He received his medical and psychiatric trainings in Shandong, China and obtained his PhD from NUS in 2009. His primary research interest is the epidemiology and prevention of cognitive decline and dementia. He has over 100 research publications on aging, cognition, and mental health. He has successfully obtained research grants amounting to over three million Singapore dollars as the Principal Investigator. His recent awards include the NUHS Academic Medicine Development Award (2013), NUHS Clinician Scientist Program Award (2014) and the MOH Transition Award (2016).