Enci Mary Kan , PhD

Fellow

Stanford Biodesign Program
Stanford, CA

Mary studied biochemistry at Imperial College London and pharmacology at King's College London. After returning to Singapore, she worked at DSO National Laboratories and was attached to the Combat Care Laboratory. Her research focus is on traumatic brain injury. She returned to school to pursue her PhD at the National University of Singapore. She is interested in understanding the progression of mild traumatic brain injury and its effect on functional outcome. Mary was also a member of the Singapore Women's Water Polo team. As Mary and her teammates train as non-professionals, she strongly believes in sports science in shaping their training approach to achieve optimal performance. In her spare time, Mary can be found engaged with her active toddler. Mary believes in taking ownership for her health and that prevention is cure. She also feels that future physician-patient care lies in self-directed patient treatment where the patient is actively involved in his/her own treatment and rehabilitation.