Cheah, Yong Kang is an Associate Professor in School of Economics, Finance and Banking at the Universiti Utara Malaysia. Cheah completed his Postdoc at University of Chicago in 2019 and Ph.D. at University of Malaya in 2014. Cheah obtained a Master of Economic Management in 2010 and a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Economics) in 2009 at Universiti Sains Malaysia. His research interests are Health Economics, Public Health, Health Behaviour and Applied Microeconomics.