David Lye

Professor David Lye is a leading academic and clinical expert in infectious diseases. He serves as Director of the Infectious Disease Research and Training Office at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID), Singapore, and holds professorships at both the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He is also a senior consultant at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), and Deputy Executive Director of the Programme for Research in Epidemic Preparedness and Response (PREPARE).

• Education: MBBS (University of Melbourne, 1996), specialized in infectious diseases (Australia, 2004)

His research focuses on COVID-19, dengue, and antimicrobial resistance, with over 350 peer-reviewed publications in top-tier journals such as NEJM, Lancet, JAMA, and Nature Biotechnology. He has secured more than SGD$13 million in research grants as principal investigator.

Professor Lye has held editorial roles at major journals, including the Journal Global Antimicrobial Resistance (Editorial Advisory Board), and previously served as associate editor for BMC Infectious Diseases and Scientific Reports. He is President of the Society of Infectious Disease (Singapore) and the Asia Pacific Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infection, and actively advocates for HIV prevention as Vice President of Action for AIDS.

• Scientific Awards: Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence (2016), Fellow of ISAC (2020), National Clinical Excellence Team Award (2021), Dean's Award for Research (2021), NHG Distinguished Achievement Award (2022), NHG Lee Kong Chian Medicine Clinician/Clinical Scientist Award (2022), Public Administration Award (Silver) (2022)

He founded TTSH's Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme (2009–2018), led the Singapore Infectious Disease Clinical Research Network (2014–2020), and managed the Training and Education Office at NCID (2018–2020).