SINGAPORE — Professor Leo Yee Sin, the executive director of the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID), will leave her role after six years in charge.
She will be succeeded by Professor Vernon Lee, a public health specialist who is currently serving as the senior director of the Communicable Diseases Division of the Ministry of Health .
"Effective July 1, 2023, Prof Leo will be appointed senior consultant, MOH, and senior adviser, NHG, where she will lend her wealth of expertise and experience in the area of infectious disease and outbreak management," NHG said in a media release.
"The workgroup's findings have since brought about improved infection control methods, relevant public health policies, as well as diagnostic and treatment methods that benefit patients locally and worldwide."
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