dr. denise koh choon lian

pensyarah universiti

pusat kajian pendidikan & kesejahteraan komuniti

 denise.koh@ukm.edu.my



   Kluster Kepakaran/ Cluster of Expertise :


  •    Biografi/ Biography :

  • Denise Koh terlibat giat dalam bidang penyelidikan yang meneroka dan memahami faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi tingkah laku aktiviti fizikal dan senam, menguji pendekatan baharu untuk meningkatkan tahap aktiviti fizikal dan penglibatan sukan dalam kalangan populasi Malaysia yang berisiko tinggi, terutamanya dalam kalangan kanak-kanak. Sebagai seorang pendidik, beliau juga berkolaborasi dengan penyelidik di dalam negara dan luar negara yang berfokus dalam penilaian dan pengukuran tingkah laku aktiviti fizikal.
    Denise Koh`s research area includes exploring and understanding the correlates of physical activity and exercise, and testing novel approaches to increasing physical activity participation among high-risk populations, especially among young children. An educationist by training, she also collaborates with local and international research that focuses on objective measures of physical activity behaviour.

  • chong yt, poh bk, ruzita at, koh d, cheah wl, lee jac, yatiman nh, essau ca, reeves s, summerbell c, gibson el .  (2025).  improving malaysian preschool teachers’ capacity to promote healthy habits: effectiveness of etoybox online learning platform .  - maso scientific conference on obesity: transforming systems for sustainable obesity prevention. 

     

    nursyuhada osman, denise koh coon lian, m. khalid m. nasir.  (2025).  aktiviti waktu senggang & hubungannya dengan pencapaian akademik pelajar sekolah.  - advances in humanities & contemporary studies.  152 - 166. 

     

    noor hafizah yatiman, poh bee koon, ruzita abd talib, mohd ismail noor, denise koh, cheah whye lian, julia lee ai cheng, cecilia a. essau, sue reeves, carolyn summerbell, edward leigh gibson .  (2025).  environment audit and teachers’ perceptions of children’s physical activity and sedentary behaviour: readiness of kindergartens in klang valley for intervention .  - maso scientific conference on obesity: transforming systems for sustainable obesity prevention. 

     

    shaun moo, denise koh choon lian m. khalid m. nasir.  (2025).  kebolehgunaan video gimnastik kssr untuk guru pendidikan jasmani.  - advances in humanities & contemporary studies.  167 - 178. 

     

    nur aina a.aziz, denis koh choon lian, mohamad nizam nazarudin.  (2025).  motivation and social support as determinants of self-perceived achievement among malaysian university athletes.  - international journal of education, psychology and counselling (ijepc).  263 - 275. 

     

    dan huang, huilin wang, yiwei tang, hanyue lei, denise koh.  (2025).  enhancing athlete performance under pressure: the role of attribution training in mitigating choking.  - frontiers in psychology.  1 - 11. 

     

    zhiguang zhang , chalchisa abdeta , mohamed souhaiel chelly , jesús del pozo-cruz , catherine e draper , elina engberg , alex florindo , leyna germana , fazlollah ghofranipour , hongyan guan , amy sau-ching ha , asmaa el hamdouchi , hong k tang , mohammed sorowar hossain , bayasgalan jambaldorj , dong hoon kim , denise koh , anna kontsevaya , marie löf , himangi lubree , alejandra jáuregui , nyaradzai munambah , tawonga mwase-vuma , aoko oluwayomi , bang nguyen pham , john j reilly , amanda e staiano , adang suherman , chiaki tanaka , stephen tanui , wei-peng teo , mark s tremblay , ali turab , edin užicanin , sanne l c veldman , e kipling webster , v pujitha wickramasinghe , dyah anantalia widyastari , anthony okely.  (2025).  geocultural differences in preschooler sleep profiles and family practices: an analysis of pooled data from 37 countries.  - sleep.  1 - 12. 

     

    nadja mikulic, cécile m. singh-povel, swee ai ng, nga thuy tran, van khanh tran, rini sekartini, dian novita chandra, bee koon poh, jyh eiin wong, nipa rojroongwasinkul, nawarat vongvimetee, nanda de groot, ilse khouw on behalf of the seanuts ii study group.  (2025).  associations between dairy consumption and nutrient intake in southeast asian children: findings from the south east asian nutrition surveys ii (seanuts ii).  - nutrients.  1 - 22. 

     

    peng chen, nur shakila mazalan, denise koh, yusha gu.  (2025).  effect of exercise intervention on anxiety among college students:a meta-analysis.  - frontiers in psychology.  1 - 12. 

     

    sixiang tao, hongzhao wang, yaming song, denise koh.  (2025).  association of body mass index with peer aggression, reaction to peer aggression and physical activity in rural chinese children.  - frontiers public health.  1 - 9. 

     

    peng chen, denise koh, yusha gu, hongwei wang, weiping du.  (2025).  visual neural dynamics of adolescents with myopia during face inversion: an erp and oscillatory study .  - brain sciences.  1 - 15. 

     

    yuanyuan luo, denise koh, yingying cao, shuairan li, xinliang pan, yan shi.  (2025).  effects of high-intensity interval and moderate-intensity continuous jump rope training on executive function enhancement in high school physical education: a teaching experiment-based study.  - revista internacional de medicina y ciencias de la actividad física y el deporte.  557 - 578. 

     

    yingying cao, yuanyuan luo, mohamad nizam nazarudin, denise koh .  (2025).  effects of different intensity jump rope training on health-related physical fitness in physical education: a comparative study based on curriculum implementation.  - revista internacional de medicina y ciencias de la actividad física y el deporte .  614 - 636. 

     

    bee koon poh, jyh eiin wong, shoo thien lee, jasmine chia, giin shang yeo, razinah sharif, ns safii, nor aini jamil, caryn chan, nor mf farah, mj sameeha, denise koh, nz mohd saat, see meng lim, ak norimah, at ruzita, sb budin, lh wee, sf tang, i khouw.  (2024).  triple burden of malnutrition among malaysian children aged 6 months to 12 years: current findings from seanuts ii malaysia.  - public health nutrition.  1 - 16. 

     

    nurul hasanah hasmuni chew, nur zakiah mohd saat, jyh eiin wong, shoo thien lee, cécile m. singh-povel, ilse khouw, bee koon poh, on behalf of the seanuts ii malaysia study group.  (2024).  a cross-sectional study on the dietary patterns of multiethnic malaysian preschoolers and their sociodemographic determinants.  - nutrition bulletin.  294 - 313. 

     

    sixiang tao, hongzhao wang, yaming song, denise koh.  (2025).  association of body mass index with peer aggression, reaction to peer aggression and physical activity in rural chinese children.  - frontiers public health.  1 - 9. 

     

    rujiu gao, denise koh, ling wang.  (2025).  relationship between body involvement and post-trip behavioral intention in sports tourism: an embodied cognition perspective.  - international journal of sports marketing and sponsorship.  1 - 20. 

     

    nana a kwofie, adang suherman, alex a florindo, amanda staiano, amy s ha, anthony d okely, asmaa el hamdouchi, bang nguyen pham, catherine e draper, chiaki tanaka, denise koh, dong hoon kim, e kipling webster, hongyan guan, hong kim tang, john j reilly, kar hau chong, marie löf, mark s tremblay, mohammad sorowar hossain, nyaradzai munambah, penny l cross, pujitha wickramasinghe, thanh van kim, xanne janssen.  (2025).  associations between sedentary behaviour and fine and gross motor skills in 3-to 4-year-olds: a secondary data analysis from sunrise international study pilot studies.  - child: care, health and development.  1 - 9. 

     

    lili wang, wenjun zou, yuxuan wang, denise koh1, wan ahmad munsif wan pa, rujiu gao.  (2025).  the impact of preschool children’s physical fitness evaluation under self organizing maps neural network.  - scientific reports.  1 - 13. 

     

    wenyue liu, denise koh, zhihao zhang, jianguo qiu, lili wang.  (2025).  enhancing physical literacy in preschool children through play.  - journal of physical education and sport.  1105 - 1112. 

     

    wan ahmad munsif wan pa, norlena salamuddin, noraziah mohamad zin, denise koh choon lian.  (2020).  sports massage therapy towards pre-competition anxiety among malaysian high performance tennis players.  - proceedings of the 1st progress in social science, humanities and education research symposium (psshers 2019).  1073-1079. 

     

    t. subahan mohd meerah, denise koh choon lian, kamisah osman, effandi zakaria, zanaton haji iksan & tuan mastura tuan soh.  (2011).  measuring life-long learning in the malaysian institute of higher learning context.  - procedia social and behavioral sciences - kongres pengajaran dan pembelajaran ukm, 2010. 

     

    norimah a. karim, ruzita abd. talib, gan wan ying, sharifah wajihah syed tarik wafa, zahara abdul manaf, sameeha mohd jamil, hazizi abu saad, denise koh choon lian, wong jyh eiin, siti soraya mohd elias, razali mohamed salleh, patricia pawa pitil, jamilah hanum abdul khaiyom, aida farhana suhaimi.  (2024).  evidence to prevent obesity: focus of diet, physical activity and behaviour modifications.  - 111 - 157. 

     

    denise koh choon lian, nor farah mohamad fauzi.  (2022).  kesan pandemik covid-19 terhadap aktiviti fizikal dan strategi untuk amalan gaya hidup aktif.  - 54-69. 

     

    samsudin a rahim, chong sheau tsuey, fauziah ibrahim, balan rathakrishnan, ali salman, hamisah zaharah hasan, denice koh choon lian, mohamed dahlan ibrahim & wasitah hj mohd yusof.  (2016).  mengarusperdanakan generasi muda dalam komuniti terpinggir daripada pendekatan transisi kepada pendekatan generasi.  - 3-30. 

     

    nursyuhada osman, denise koh coon lian, m. khalid m. nasir.  (2025).  aktiviti waktu senggang & hubungannya dengan pencapaian akademik pelajar sekolah.  - advances in humanities & contemporary studies.  152 - 166. 

     

    shaun moo, denise koh choon lian m. khalid m. nasir.  (2025).  kebolehgunaan video gimnastik kssr untuk guru pendidikan jasmani.  - advances in humanities & contemporary studies.  167 - 178. 

     

    jie ying low, denise koh choon lian, m. khalid m. nasir.  (2025).  tahap motivasi guru dalam penggunaan modul gimnastik kssr tahun 5: perbandingan antara guru opsyen & guru bukan opsyen.  - advances in humanities & contemporary studies.  141 - 151. 

     

    ainool haqqiem md yatim, denise koh choon lian.  (2024).  tingkah laku tidur atlet professional dalam kalangan pemain kriket.  - jurnal penyelidikan sains sosial.  129 - 136. 

     

    ainool haqqiem md yatim, denise koh choon lian.  (2024).  tingkah laku tidur atlet professional dalam kalangan pemain kriket.  - jurnal penyelidikan sains sosial.  129 - 136. 

     

    chong yt, poh bk, ruzita at, koh d, cheah wl, lee jac, yatiman nh, essau ca, reeves s, summerbell c, gibson el .  (2025).  improving malaysian preschool teachers’ capacity to promote healthy habits: effectiveness of etoybox online learning platform .  - maso scientific conference on obesity: transforming systems for sustainable obesity prevention. 

     

    noor hafizah yatiman, poh bee koon, ruzita abd talib, mohd ismail noor, denise koh, cheah whye lian, julia lee ai cheng, cecilia a. essau, sue reeves, carolyn summerbell, edward leigh gibson .  (2025).  environment audit and teachers’ perceptions of children’s physical activity and sedentary behaviour: readiness of kindergartens in klang valley for intervention .  - maso scientific conference on obesity: transforming systems for sustainable obesity prevention. 

     

    noor hafizah yatiman, poh bee koon, ruzita abd talib, mohd ismail noor, denise koh, cheah whye lian, julia lee ai cheng, cecilia a. essau, sue reeves, carolyn summerbell, edward leigh gibson.  (2025).  preschool teachers’ perspectives on implementing the toybox study malaysia (tsm): a qualitative study.  - 40th nsm annual scientific conference 2025. 

     

    yi ting chong , bee koon poh, abd talib ruzita, denise koh, whye lian cheah, julia ai cheng lee, yatiman noor hafizah, cecilia a. essau, sue reeves, carolyn summerbell, edward leigh gibson.  (2024).  toybox study malaysia: exploring barriers and enablers in teaching healthy behaviour education among malaysian preschool teachers.  - 39th nsm scientific conference. 

     

    chan kai sze, nor farah mohamad fauzi, denise koh d, wong jyh ein, khouw ilse and poh bee koon .  (2024).  cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiometabolic risk in malaysian children aged 6 to 12 years: findings from seanuts ii malaysia.  - 39th nsm scientific conference. 

     

    MEDICAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
    Health / Physical Activity Promotion
    Pengalaman / Experience : tahun/years(s)

    EDUCATION :ARTS AND APPLIED ARTS
    Health Education / Promotion
    Pengalaman / Experience : tahun/years(s)