Professor LEO Yee Sin, an adult Infectious Disease specialist, has led her team through multiple outbreaks in Singapore. With her experience and expertise, she is frequently called upon as advisor and conference speaker by local and international organisations. She serves in multiple World Health Organization workgroups on outbreak management, and as an international expert in scientific and research bodies such as the WHO-STAG IH. She is heavily involved in research and teaching and has published more than 400 peer-reviewed scientific papers.
For her outstanding work, Professor Leo has won many prestigious awards and was named in BBC's 100 women list in 2020. She was inducted into the highly acclaimed Singapore Women's Hall of Fame in 2022.
In 2022, Professor Leo was conferred the title of Knight of the French Order of the Legion of Honour, by France's Ambassador to Singapore Marc Abensour on behalf of the President of the French Republic.
