Li Yang Hsu

Li Yang is an infectious diseases physician who has spent the past decade researching and treating patients with antibiotic-resistant bacterial and invasive fungal infections. He is currently Vice Dean of Global Health and Programme Leader of Infectious Diseases at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.

He was formerly Clinical Director of the National Centre for Infectious Diseases and Director of the Singapore Infectious Diseases Initiative, which was established to spur collaborative biomedical and clinical research in infectious diseases.

Li Yang has served in several committees in the Ministry of Health (MOH). In particular, he co-chaired the RIE2020 infectious diseases workgroup, promoting antimicrobial stewardship, better control of antimicrobial resistance (leading to the launch of Singapore’s National Strategic Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance in November 2017), as well as tuberculosis. He continues to work with MOH on a part-time professional scheme. He has also served as a technical advisor on surveillance of antimicrobial resistance to the western pacific regional office of the World Health Organization.

Li Yang was the founding director of the School’s Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research (CIDER) established in 2012, and has briefly worked in the private sector as an infectious disease physician, providing specialist services between 2014 and 2016.

Research Areas

• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Genomics and Epidemiology
• Bacterial antibiotic resistance: Epidemiology, Mechanisms, and Intervention

Teaching Areas

• Internal Medicine, Tropical Diseases
• Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Policy

Education

• MPH Harvard University School of Public Health (2006 — 2007)
• Diploma Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical (2005 — 2005)
• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) National University of Singapore (1993 — 1998)
• Raffles Institution (1985 — 1988)

Companies

• Visiting Consultant St Luke's Hospital, Singapore (2013)
• Associate Professor Saw Swee Hock School Of Public Health (2012)
• ID Physician ID Consult: The ID Clinic (2014 — 2019)
• Adjunct Associate Professor National University of Singapore (2014 — 2019)
• Visiting Consultant Tan Tock Seng Hospital (2013 — 2019)
• Consultant National University Hospital (2008 — 2014)
• Assistant Professor National University of Singapore (2006 — 2014)
• Visiting Consultant Singapore General Hospital (2006 — 2012)
• Infectious Diseases Physician Singapore General Hospital (2001 — 2006)

Awards/Honours

• Hugo Lumbreras Silver Medal for overall best academic performance: Gorgas Diploma Course in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene