Professor David Lye, MBBS, FRACP, FAMS, FRCP

Professor David LYE Chien Boon (MBBS, FRACP, FAMS, FRCP) graduated in medicine on the Dean’s List from the University of Melbourne in 1996 and completed specialty training in infectious diseases in Australia in 2004. He returned to Singapore to work at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) in 2005. Professor Lye is group director (research), Communicable Disease Agency; senior consultant, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Centre for Infectious Diseases; professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine; and deputy executive director,

Programme for Research in Epidemic Preparedness and Response (PREPARE), Singapore. He is co- director, Respiratory and Infectious Disease Programme, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. At

TTSH, he founded and led the Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme from 2009 to 2018. At NCID, he headed Infectious Disease Research and Training Office from 2018 to 2025, Singapore Infectious Disease Clinical Research Network from 2014 to 2020, and Training and Education Office from 2018 to 2020. He has chaired the National Antimicrobial Stewardship Expert Panel since 2014. He is member, National Antimicrobial Resistance Control Committee, and One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Project Team, Ministry of Health, Singapore. His research interests are in COVID-19, dengue and antimicrobial resistance. He has published more than 410 peer-reviewed manuscripts in journals such as NEJM, Lancet, JAMA, JAMA Oncology, JAMA Pediatrics, Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Lancet Infectious Diseases, Lancet Microbe, Lancet Global Health, Annals Internal Medicine as well as Science, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Reviews Immunology, Nature Microbiology, Nature Communications, Science Translational Medicine, Journal Clinical Investigation and Journal Experimental Medicine. He was a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher 2022-2024, and Stanford University Top 2% Scientist 2022-2024. Professor Lye is President, Society of Infectious Disease (Singapore). He is an advocate for HIV prevention as Vice President, Action for AIDS. Internationally, he is President, Asia Pacific Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infection; ex officio, executive committee, International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Professor Lye’s awards include: Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2016; Fellow, International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2020; National Clinical Excellence Team Award, Ministry of Health, 2021; Dean’s Award for Research, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, 2021; National Healthcare Group Distinguished Achievement Award, 2022; National Healthcare Group Lee Kong Chian Medicine Clinician/Clinical Scientist Award 2022; Public Administration Award (Silver) (COVID-19).