University of Nottingham Malaysia
School of Biosciences
     
  
 

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Siew Siew Lee

Assistant Professor,

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  • workRoom B1C05 Block B
    Malaysia Campus
    Jalan Broga
    43500 Semenyih
    Selangor Darul Ehsan
    Malaysia
  • work+6(03)-89248120

Biography

Dr Lee Siew Siew is an Assistant Professor in Nutrition at the School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia. She is a nutritionist with BSC in Nutrition and Community Health and PhD in Nutritional Sciences. She is an active member of the Nutrition Society of Malaysia and a nutrition researcher with a particular research interest and expertise in maternal and child nutrition.

Teaching Summary

Currently, I am involved in the teaching in the following courses:

1. Nutrition Regulation, Endocrinology and Physiology (BIOS2062)

2. International Nutrition (BIOS3098)

Research Summary

Dr. Siew Siew's research focuses on three main areas: nutritional epidemiology, nutritional interventions, and molecular nutrition. In particular, she is interested in elucidating the mechanism that… read more

Recent Publications

Current Research

Dr. Siew Siew's research focuses on three main areas: nutritional epidemiology, nutritional interventions, and molecular nutrition. In particular, she is interested in elucidating the mechanism that underpin the effect of maternal nutrition on the programming of adult disease risk and developing nutritional intervention strategies to improve maternal and child nutrition.

Past Research

Her past research combined nutrition, analytical chemistry, and molecular biology to unravel the biochemistry of vitamin D in pregnant women and newborns.

In addition, she has been working extensively with multidisciplinary experts from Australia, Canada, UK and Malaysia on several nutritional research projects, including dietary interventions, iron-folic acid supplementation trial and infant, young child feeding practices.

School of Biosciences

University of Nottingham Malaysia
Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia

telephone: +6 (03) 8924 8000
fax: +6 (03) 8924 8018

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