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Assoc Prof Sun Hsiao-Li Shirley
Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences
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Shirley Sun is Associate Professor of Sociology and Honorary Associate Professor at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) at NTU. She studies population, reproduction, genomic science and precision medicine in global contexts through the concepts of citizenship and "othering". Her most recent book is on genetics/genomics-based precision medicine (Shirley Sun. 2017. Socio-economics of Personalized Medicine in Asia. London and New York: Routledge), where she draws on extensive interview data with physicians and genetic research scientists in Asia with respect to their understanding and experiences of precision medicine. More information about the OPEN ACCESS book is available online at
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/socio-economics-personalized-medicine-asia-shirley-sun/10.4324/9781315537177
- Book reviewed by Contemporary Sociology, Sociology of Health and Illness, and East Asian Science Technology and Society (EASTS)
Shirley Sun is also the author of "Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore: Making Future Citizens" (2012, London and New York: Routledge). More information is available online at
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415670685/
Shirley was the recipient of NUS/NTU-Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Scientist Exchange Programme award (2011-2012) and the recipient of Certificate of Honour for mentoring undergraduate student winner of the NTU Koh Boon Hwee Scholar award (2013-2014).
A/P Sun served as the Assistant Dean (Research and Undergraduate Education) at the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences from 2015-2018, and has been appointed a member of an International Working Group by the Centre for Biomedical Ethics at the Yong Lin Loo School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) on its Big Data Ethics in Biomedicine project funded by the Singapore National Medical Research Council (2018-2021).
Shirley Sun ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0624-0112
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
2000-2005 PhD (Sociology), New York University
1997 MA (Sociology), New York University
1995 BA (Economics), College of Law, National Taiwan University
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/socio-economics-personalized-medicine-asia-shirley-sun/10.4324/9781315537177
- Book reviewed by Contemporary Sociology, Sociology of Health and Illness, and East Asian Science Technology and Society (EASTS)
Shirley Sun is also the author of "Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore: Making Future Citizens" (2012, London and New York: Routledge). More information is available online at
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415670685/
Shirley was the recipient of NUS/NTU-Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Scientist Exchange Programme award (2011-2012) and the recipient of Certificate of Honour for mentoring undergraduate student winner of the NTU Koh Boon Hwee Scholar award (2013-2014).
A/P Sun served as the Assistant Dean (Research and Undergraduate Education) at the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences from 2015-2018, and has been appointed a member of an International Working Group by the Centre for Biomedical Ethics at the Yong Lin Loo School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) on its Big Data Ethics in Biomedicine project funded by the Singapore National Medical Research Council (2018-2021).
Shirley Sun ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0624-0112
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
2000-2005 PhD (Sociology), New York University
1997 MA (Sociology), New York University
1995 BA (Economics), College of Law, National Taiwan University
Science, Technology and Society (STS)
Medical Sociology (social impacts of precision medicine)
Population and Reproduction
Citizenship and Social Inequalities
Changing Families
Medical Sociology (social impacts of precision medicine)
Population and Reproduction
Citizenship and Social Inequalities
Changing Families
- Study to engender safe and socially responsible use of antibiotics through ethical uptake of AI