Prof. May O. Lwin
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Professor May Oo Lwin is a distinguished scholar with over 30 years’ research and teaching experience in health behaviour and strategic communication.
Prof. May is President’s Chair Professor of Communication Studies at Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. She hold multiple prestigious appointments at NTU and beyond, including Associate Provost (Faculty Affairs), as well as Joint Professor at the NTU’s Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. Prof. May’s latest achievement is establishing the Asian Centre for Health Behavioural Insights and Interventions (HABITS) in 2025. HABITS is a research centre jointly set up by NTU and National Healthcare Group which aims to improve population health through behavioural change and patient empowerment, and Prof. May serves as its Centre Director.
Prof. May is a bona fide luminary in the field of health communication research. In 2024, she was named one of the world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University and Elsevier. Prof. May has authored over 160 peer-reviewed articles published in top-tier academic journals, such as Journal of Health Communication, Journal of Communication Research, and New Media & Society. Throughout her career, she has been awarded subtantial research grants from funding bodies such as the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, and the Skoll Foundation. Her award-winning research has been translated into digital and social media interventions tackling public health issues such as dengue and influenza.
Connect with Prof. May
31 Nanyang Link
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore 637718
Academic Qualifications
Phd (Marketing), NUS Business School (1997)
MBA, NUS Business School (1989)
BA (Hons) in Sociology, Bryn Mawr College, US (1986)
Current Appointments
- Associate Provost (Faculty Affairs), NTU
- President’s Chair Professor in Communication Studies, NTU
- Joint Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU
- Centre Director, Asian Centre for Behavourial Insights and Interventions (HABITS)
- Co-director, Centre for Healthy & Sustainable Cities (CHESS)
- Professorial Fellow (Honorary Position), University of Melbourne
- Adjunct Senior Principal Scientist (Honorary Position), A*STAR
- Visiting Advisor, National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID)
Past Appointments
- Co-director, Communication in Healthcare @ NTU (COHEN)
- Deputy Associate Provost (Leadership and Talent Development), NTU
- Chair, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI), NTU
- Asia Scholar Professor (Honorary Position), University of Melbourne
- Director, University Scholars Programme, NTU
- Professor of Communication, WKWSCI, NTU
- Associate Dean (Special Projects), College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (CoHASS), NTU
- Visiting Fellow, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania (Fulbright US-ASEAN Visiting Scholar Program)
- Associate Dean (Graduate Education), CoHASS, NTU
- Associate Chair (Undergraduate Studies), WKWSCI, NTU
- Head, Division of Public and Promotional Communication, WKWSCI, NTU
- Associate Professor, WKWSCI, NTU
- Assistant Professor, WKWSCI, NTU
- Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore Business School, National University of Singapore (NUS)
- Visiting Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Visitor, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Assistant Professor, NUS
- Lecturer, NUS
- Marketing Manager, International Personal Banking, Citibank North America
- Account Planner & Manager for Myanmar, Ogilvy & Mather