About
I am a lecturer at the Office of the President at the National University of Singapore. I am also a PhD candidate at the Department of Computer Science at the National University of Singapore. I am supervised by Assistant Professor Jane E at the palette lab, and I am co-supervised by Associate Professor Ben Leong.
Publications
- Lam, K. F. Y., & Qian, J. (in press). An integer programming formulation for the maximally diverse grouping problem. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization.
- Lam, K. F. Y., Gopal, V., Qian, J. (2023). Confidence intervals for the F1 Score: A comparison of four methods. arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.14621.
- Liu, J., Lam, K. F. Y., & Mahendran, R. (2022). Psychosocial concerns predict longitudinal trajectories of distress in newly diagnosed cancer patients. Singapore medical journal, 63(3), 140.
- Liu, J., Mahendran, R., Chua, S. M., Lam, K. F. Y., Lim, H. A., Kuparasundram, S., … & Griva, K. (2020). Validation of the English and Mandarin versions of the Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory in an Asian population. Journal of Health Psychology, 25(5), 617-628.
- Griva, K., Lam, K. F. Y., Nandakumar, M., Jo-an, H. N., McBain, H., & Newman, S. P. (2018). The effect of brief self-management intervention for haemodialysis patients (HED-SMART) on trajectories of depressive and anxious symptoms. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 113, 37-44.
- Tan, J. Y., Lam, K. F. Y., Lim, H. A., Chua, S. M., Kua, E. H., Griva, K., & Mahendran, R. (2018). Post‐intervention sustainability of a brief psycho‐educational support group intervention for family caregivers of cancer patients. Asia‐ Pacific Psychiatry, 10(3), e12305.
- Lam, K. F. Y., Lim, H. A., Kua, E. H., Griva, K., & Mahendran, R. (2018). Mindfulness and cancer patients’ emotional states: a latent profile analysis among newly diagnosed cancer patients. Mindfulness, 9, 521-533.
- Griva, K., Nandakumar, M., Jo-an, H. N., Lam, K. F. Y., McBain, H., & Newman, S. P. (2018). Haemodialysis self-management intervention randomized trial (HED-SMART): a practical low-intensity intervention to improve adherence and clinical markers in patients receiving haemodialysis. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 71(3), 371-381.
- Lam, K. F. Y., Lim, H. A., Tan, J. Y., & Mahendran, R. (2015). The relationships between dysfunctional attitudes, rumination, and non-somatic depressive symptomatology in newly diagnosed Asian cancer patients. Comprehensive psychiatry, 61, 49-56.
Courses Taught
Education
Doctor of Philosophy | 2025-
School of Computing
National University of Singapore
Master of Science in Business Analytics | 2021-2023
Business School & School of Computing
National University of Singapore
Bachelor of Social Sciences | 2013-2016
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences & University Scholars Programme
National University of Singapore
Experience
Lecturer | 2026-
Office of the President
National University of Singapore
Graduate Fellow | 2025-2026
School of Computing
National University of Singapore
Lecturer | 2024-2025
Office of the President
National University of Singapore
Instructor | 2022-2023
Office of the President
National University of Singapore
Teaching Assistant | 2020-2021
Office of the Senior Deputy President and Provost
National University of Singapore
Manager | 2020
Research and Statistics Division
Ministry of Health
Analyst | 2019-2020
Civil Service College
Prime Minister’s Office
Teaching Assistant | 2016-2018
Department of Statistics and Data Science
National University of Singapore
Awards
Operational Research Society of Singapore Prize for Best Student in Operations Research and Analytics | 2023
Department of Analytics and Operations
National University of Singapore
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award | 2017
Faculty of Science
National University of Singapore
Class Valedictorian | 2016
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
National University of Singapore
Jasmyn Chelliah Medal and Prize for Best Graduate in Psychology | 2016
Department of Psychology
National University of Singapore
President’s Honour Roll | 2016
University Scholars Programme
National University of Singapore
Singapore Prison Service Psychology Prize for Best Student in Psychology | 2014-2016
Department of Psychology
National University of Singapore
Dean’s List | 2013-2016
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
National University of Singapore