Dr Yeo Tianrong is Head & Senior Consultant, Department of Neurology, NNI@TTSH and Deputy Director, Clinical Research at the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI). He also holds a position of Assistant Professor at both Duke-NUS Medical School and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and is the Deputy Director of Brain Bank Singapore.
Dr Yeo’s clinical and research interests are in neuroimmunological diseases. He provides both inpatient and outpatient clinical services, taking care of people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders (NMOSD), Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody Associated Disease (MOGAD), Autoimmune Encephalitis and other immune-mediated diseases of the central nervous system.
Dr Yeo is actively involved in clinical-translational neuroimmunology research. He obtained his DPhil from the University of Oxford in 2020, studying the use of metabolomics in neuroimmunological diseases for biomarker discovery in human cohorts and investigating the metabolic perturbations associated with pathological processes in animal models of neuroinflammation. He was awarded the National Medical Research Council (NMRC) Transition Award in 2021 to study the relationship between the gut microbiome and its derived metabolome with systemic and neuroinflammation MS and NMOSD. In 2025, he was awarded the NMRC Clinician Scientist Award to investigate the molecular underpinnings of cortical pathology and meningeal inflammation in MS using patient-derived samples and animal models via a spatial transcriptomics approach.
Dr Yeo is serving as an Editorial Board member of Scientific Reports and has reviewed for multiple journals and funding bodies. He has lectured and presented at major regional and international MS conferences and is a member of the scientific committee for PACTRIMS (Pan-Asian Committee for the Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis). He is also involved in the clinical and research training of medical students and residents, and has received several awards for his clinical work, research and education.
