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Clinical Neuropsychology, Higher Cognition and Cerebellum, Aging Neuroscience, Educational Neuroscience, Science of Learning
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Biography

Prof S.H. Annabel Chen is the President Chair in Psychology and has a joint appointment at LKCMedicine and the National Institute of Education. She is a clinical neuropsychologist (licensed in Clinical Psychology, USA; Singapore Registry of Psychologists) by training and has worked with both adult and child populations. She received her Doctorate in Clinical Rehabilitation Psychology from Purdue University at Indianapolis. After completing her clinical psychology internship in Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University School of Medicine, she went on to pursue a post-doctoral clinical residency in Clinical Neuropsychology, Neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She subsequently worked as a post-doctoral research affiliate at the Lucas MRS/I Center in Radiology at Stanford University School of Medicine, and was an assistant professor at the National Taiwan University in the Graduate Clinical Psychology programme. She joined NTU as an associate professor in 2008 and served as the Associate Chair for Research for the School of Humanities and Social Sciences from 2014-2015. She is currently the Director at the Centre of Research and Development in Learning (CRADLE) and the Director (NTU) at the Centre for Lifelong Learning and Individualized Cognition (CLIC).

Prof Chen has a diverse research background, including animal drug studies, human neuropsychological research and cognitive rehabilitation. She has applied Positron Emission Tomography (PET) to study individuals with post-concussion sequelae from mild traumatic brain injury and olfaction in Alzheimer’s Disease, and has been involved in functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) research examining language processing, executive functions, and affective memory in healthy and clinical populations (e.g. stroke, anxiety, schizophrenia, dementia), as well as, assessing neural systems used in motor timing/timing perception in patients with Parkinson's Disease. Her main research interests are to investigate underlying neural substrates involved in higher cognition in the cerebellum, as well as changes in cognitive processes in healthy aging and dementia through the application of neuroimaging techniques, such as fMRI, diffusion MRI, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and electroencephalography (EEG). The goal of her research is to apply these paradigms to study and to develop neuroimaging markers in the cerebro-cerebellar circuitry for clinical groups, and to further understand the processes of neurodevelopmental (e.g. schizophrenia, dyslexia, autism) and neurodegenerative (e.g. dementia, healthy aging) conditions that would be informative to evidence-based interventions.

A recent research development in her lab, the Clinical Brain lab, is focusing on the Neuroscience of Learning and Education (Science of Learning). In particular, their lab is investigating the neurophysiological changes in aging neuroscience for learning in language, memory and executive control networks. This allows development of neuromodulation techniques to optimize and/or enhance brain functions for learning. They are also developing research in understanding the effects of emotion on cognition and self-regulation with the use of neuroimaging

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Employment (7)

Nanyang Technological University: Singapore, SG

2024 to present | President's Chair in Psychology (Psychology)
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Nanyang Technological University: Singapore, Singapore, SG

2017 to present | Professor (Psychology)
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Nanyang Technological University: Singapore, SG

2008 to 2017 | Associate Professor (Psychology)
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National Taiwan University: Taipei, TW

2004 to 2008 | Assistant Professor (Graduate School of Clinical Psychology)
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Stanford Medicine: Stanford, California, US

2001 to 2004 | Post-Doctoral Affiliate (Lucas Centre)
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Medical College of Wisconsin: Milwaukee, WI, US

2000 to 2001 | Post Doctoral Clinical Resident (Neurology)
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West Virginia University: Morgantown, West Virginia, US

1998 to 1999 | Clinical Intern (Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Purdue University: IN, IN, US

1999 | PhD in Clinical Rehabilitation Psychology (Neuropsychology) (Psychology)
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Purdue University: IN, IN, US

1995 | Masters in Clinical Rehabilitation Psychology (Psychology)
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Professional activities (6)

Organization of Human Brain Mapping: Washington, DC, US

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International Neuropsychological Society: Washington, DC, US

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International Mind Brain Education Society: Washington DC, US

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American Psychological Association: Washington, DC, US

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National Institute of Education: Singapore, Singapore, SG

2020-01-01 to 2022-12-31 | Professor (Office of Education Research)
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LKCMedicine: Singapore, Singapore, SG

2015-06-01 to 2021-06-01 | Honorary Joint Appointment/Professor (School of Medicine)
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Funding (7)

Understanding functional relationships between socio-affective and neurocognitive brain networks in adults with ASD and ADHD to better inform learning for learners and educators: Towards maximizing the adult learning potential

2020-04 to 2022-03 | Grant
Ministry of Education - Singapore (Singapore, SG)
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RT09/19 (S)

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Assessing causality of the association between exercise and neurocognitive gains

2020-01 to 2023-01 | Grant
Ministry of Education (Singapore, Singapore, SG)
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MOE2019-T2-1-019

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Promoting Effective Biliteracy in Early Childhood: A Systematic Screening and Training Programme for Balanced Bilingual Development

2019-09 to 2022-08 | Grant
Singapore Millennium Foundation (Singapore, SG)
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How Language Mixes Contribute to Effective Bilingualism and Biliteracy in Singapore

2017-10 to 2022-09 | Grant
National Research Foundation Singapore (Singapore, SG)
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NRF2016-SOL002-011

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CRETON Track A: Understanding Deception through Neuroimaging

2017 to 2022 | Grant
FSTD (Singapore, Singapore, SG)
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Translating Educational Neuroscience to Meet Diverse Needs of Children in Schools: Feasibility and Infrastructure

2015 to 2016 | Grant
NRF planning grant (Singapore, Singapore, SG)
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NRF2015-SOL001-011

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Development of 4-dimensional functional magnetic resonance imaging for dynamic analysis of brain activity

2006-01-01 to 2008-12-31 | Grant
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo, JP)
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