An epidemiologist with over a decade of experience to in nutritional epidemiology for the prevention and management of chronic diseases. She has led large population-based cohorts in Singapore, the U.S., and Australia, focusing on musculoskeletal diseases and cardiometabolic health. Recently, her work assessed evidence-based clinical guidelines to understand how vitamin D and calcium recommendations were formulated to prevent osteoporosis. She also uses administrative health records to study high-risk medication prescriptions and healthcare delivery in residential aged care. Dr Dai’s work has been featured in New York Times and the Australian Ageing Agenda. She is currently on the editorial board for BMC Geriatrics and a peer reviewer for BMJ, Advances in Nutrition, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, the Heart Foundation, and the American Society for Nutrition. Her research passion is to identify practical strategies through health behaviours to reduce disease burdens and improve quality of life in ageing populations.