Vernon Lee to helm NCID from July 1, outgoing Leo Yee Sin to be MOH senior consultant

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Vernon Lee to helm NCID from July 1, outgoing Leo Yee Sin to be MOH senior consultant
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SINGAPORE – Public health specialist Professor Vernon Lee will helm the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) from July 1, the National Healthcare Group (NHG) said on Monday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE – Public health specialist Professor Vernon Lee will helm the National Centre for Infectious Diseases from July 1, the National Healthcare Group said on Monday.

NGH said that Prof Leo has been instrumental in establishing the NCID since July 2017 before its official opening in September 2019. Prof Leo also led the establishment of the Covid-19 research workgroup, which conducts studies on Covid-19 transmission in Singapore. She also led teams through several outbreaks in Singapore, including Nipah in 1999, Sars in 2003, the pandemic influenza in 2009, Zika in 2016 and multiple surges of dengue.

Prof Lee, an adjunct professor at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, has extensive global health experience in pandemic preparedness and response, infectious disease epidemiology and health policy and management, NHG said.

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