Associate Professor Mythily Subramaniam
Assistant Chairman Medical Board (Research), Institute of Mental Health 
Associate Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore 
Associate Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 
Consultant, Ministry of Health, Singapore 

Mythily graduated from the Lady Hardinge Medical College, India. She received her PhD in Gambling Studies from Monash University and is currently Assistant Chairman Medical Board (Research) and Lead Investigator of the Programme of Mental Health Policy Studies at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH).  She has a teaching appointment at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University Singapore.  She is also a consultant with the Ministry of Health, Singapore. 
 
She has worked in the field of mental health for more than 15 years and her main academic and research interests include psychiatric epidemiology, psychosis and addictions.  She has led several nation-wide studies – the first and second Singapore Mental Health Study, surveys that established the prevalence of select mental disorders in the adult population of Singapore; and the two Well-being of the Singapore Elderly study, a survey among older adults that aims to establish the prevalence, risk factors and cost associated with dementia in Singapore.  She has over 450 publications in peer-reviewed journals and is a reviewer with many international journals and is on the editorial board of a number of peer-reviewed journals in the field of mental health.