Dr Tuck Seng Cheng
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Tuck Seng Cheng
Postdoctoral Researcher
BSc, MPhil, PhD
Tuck Seng is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU), working in a UK-India collaborative platform for maternal and perinatal health research (MaatHRI). His expertise lies in skilfully applying observational and Mendelian randomization analytical approaches to understand aetiology of chronic diseases in mothers and children.
Prior to joining this Unit, he completed his BSc in Life Sciences at National University of Singapore, MPhil in Epidemiology at University of Hong Kong and PhD in Lifecourse Epidemiology at University of Cambridge. Throughout his research career, he has been mainly involved in multiple pregnancy and birth cohort studies in Singapore (Growing up in Singapore towards healthy Outcomes, GUSTO), Hong Kong (Children of 1997), the UK (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, ALSPAC and Millennium Cohort Study) and the United Arab Emirates (The Mutaba'ah study).
Recent publications
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Risk factors for labour induction and augmentation: a multicentre prospective cohort study in India
Preprint
Cheng TS. et al, (2023)
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Pre-pubertal accelerometer-assessed physical activity and timing of puberty in British boys and girls: the Millennium Cohort Study
Journal article
Cheng TS. et al, (2023), International Journal of Epidemiology
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Trends Toward Earlier Puberty Timing in Girls and Its Likely Mechanisms
Journal article
Cheng TS. et al, (2022), Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 35, 527 - 531
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Sociodemographic determinants of prepregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain: The Mutaba'ah study.
Journal article
Cheng TS. et al, (2022), Obes Sci Pract, 8, 308 - 319
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Adverse Effects of Early Puberty Timing in Girls and Potential Solutions.
Journal article
Cheng TS. et al, (2022), J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol