Current Research and Scholarly Interests
Dr. Lee is a medical anthropologist whose research focuses on the sociocultural dimensions and ethical issues of emerging technologies and their translation into clinical practice. Dr. Lee leads studies on the public understandings of research using clinical data and biological samples, concepts of race, culture and human genetic variation, and citizen science, commercialization of biotechnology and entrepreneurship. Dr. Lee’s projects include The Ethics of Inclusion: Diversity in Precision Medicine Research (R01HG010330-01; PI: Lee/Shim), Beyond Consent: Patient Preferences for Governance of Use of Clinical Samples and Data (R01LM012180-01; PI: Lee) and Social Networking and Personal Genomics: Implications for Health Research (R01HG005086-01; PI: Lee).
