AProf Shefaly Shorey

Assoc Prof Shefaly Shorey

Assoc Prof Shefaly Shorey is an Associate Professor with tenure and Vice Dean (Administration) at the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, and Director of the Yeo Boon Khim Mind Science Centre at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Her research programme advances maternal, paternal, and family health through the development, rigorous evaluation, and implementation of psychosocial, behavioural, and digital health interventions. With over 280 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals, she is internationally recognised for her contributions to perinatal mental health, parenting science, and translational implementation research.

Assoc Prof Shorey represents Singapore as Chair of the Southeast and East Asian Nursing Education and Research Network (SEANERN) and serves on the Global Working Group on Salutogenesis. Her research has been widely featured in national media and has informed clinical protocols, public health programmes, and national policy initiatives in family and mental health.

An award-winning educator and committed mentor, she champions lifelong learning and adopts a student-centred, evidence-based approach to teaching and supervision. She has mentored more than 90 research students and emerging scholars, many of whom now contribute to academia, healthcare systems, and policy sectors.

Her distinguished achievements include consistent recognition among Stanford University’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists globally since 2021, Singapore’s President’s Nurse Award (2021), the United States–Association of Southeast Asian Nations Fulbright Scholarship (2022), and the National Medical Research Council Senior Clinician Scientist Award (2023), acknowledging her leadership in bridging research, clinical practice, and health policy.