Keat Wei graduated from the UTM with first class honours and subsequently received her PhD from the USM, specialising in genetics and epigenetics. As an Australian Endeavour Award holder, she has personally developed multi-disciplinary collaborations wih researchers in Australia and the UK. She has a strong interest in medical genetics, epigenetics and systems biology of stroke; but also works on translational research in other diseases including diabetes and hypertension. She has initiated a Cochrane Review team to investigate the efficacy of tissue plasminogen activators between ischaemic stroke subtypes.