Bio
Dr Yvonne Su is an Associate Professor in the Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme at Duke-NUS Medical School. She received her PhD and post-doctoral training in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Hong Kong.
Assoc Prof Su’s research focuses on the evolution, emergence and transmission of respiratory viruses, primarily seasonal influenza. Her lab generates virus genome sequences from clinical samples using next-generation sequencing methods. Her studies broadly integrate phylodynamics and experimental approaches to identify key factors that drive inter-host and intra-host viral dynamics through time and space, leading to recurrent seasonal outbreaks. Her work on the pandemic H1N1 virus received the SingHealth/Duke-NUS Research Team Award in 2018 for outstanding contributions to the research and development landscape in Singapore.
She also investigates the adaptive mechanisms of interspecies transmission of influenza in avian and mammalian hosts. Her work contributes to the understanding of the origin, introduction and evolutionary relationships of emerging influenza virus subtypes and lineages. As an evolutionary biologist, she has conducted bioinformatics and phylogenetics training workshops for ASEAN countries, organized by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO).
Assoc Prof Su is currently leading research on analysing the genomic data of SARS-COV-2 virus through next-generation sequencing and conducting phylogenetic analyses to track virus evolution and to monitor genetic changes in the SARS-COV-2 virus and their implications for the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Bachelor of Science (Biology) with Honours Class 1
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR