Leong Utek

Third-Year Psychology Undergraduate

Nanyang Technological University

About

Leong Utek is a third-year Psychology undergraduate from Nanyang Technological University (NTU). His research interests include the psychological factors that may influence lower-limb orthosis adherence and the development of psychometrically valid questionnaires for clinical use in Singapore.

With the research skills honed by his stint at the NTU Touch Lab and the Singapore General Hospital, he hopes to have an opportunity to contribute to the scienticfic endeavour by pursing a career in clinical health psychology as a scientist-practitioner.

Interests

Health Psychology
Mindfulness-Based Interventions
Questionnaire Construction

Education

BA in Psychology, 2017 - 2021 (Expected)

Nanyang Technological University
Winter Semester Exchange, 2019

University of Melbourne

Experience

Clinical Research Intern (CeREBRAL – Clinical Rehabilitation, Behavioural Research and Assessment Laboratory)

Singapore General Hospital

Mar 2019 – Jun 2019 Singapore

Participated in research projects assessing the efficacy of mindfulness-based group interventions in clinical populations (e.g. stroke, sleep difficulties) and a project designed to develop a validated mindfulness questionnaire for use in Singapore.

Trained in the administration and scoring of the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA); administered psychological assessment batteries to clinical research participants.

Other responsibilities include:

Transcription of focus group discussions
Questionnaire data entry and verification
Literature reviews
Item generation

Data Entry Assistant

Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University

Jan 2019 – Mar 2019 Singapore

URECA Student Researcher

NTU Touch Lab, Nanyang Technological University

Aug 2018 – Jun 2019 Singapore

Conducted independent research under Associate Professor Ryo Kitada and Dr Achille Pasqualotto; adapted the affective priming paradigm to examine the multisensory relationships between pleasantness and softness.

Participated in DISCOVER URECA Poster Exhibition & Competition 2019.