Annelies Wilder-Smith is a professor of infectious diseases research at the Lee Kong Chian School of medicine. She is a world-renowned expert in travel and Tropical medicine. She is the president of the She was the former president of the and she was also the former chair of the . Wilder-Smith's research interests are travel health, Vaccine preventable and emerging infectious diseases like (Zika, Yellow Fever, chikungunya, Influenza and meningococcal disease.