The OSHSG research team is multidisciplinary with a diverse range of skills, expertise, and experience working with sexual violence survivors and marginalized individuals.
Michelle H.S. Ho
Principal Investigator
Dr. Michelle Ho is an Assistant Professor of Feminist and Queer Cultural Studies in the Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore, and is on the Steering Committee of the Gender and Sexuality Research Cluster (GSRC). Her research interests lie in gender and sexuality and their intersections with media and culture in contemporary Asia.
Jungup Lee
Collaborator
Jungup Lee is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore. Her research focuses on identifying multi-level risk and protective factors (e.g., family, peer, school, and community levels) that shape various patterns of externalizing and internalizing behaviors to facilitate the development of more effective intervention strategies for social workers providing services to children, adolescents, and young adults.
Bimlesh Wadhwa
Collaborator
Bimlesh Wadhwa is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Vice Dean (Student Life) at the School of Computing, National University of Singapore. Her research and teaching span software engineering, AI-human interaction, and computing education, with a focus on designing technology and learning experiences that place human at the centre.
Edson Tandoc Jr.
Collaborator
Edson C. Tandoc Jr. is President’s Chair Professor of Communication Studies at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, where he is the founding Director of NTU’s Centre for Information Integrity and the Internet (IN-cube). His studies have focused on the impact of journalistic roles, new technologies, and audience feedback on the news gatekeeping process.
Olivia Choy
Collaborator
Olivia Choy is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research focuses on how biological factors work together with psychological and social influences to explain criminal and antisocial behavior, as well as to inform treatments to reduce such behavior.
Jacqueline Lee Tilley
Collaborator
Jacqueline Lee Tilley is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Psychology and Child & Human Development Academic Group at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. Her research examines how sociocultural factors shape youth mental health and engagement with mental health treatment, particularly among culturally diverse and marginalized populations.
Philippa Self
Research Assistant
Philippa Self is a full-time research assistant at the Department of Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore. She holds a BA (Hons.) in Urban Studies from Yale-NUS College. Her research explores how affective and embodied experiences of sexuality, gender, and body size are shaped by social and spatial interactions in urban contexts.
Former Team Members
Wi En Ng
Event Assistant
Wi En Ng is a PhD student at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI) at Nanyang Technological University. Her research broadly focuses on how cultural norms and social structures intersect with everyday technologies to shape communication and engagement in both digital and physical spaces.
