Educational Qualifications: MD, MPH
Dr. Courtney Davis is the Co-Lead for the Education Core for the Singhealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute as well as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Duke-NUS. She is currently a senior staff in the Adolescent Medicine Service at KK Hospital. She has a clinical focus in adolescent medicine as well as general ambulatory Paediatrics.
She graduated from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 2006 and obtained a Masters of Public Health (MPH) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2001. She completed her paediatric training in the US at Stanford University Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Boston Medical Center.
Dr. Davis’s research focuses on improving adolescent health outcomes, specifically in the areas of obesity and eating disorders. She is also active in medical education research, examining the use of novel educational strategies to improve communication skills with adolescents and the impact of participation in international service learning experiences on students’ medical education.
Awards:
- HEADSS Simulation Program, AMEI Simulation Research Grant, 2016.
- Best Poster Education Research, SingHealth Duke-NUS Scientific Congress, 2018.
- Best Educational Research, 10th KK Hospital Scientific Meeting, 2018
- HEADSS Program for Residency, SingHealth Duke-NUS Paediatrics Academic Clinical Programme Research Grant, 2020
- Singapore Health Quality Service Award- Silver Category, 2020.
- Journal of Adolescent Health, Distinguished Dozen Articles, 2020.
- Development of an integrated program to support carers of adolescent with eating disorders Tan Cheng Lim Fund- Clinical Innovation Award, 2021.
- Singapore Health Quality Service Award- Silver Category, 2022
- Adapting the US-based parental skill training model of adolescent eating disorder treatment into an innovative culturally relevant digital treatment model in Singapore. Duke/Duke-NUS Research Collaboration Pilot Project Award, 2022
Leadership positions/roles in Education:
- Co-Lead, Education, SDGHI
- CARE Program Faculty, Duke-NUS Medical School
- Course Director, GMS6961, Introduction to Global Health
- Paediatric Clinical Rotation Faculty, Duke-NUS Medical School
Griffiths C, Kuppermann M. Perceptions of prenatal testing for birth defects among rural Latinas. Matern Child Health J. 2008 Jan;12(1):34-42. doi: 10.1007/s10995-007-0214-3. Epub 2007 Oct 5. PMID: 17917801.
Davis C, Ng KC, Oh JY, Baeg A, Rajasegaran K, Chew CSE. Caring for Children and Adolescents With Eating Disorders in the Current Coronavirus 19 Pandemic: A Singapore Perspective. J Adolesc Health. 2020;67(1):131-134. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.03.037
Chew CSE, Kelly S, Baeg A, Oh JY, Rajasegaran K, Davis C. First presentation of restrictive early onset eating disorders in Asian children Int J Eat Disord. 2020;10.1002/eat.23274. doi:10.1002/eat.23274
Davis, C., Hong WJN., Zhang, SL., Quek, WEG., Lim JKE., Oh, JY., Rajasegaran, K. Chew, CSE. Outcomes of a higher calorie inpatient refeeding protocol in Asian adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa Int J Eat Disord. 2020; 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23402.
Chew, CSE., Kelly, S., Tay, EE., Baeg, A., Binte Khaider, K., Oh, JY., Rajasegaran, K., Saffari, SE., Davis, C. Implementation of family-based treatment for Asian adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa: A consecutive cohort examination of outcomes. Int J Eat Disord. 2020; 1-10.
Davis C, Chan BY, Zhen Ong AS, Koh Y, Wen Yap AFH, Goh SH, Vidyarthi AR. An evaluation of a medical student international service-learning experience in Southeast Asia. Educ Health (Abingdon). 2021 Jan-Apr;34(1):3-10.
Davis C, Chew CSE. Higher-calorie vs lower-calorie refeeding in patients with anorexia improves time to medical stability without compromising safety. J Pediatr. 2021 May;232:307-310. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.02.054. PMID: 33896456. JIF: 3.80 (Invited Commentary)
Goh AQY, Lo NYW, Davis C, Chew ECS. #EatingDisorderRecovery: a qualitative content analysis of eating disorder recovery-related posts on Instagram. Eat Weight Disord. 2021 Sep 18. doi: 10.1007/s40519-021-01279-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34537927.
Chew CSE, Davis C, Lim JKE, Lim CMM, Tan YZH, Oh JY, Rajasegaran K, Chia YHM, Finkelstein EA. Use of a Mobile Lifestyle Intervention App as an Early Intervention for Adolescents With Obesity: Single-Cohort Study. J Med Internet Res. 2021 Sep 28;23(9):e20520. doi: 10.2196/20520. PMID: 34581672.
Tan JSK, Tan LES, Davis C, Chew CSE. Eating disorders in children and adolescents. Singapore Med J. 2022 Jun;63(6):294-298. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2022078. PMID: 36043292; PMCID: PMC9329554.