Prof. Dr. Paul Anantharajah Tambyah is currently a Senior Consultant in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the National University Hospital, a Professor of Medicine at the Infectious Diseases Translational Research ProgramYong Loo Lin School of Medicine & Honorary Joint Professor at NUS CBmE and visiting Consultant at the National Center for Infectious Diseases. He is currently the President of the International Society for Infectious Diseases and immediate Past President of the Asia Pacific Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infection. His past appointments include the founding head of the Division of Infectious Diseases in NUS, the Assistant Dean at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (YLLSOM), and a board member of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology in America. His main research interests are in emerging infectious diseases and hospital-acquired infections.