Dr. Shing Cheng Tan is a Senior Lecturer/Research Fellow at the UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (The National University of Malaysia). He received his PhD in Human Genetics from Universiti Sains Malaysia. His research focuses on the molecular biology, genetic epidemiology and pharmacogenomics of cancers and other diseases, where he uses various genetic and genomic techniques to characterize the genetic variations and alterations in these disorders. He is also actively involved in systematic reviews and meta-analyses.