Researcher

Shi Yu Chan is a Senior Scientist from the Translational Neuroscience programme at the A*STAR Institute for Human Development and Potential (A*STAR IHDP). Her research interests lie in studying the pathways that lead to diverse mental health outcomes. In particular, she employs neuroimaging techniques (resting state functional connectivity and morphometric measures) to study how brain organisation and connectivity affect clinical and functional outcomes in psychiatry.

Chan previously held a joint postdoctoral position with the Psychosis Neurobiology Lab at McLean Hospital, US, and the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, US, studying functional connectivity in early-stage psychosis patients. Through her research, she aims to parse out sources of heterogeneity that could serve as intervention targets for the improvement of mental health outcomes. She obtained her Bachelor of Science from the National University of Singapore and her PhD in Psychiatry from the University of Oxford, UK.