May Lwin MBA, PhD

Dr. May O. Lwin, MBA, Ph.D., is the Chair and President’s Chair Professor of Communication Studies at Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI) at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). She also serves as a Joint Professor in the NTU LKC School of Medicine, advisor to the NTU-University Scholars Programme and has just completed her term as an honorary Asia Scholar Professor at the University of Melbourne. She has previously been a visiting fellow at the Annenberg School of Communication, the University of Pennsylvania as a recipient of the Fulbright ASEAN scholar award. May is a Fellow of the International Communication Association. Amongst the awards she has received are the Public Administration Medal Silver Award from the President of Singapore, the Ogilvy Foundation Award for Academic Leadership, and the 2019 Outstanding Applied Communication Scholar Award by the International Communication Association (ICA).

May specializes in strategic communication and health communication. Her current research projects involve the utilization, design, and assessment of digitally mediated health communication systems and social media to improve public health. Her research on technology use in promoting physical activity and nutrition education amongst children is being piloted in many schools, while her work on mobile media use for infectious diseases has been piloted in hospitals in Singapore and regional countries such as Sri Lanka. May is currently an advisor with National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), leading research programs on the COVID-19 infodemic and studying its effects on various population groups, including migrant and vulnerable communities. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed papers, books, and book chapters, many of which have received awards. May is also an expert on cyber safety, parental mediation, and privacy issues regarding children’s use of technology. May has won several research grants from organizations like the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health, the Skoll Foundation, the Tides Foundation, and the Media Development Authority.