Dr Yee-Foong Mok

Research Assistant, Biostatistics

Foong has a PhD in Biochemistry  and Molecular Biology and a Masters in Biostatistics from the University of Melbourne. He previously worked in a research laboratory in the Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology and Bio21 Institute at the University of Melbourne, analysing how molecules in our cells interact to cause disease. He decided to make a career shift into biostatistics, and is currently enjoying the transition from analysing data at the resolution of atoms to making inferences at the level of human populations.