TAI Bee Choo

TAI Bee Choo is an Associate Professor at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and a joint faculty member at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS). Her work focuses on clinical trial design, meta-analysis, and handling non-proportional hazards in survival analysis, with a particular emphasis on competing risks.

• Education: PhD in Medical Statistics (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), MSc in Medical Statistics, Graduate Diploma in Statistics, and BA from NUS.

Her research integrates biostatistics with clinical oncology, cardiovascular studies, and behavioral health. Key contributions include methodological advancements in trial sequential analysis and non-compliance adjustments in randomized trials. She has authored foundational texts like Regression Methods for Medical Research and Randomized Clinical Trials: Design, Practice and Reporting.

Recent publications address immunotherapy response in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, sleep-depression links in aging cohorts, and digital health interventions for diabetes and hypertension. Her work spans clinical oncology (e.g., durvalumab trials), mental health (screen time effects), and health systems (antiplatelet adherence post-myocardial infarction).

• Awards: Chartered Statistician (Royal Statistical Society), NUS Teaching Excellence Awards (2015/16, 2021/22).
• Leadership: Director of Biostatistics Division at NCIS Centre, Associate Editor for Pharmaceutical Statistics, and member of NHMRC grant review panels.