Katy, Ying Ying Leung
Also known as: Katy Leung
National University of Singapore, Duke-NUS Medical School, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Singapore General Hospital
Research areas: Medicine · Rheumatology · Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments · Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation · Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
About
Dr Katy Leung Ying Ying is Associate Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School, and Senior Consultant of the department of Rheumatology & Immunology of Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Dr Leung graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she was trained as rheumatologist and appointed as honorary assistant professor from 2008 – 2011. She joined SGH in 2011, and currently is the head of research in the department of Rheumatology and Immunology, SGH. Her research focus is on Psoriatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, disability, outcome measurement and biomarkers. She has been working group member of several international collaborations in outcome measures, including the Group of Research and Assessment in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA), International Consortium for Health Outcome Measurements (ICHOM), Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Technical Advisory Team (OMERACT-TAG). She is serving as co-chair of the Scientific Committee in the Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR) since 2021.
Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?user=HmmuGO0AAAAJ&hl=en
Employment
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National University of Singapore Assistant Professor2025 - Present
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Duke-NUS Medical School Associate professor2018 - Present
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Singapore General Hospital senior consultant2013 - Present
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Duke-NUS Medical School Assistant Professor2012 - 2018
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Singapore General Hospital Consultant2011 - 2013
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Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine Honorary Assistant Professor2009 - 2012
Education
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Chinese University of Hong Kong Doctor of Medicine2012 - 2017
- 1994 - 1999
Projects & Funding
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Exploring the inflammatory signatures underlying progression of knee osteoarthritis: A prospective study National Medical Research Council2018 - 2022
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Concurrent validity of biochemical biomarkers associated with cartilage morphological change in patients with early osteoarthritis National Medical Research Council2013 - 2017
Publications (310)
- GRAPPA 2025 Annual Meeting Report: Session on Geographic Variations in Psoriatic Arthritis/Psoriasis Care and Resource Limitations Save
- Direct Medical Costs Among an Inception Cohort of Patients With Inflammatory Arthritis and Osteoarthritis Save
- Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing a Remote Monitoring Model of Care for Stable Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research: Qualitative Study Save
- Determining the best discriminatory physical functioning outcome measurement instrument for psoriatic arthritis trials: A meta-epidemiological study Save
- Difficult‐To‐Treat Psoriatic Arthritis: An Evolving Clinical Construct Save
- Implementation of clinical decision support tools for treatment selection in knee osteoarthritis: a scoping review Save
- Composite Outcome Measures for Psoriatic Arthritis: Project Updates 2024 Save
- Discontinuing or Tapering Biologic or Targeted Synthetic Disease‐Modifying Anti‐Rheumatic Drugs in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Systematic Literature Review Save
- GRAPPA 2024 Annual Meeting: An Update on Major Project Milestones Save
- Composite Outcome Measures for Psoriatic Arthritis: Project Updates 2024 Save
- Comparative Cancer Incidence by Organ Site in Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Janus Kinase Inhibitors versus Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors: A Retrospective Real-World Cohort Analysis Save
- The APLAR Recommendations for the Management of Psoriatic Arthritis Save
- Risk of Mortality of People With Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis in Taiwan: A Nationwide Cohort Study Save
- Variability of Psoriatic Arthritis Impact of Disease questionnaire (PsAID12) thresholds in psoriatic arthritis: data from the ReFlaP study Save
- Association Between Patient Perception of Disease Status and Different Components of the Minimal Disease Activity Criteria in Psoriatic Arthritis Save
- Composite Outcome Measures for Psoriatic Arthritis: OMERACT and 3 and 4 Visual Analog Scale Progress in 2023 Save
- The influence of pain catastrophizing on pain and function after knee arthroplasty in knee osteoarthritis Save
- Risk Stratification of Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis for Treatment with Tofacitinib: A Review of Current Clinical Data Save
- Establishing language and ethnic equivalence for health-related quality of life item banks and testing their efficiency via computerised adaptive testing simulations Save
- Association of adipokines with severity of knee osteoarthritis assessed clinically and on magnetic resonance imaging Save