Chinnadurai Amutha

Dr. Chinnadurai Amutha serves as an Assistant Professor in the Paediatrics department at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Her research spans multiple domains including pediatrics, maternal-child health, clinical psychology, and public health.

• Key research areas: Pediatrics, maternal mental health, developmental psychology, neonatal resuscitation, ethnic-specific growth charts, and perinatal nutrition
• Notable contributions: Development of ethnicity-specific neonatal growth charts, pandemic response frameworks for neonatal care, and longitudinal studies on maternal feeding patterns

Her publications reveal a focus on maternal-child health outcomes, with particular emphasis on:

• Quality improvement initiatives in pediatric mental health screening
• Clinical guidelines for neonatal resuscitation during pandemics
• Ethnic differences in gestational diabetes screening
• Impact of maternal feeding patterns on neonatal brain development
• Adiposity pathways in Asian neonates
• Postpartum practices across ethnic groups