Christopher Chen Li-hsian BA, BMBCh, MRCP, FAMS, FRCPE

Dr. Christopher Chen is a Senior Clinician-Scientist, Associate Professor at the Departments of Pharmacology and Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, and Director of the Memory Aging and Cognition Centre, National University Healthcare System.

His pre-clinical studies were at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University and his clinical training were at New College, Oxford University. He was elected the Janssen Junior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford University and was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Neurochemistry, Institute of Neurology, London.

Since returning to Singapore, Dr. Chen has developed multi-disciplinary research programs with extensive international collaborations. His major research and clinical interests are in neuroimaging, molecular biology, and treatment of stroke and dementia resulting in over 350 peer-reviewed publications. He is the Principal Investigator for several trials including the Singapore GERiatric intervention study to reduce physical frailty and cognitive decline (SINGER), serves on journal editorial boards and has been a member of trial steering committees and advisory panels.

Currently, he is President of the Asian Society Against Dementia, Secretary-Treasurer of the Asian & Oceanian Association of Neurology and Immediate Past Chair of the International Society for Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders.