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.

  • wenyue liu, denise koh, zhihao zhang, jianguo qiu, lili wang.  (2025).  stsp-net: a spatial -temporal skeletal perception network for robust 3d pose estimation in children's sports.  - journal of information systems engineering and management .  975 - 986. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    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. 

     

    tan sy, poh bk, sekartini r, rojroongwasinkul n, tran tn, wong je, chandra dv, pongcharoen t, tran kv, actis-goretta l, vonk mm, ng sa, parikh p, khouw i on behalf of seanuts ii study group.  (2024).  south east asian nutrition surveys (seanuts) ii - a multi-country evaluation of nutrition and lifestyle indicators in children aged 12 years and below: rationale and design.  - public health nutrition.  1 - 12. 

     

    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. 

     

    nusurupia, jackline j.; germana, leyna h.; wickramasinghe, pujitha; tang, hong k.; munambah, nyaradzai; hossain, mohammad s.; bang, pham; hongyan, guan; florindo, alex antonio; draper, catherine e.; koh, denise; sultoni, kuston; okely, anthony d.; tremblay, mark s.; janssen, xanne; reilly, john j..  (2024).  urban versus rural differences in meeting 24-h movement behaviour guidelines among 3–4-year-olds: an analysis of sunrise pilot study data from 10 low- and middle-income countries.  - child: care, health and development.  1 - 8. 

     

    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. 

     

    dan huang, hui ting, longjun jung, hanyue lei, xieji li, denise koh.  (2025).  investigating the relationship between psychological capital and physical activity among university students: the mediating effects of health consciousness and health motivation.  - sage open.  1 - 14. 

     

    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. 

     

    chong yi ting, poh bee koon, ruzita abd. talib, koh denise, woo pik xuan, nelson georgia livan, cheah whye lian, lee julia ai cheng, yatiman noor hafizah , essau cecilia a., reeves sue , summerbell carolyn and gibson edward leigh.  (2024).  kajian rintis penilaian literasi digital: kesediaan guru prasekolah menggunakan platform pembelajaran dalam talian untuk pendidikan pemakanan.  - jurnal sains kesihatan malaysia.  71-82. 

     

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

     

    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. 

     

    kirrthana rasantharan, denise koh, wong jyh eiin.  (2024).  adherence to 24-hour movement behaviours and its relationship with motor skills and executive function among 3- to 4-year-old preschoolers in selangor, malaysia .  - 39th nutrition society of malaysia scientific conference 2024. 

     

    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. 

     

    chong sheau tsuey;nasrudin bin subhi;salina binti nen;denise koh choon lian.  (2023).  development of metaphoric card in identifying career identity statuses and work values for job search among young people.  -

     

    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)