Yee-Sin Leo

Yee-Sin Leo
梁玉心
Leo in 2015
Born
Leo Yee Sin

1958 or 1959 (age 64–65)[1]
Alma materNational University of Singapore
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Children3
Scientific career
InstitutionsNational Centre for Infectious Diseases

Yee-Sin Leo FRCP (Chinese: 梁玉心; born 1958 or 1959) is a Singaporean physician. Leo is the executive director of the National Centre for Infectious Diseases and researches emerging infectious diseases. She has been in charge of Singapore's response to several outbreaks, including Nipah, SARS and COVID-19. In 2020, she was selected as one of the BBC's top 100 Women.

  1. ^ "S'porean infectious disease expert Leo Yee-Sin makes annual BBC list of inspiring, influential women". TODAYonline. Retrieved 21 May 2021.