Hsu Li Yang (born 1972) is a Professor of Infectious Diseases and the first Vice Dean of Global Health in Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at the

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the c ...

. He is also a Singaporean

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

Education

Professor Hsu received his MBBS from the

Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, established in 1905, is the first institution of higher learning in Singapore and the genesis of the National University of Singapore. The School is one of many who offer medical programmes in the Asia Pacif ...

in 1998 and his Masters in Public Health from the

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is the public health school of Harvard University, located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. The school grew out of the Harvard-MIT School for Health Officers, the nation's first ...

in 2007. He also has a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine and a Specialist Accreditation in Infectious Diseases from NUS.

Chess Championship

Professor Hsu won the national

Singaporean Chess Championship The Singapore Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of Singapore organised by the Singapore Chess Federation. The event also features a Challengers section, which is a FIDE-rated tournament for amateur chess play ...

in 1992 and 1993 when he was an undergraduate. He represented Singapore three times in

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

s (1992, 1994, 2000).OlimpBase Men's Chess Olympiads Hsu Li Yang
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FIDE The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ...

rating is 2427.

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* * 1972 births Living people Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Singaporean chess players Chess International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century Singaporean people Academic staff of the National University of Singapore National University of Singapore alumni Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni {{Singapore-chess-bio-stub