Saw, Seang Mei

Research Interests:

Epidemiology, gene-environment interaction, genetics of myopia and other eye diseases. Epidemiology, and quality of life of chronic diseases.

Selected Publications:

Saw SM, Hong CY, Chia KS, Stone RA, Tan D. Nearwork and myopia in young children Lancet 2001;357:390.

Chong YS, Liang Y, Gazzard G, Stone RA, Saw SM. Association between breastfeeding and likelihood of myopia in children. JAMA 2005; 293: 3001-2.

Khor WB, Tin A, Saw SM, Wong TY, Tambyah PA, Tan AL, Beuerman R, Lim L, Chan WK, Heng WJ, Lim J, Loh RSK, Lee SB, Tan DTH. An outbreak of contact lens-associated Fusarium keratitis in Singapore. JAMA 2006;295:2867-73.

Saw SM, Chua WH, Hong CY, Wu HM, Chan WY, Chia KS, Stone RA, Tan D. Nearwork in early onset myopia. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2002;43:332-9.

Saw SM, Tong, L, Chua, WH, Chia KS, Koh D, Tan DT, Katz J. Incidence and progression of myopia in Singaporean school children. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005;46:51-57.

Saw SM, Shankar A, Tan SB, Taylor H, Tan DTH, Stone RA, Wong TY. A cohort study of incident myopia in Singapore children. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006 May;47(5):1839-44.

Saw SM, Foster PJ, Gazzard G, Friedman D, Hee J, Seah S. Under-corrected refractive error in Singapore Chinese adults: The Tanjong Pagar Survey. Ophthalmol 2004; 111: 2168-2174.

Saw SM, Tan SB, Fung D, Chia KS, Koh D, Tan DTH, Stone RA. IQ and the association with myopia in children. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2004;45:2943-8.