Low Qing Ying Timothy
Ph.D. (Sociology)
Research Interest: Sociology of Health and Illness, Life course and Aging, Social demography, Sociology of Family, Southeast Asia
Timothy Low is currently a PhD student (Sociology) at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore. He is also a recipient of the NUS President's Graduate Fellowship. He obtained a M.Soc.Sci (Sociology) from NUS and a BSocSc (Political Science and Sociology) from the Singapore Management University. Previously, he was a research assistant at the NUS Centre for Family and Population Research (CFPR) working on the Vietnam Health and Aging Study (VHAS). The study explored mechanisms of association between diverse exposures to armed conflict during the Vietnam War and multiple dimensions of health and wellbeing among older adults.
Research:
Timothy’s research interest lies in health disparity, aging and social demography. He is currently interested in exploring health inequalities amongst older adults in Southeast Asia.
Publications:
Teerawichitchainan, B., Zimmer, Z., Low, T. Q. Y., & Toan, T. K. (2023). Respiratory health among older adults in Vietnam: Does earlier-life military role and war exposure matter? Journal of Aging and Health, 35(3–4), 168–181. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643221118445
Teerawichitchainan, B., & Low, T. Q. Y. (2021). The situation and well-being of custodial grandparents in Myanmar: Impacts of adult children’s cross-border and internal migration. Social Science & Medicine, 277, 113914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113914
Tan, R. K. J., Low, T. Q. Y., Le, D., Tan, A., Tyler, A., Tan, C., Kwok, C., Banerjee, S., Cook, A. R., & Wong, M. L. (2021). Experienced homophobia and suicide among young gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer men in Singapore: Exploring the mediating role of depression severity, self-esteem, and outness in the Pink Carpet Y Cohort Study. LGBT Health, 8(5), 349–358. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2020.0323
Teerawichitchainan, B., & Low, T. (2019). Causes of Population Aging. In D. Gu & M. E. Dupre (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging (pp. 1–4). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_654-1
Education:
National University of Singapore
2022 to 2024 - Ph.D. (Sociology)
2024 to Present - Master in Social Science (Sociology)
2015 - May 2019
Singapore Management University Bachelor of Social Science with double major in Political Science and Sociology (Magna Cum Laude)
Teaching Experience:
Gender Studies (AY2022/2023), Medical Sociology (AY2022/2023)
Contact Info
Email ID: timothylow@u.nus.edu
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3934-0358