Assoc Prof Laura Tay

• MBBS, National University of Singapore
  
• MMed, Internal Medicine, National University of Singapore
  
• MRCP(UK)
  
• MCI, National University of Singapore
  

• Clinical Lecturer, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

• ​Clinician Investigator Award (Bronze) Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress, 2015
  
• Young Investigator Award (Gold) Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress, 2014
  
• National Research Foundation - Ministry of Health Healthcare Research Scholarship for Masters of Clinical Investigation (NUS), 2011 - 2013
  

• Association of nutrition and immune-endocrine dysfunction with muscle mass and performance in cognitively impaired older adults.  L Tay, BP Leung, S Wee et al. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2018; 75: 20-27.
  
• Impact of frailty and residual subsyndromal delirium on 1-year functional recovery: A prospective cohort study.  Chew J, Lim WS, Chong MS, Ding YY, Tay L. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2017: 17(12): 2472-2478.
  
• Frailty and Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Comparison of Different Frailty Measures.  Chong E, Ho E, Baldevarona J, Chan M, Wu L, Tay L. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2017; 18(7): 638e7-638e11.
  
• Delirium Superimposed on Dementia: Phenomenological Differences between Patients with and without Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in a Specialized Delirium Unit.  Ang J, Chong MS, Tay L. International Psychogeriatrics 2016; 5:1-11.
  
• A Combined Cognitive Stimulation and Physical Exercise Programme (MINDVital) in Early Dementia: Differential Effects on Single - and Dual-Task Gait Performance.  Tay L, Lim WS, Chan M, et al. Gerontology 2016 Feb 26.
  
• The Independent Role of Inflammation in Physical Frailty Among Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease.  Tay L, Lim WS, Chan M, Ye RJ, Chong MS. J Nutr Health Aging 2016; 20(3): 208-99.
  
• Gender-specific Differences in Risk Factors for Sarcopenia among Community-dwelling Older Adults.  Tay L, Ding YY, Leung BP, Ismail NH, Yeo A, Yew S, Tay KS, Tan CH, Chong MS. AGE 2015; 37: 121.
  
• The Case for Stage-Specific Frailty Interventions Spanning Cognitive Community Aging to Cognitive Impairment.  Chong MS, Tay L, Ismail NH, Tan CH, Yew S, Yeo A, Ye RJ, Leung B, Ding YY. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2015; 16(11): 1003.
  
• Outcomes of a multimodal cognitive and physical rehabilitation program for persons with mild dementia and their caregivers: a goal-oriented approach.  Chew J, Chong MS, Tay L. Clinical Interventions in Aging 2015; 10: 1687-94.
  
• Impact of the DSM-V criteria on Neurocognitive Diagnostic Classifications in a Memory Clinic.  Tay L, Lim WS, Chan M, Ali N, Mahanum S, Chew P, Lim J, Chong MS. Am J Geriatr Psy 2015.

More publications can be found here.

Research Publications

• ML Ginting, G Sum, S Z Wang, YY Ding, L Tay. Integrated frailty and intrinsic capacity care model for community dwelling older adults in Singapore: a rapid qualitative study of anticipated implementation barriers and enablers using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research and its Outcomes Addendum.Frontiers in Health Services, section Implementation Science. 2025
• K Zhou, YS Ng, EL Tay, SM Mah, L Tay. Intrinsic Capacity Assessment using World Health Organization (WHO) Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) Step One and Association with Frailty in Community Dwelling Older Adults. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2024
• L Tay, EL Tay, SM Mah, et al. Association of intrinsic capacity with frailty, physical fitness and adverse health outcomes in community-dwelling older adults. J Frailty Aging 2022; in press
• YH Pua*, Tay L*, Clark RA, et al. Screening accuracy of percentage predicted gait speed for prefrailty/frailty in community-dwelling older adults. Geriatrics & Gerontology International 2022 (accepted)
• L Tay, M Chua, YY Ding. Depressive symptoms and malnutrition are associated with other geriatric syndromes and increase risk for 30-day readmission in hospitalised older adults: a prospective cohort study. BMC Geriatrics 2022
• L Tay, SM Mah, EL Tay, A Latib, YS Ng. Intrinsic capacity rather than intervention exposure Influences reversal to robustness among prefrail community-dwelling older Adults: A non-randomised controlled study of a multidomain exercise and nutrition intervention. Front Med 2022
• Pua YH, Tay L, Clark RA, et al. Associations of height, weight, and body mass index with handgrip strength: A Bayesian comparison in older adults. Clinical Nutrition (ESPEN) 2023 (accepted)
• YH Pua, L Tay, RA Clark, et al. Development and validation of a Physical Frailty Phenotype Index-based Model to estimate the Frailty Index. Diagnostic and Prognostic Research 2023