Prof. Shian-Ling Keng is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, School of Medical and Life Sciences at Sunway University. She is trained as a clinical psychologist, and her research focuses on the effects and mechanisms through which mindfulness-based interventions affect psychological and physical health. Additionally, she is interested in examining cross-cultural presentations of psychological disorders (e.g., borderline personality disorder), and adaptations of evidence-based interventions (e.g., dialectical behavior therapy [DBT]) in low resource contexts. Prof. Keng holds an adjunct associate professor appointment at Monash University Malaysia.

Prof. Keng received her B.Sc., M.A., and PhD in Clinical Psychology at Duke University in the United States, and completed her clinical residency at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada. Prior to joining Sunway University, she taught at Monash University Malaysia, and was a tenured associate professor and Head of Studies (Psychology) at Yale-NUS College, and assistant professor in Department of Psychology at the National University of Singapore.

Clinically, Prof. Keng has received intensive training in cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), DBT, and mindfulness-based intervention approaches. She is the first clinician in Asia certified by the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification (USA), and a qualified teacher of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR). She serves as Chair of the Provisional Board of the Asia-Pacific Association for DBT, and sits on the Board of Directors of the World DBT Association. She has delivered professional DBT training locally and internationally, and her long-term vision is to help improve the quality and accessibility of mental health services in Southeast Asia through teaching, research, advocacy and community outreach.