data Science
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Publications
- Liew TM. Subjective cognitive decline, APOE e4 allele, and the risk of neurocognitive disorders: age- and sex-stratified cohort study. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2022 Mar 1:48674221079217.
- Liew TM, Lee CS. Examining the Utility of Social Media in COVID-19 Vaccination: Unsupervised Learning of 672,133 Twitter Posts. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2021 Nov 3;7(11):e29789.
- Liew TM. Neuropsychiatric symptoms in early stage of Alzheimer’s and non-Alzheimer’s dementia, and the risk of progression to severe dementia. Age Ageing. 2021 Sep 11;50(5):1709-1718.
- Liew TM. Subjective cognitive decline, anxiety symptoms, and the risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2020 Sep 11;12(1):107.
- Liew TM, Tai BC, Wee SL, Koh GCH, Yap P. The Longitudinal Effects of Caregiver Grief in Dementia and the Modifying Effects of Social Services. J Am Geriatr Soc 2020 Jul 23.
- Liew TM. Active case-finding of dementia in ambulatory care settings: a comparison of three strategies. European Journal of Neurology. 2020 May 22.
- Liew TM, Lee CS, Goh SKL, Chang ZY. The prevalence and impact of potentially inappropriate prescribing among older persons in primary care settings: multilevel meta-analysis. Age Ageing. 2020 May 4. pii: afaa057.
- Liew TM, Yap P. A brief, 6-item scale for caregiver grief in dementia caregiving. Gerontologist. 2020 Jan 24;60(1):e1-e10.
- Liew TM. Neuropsychiatric symptoms in cognitively-normal older persons, and the association with Alzheimer’s and non-Alzheimer’s dementia. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2020;12(1):35.
- Liew TM, Yap P, Ng TP, Mahendran R, Kua EH, Feng L. Symptom clusters of subjective cognitive decline among older persons and their utilities in predicting objective cognitive performance: structural equation modelling. European Journal of Neurology. 2019 Sep;26(9):1153-1160.
- Liew TM. Depression, subjective cognitive decline, and the risk of neurocognitive disorders. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2019 Aug 9;11(1):70.
- Liew TM. Developing a brief neuropsychological battery for early diagnosis of cognitive impairment. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2019 Aug;20(8):1054.e11-1054.e20.
- Liew TM, Tai BC, Yap P, Koh GCH. Comparing the effects of grief and burden on caregiver depression in dementia caregiving: a longitudinal path analysis over 2.5 years. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2019;20(8):977-983.e974.
- Liew TM, Lee CS. Reappraising the efficacy and acceptability of multicomponent interventions for caregiver depression in dementia: the utility of network meta-analysis. Gerontologist. 2019 Jul 16;59(4):e380-e392.
- Liew TM, Lee CS, Goh SKL, Chang ZY. Potentially inappropriate prescribing among older persons: a meta-analysis of observational studies. Annals of Family Medicine. 2019 May;17(3):257-266.
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