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Woon-Puay Koh is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore and focuses primarily on the field of Medicine. Their research spans several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Oncology, Genetics, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Folate and B Vitamins Research

Woon-Puay Koh has published research extensively, with a focus on both high-impact journals and specialized venues. Frequent publication locations include:

  • Cancer Research
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • JAMA Network Open

Recent papers by Woon-Puay Koh include:

  • Identification of Risk Loci for Parkinson Disease in Asians and Comparison of Risk Between Asians and Europeans, 2020, JAMA Neurology
  • Genome-wide association analyses of physical activity and sedentary behavior provide insights into underlying mechanisms and roles in disease prevention, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Association of Sleep Duration With All- and Major-Cause Mortality Among Adults in Japan, China, Singapore, and Korea, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • Composite dietary antioxidant index and the risk of colorectal cancer: Findings from the Singapore Chinese Health Study, 2022, International Journal of Cancer
  • A polygenic risk score improves risk stratification of coronary artery disease: a large-scale prospective Chinese cohort study, 2022, European Heart Journal

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Jian-Min Yuan
  • Renwei Wang
  • Rajkumar Dorajoo
  • Hung N. Luu

Best Publications

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • Association between Body-Mass Index and Risk of Death in More Than 1 Million Asians

    Wei Zheng;Dale F. McLerran;Betsy Rolland;Xianglan Zhang

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci and heterogeneity in genetic susceptibility across histological subtypes

    James D McKay;Rayjean J Hung;Younghun Han;Xuchen Zong

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

  • A shared susceptibility locus in PLCE1 at 10q23 for gastric adenocarcinoma and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

    Christian C. Abnet;Neal D. Freedman;Nan Hu;Zhaoming Wang;Zhaoming Wang

  • Sequence variants in SLC16A11 are a common risk factor for type 2 diabetes in Mexico

    A. L. Williams Amy;A. L. Williams Amy;S. B R Jacobs Suzanne;Hortensia Moreno-Macías;Alicia Huerta-Chagoya

  • Ovarian Cancer Risk Factors by Histologic Subtype: An Analysis From the Ovarian Cancer Cohort Consortium

    Nicolas Wentzensen;Elizabeth M. Poole;Britton Trabert;Emily White

  • Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics: Viewpoints on the Current Status and Applications in Nutrition Research and Practice

    Michael Fenech;Ahmed El-Sohemy;Leah Cahill;Lynnette R. Ferguson

  • Impact of common genetic determinants of Hemoglobin A1c on type 2 diabetes risk and diagnosis in ancestrally diverse populations: A transethnic genome-wide meta-analysis

    Eleanor Wheeler;Aaron Leong;Ching-Ti Liu;Marie-France Hivert

  • ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Biomarkers and Coronary Heart Disease: Pooling Project of 19 Cohort Studies

    Liana C. Del Gobbo;Fumiaki Imamura;Stella Aslibekyan;Matti Marklund

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

    Norihiro Kato;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Fumihiko Takeuchi;Niek Verweij

  • Identification of type 2 diabetes loci in 433,540 East Asian individuals

    Cassandra N Spracklen;Cassandra N Spracklen;Momoko Horikoshi;Young Jin Kim;Kuang Lin

  • Antioxidant activity and profiles of common fruits in Singapore

    Mia Isabelle;Mia Isabelle;Bee Lan Lee;Meng Thiam Lim;Woon-Puay Koh

  • Association between body mass index and cardiovascular disease mortality in east Asians and south Asians: pooled analysis of prospective data from the Asia Cohort Consortium

    Yu Chen;Wade K. Copeland;Rajesh Vedanthan;Eric Grant

  • Body Mass Index and Diabetes in Asia: A Cross-Sectional Pooled Analysis of 900,000 Individuals in the Asia Cohort Consortium

    Paolo Boffetta;Dale McLerran;Yu Chen;Manami Inoue

  • Green tea, black tea and breast cancer risk: a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies

    Can-Lan Sun;Jian-Min Yuan;Woon-Puay Koh;Mimi C. Yu

  • Association of Body Mass Index and Age With Subsequent Breast Cancer Risk in Premenopausal Women.

    Minouk J. Schoemaker;Hazel B. Nichols;Lauren B. Wright;Mark N. Brook

  • Antioxidant activity and profiles of common vegetables in Singapore

    Mia Isabelle;Bee Lan Lee;Meng Thiam Lim;Woon-Puay Koh

  • Trans-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation

    Mahajan A;Spracklen Cn;Zhang W;Ng Mc

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

Frequent Co-Authors

Jian-Min Yuan
Jian-Min Yuan University of Pittsburgh
Mimi C. Yu
Mimi C. Yu University of Southern California
Rob M. van Dam
Rob M. van Dam George Washington University
Jianjun Liu
Jianjun Liu Genome Institute of Singapore
Wei Zheng
Wei Zheng Vanderbilt University Medical Center
An Pan
An Pan Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Xiao-Ou Shu
Xiao-Ou Shu Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Chiea Chuen Khor
Chiea Chuen Khor Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Yong-Bing Xiang
Yong-Bing Xiang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne

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