Virginia M.-Y. Lee, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Co-Director of the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research at UPENN's School of Medicine
First recipient of the John H. Ware 3rd Chair for Alzheimer's Disease Research.
Dr. Lee's research focuses on how proteins and/or peptides that comprise the major lesions found in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other tauopathies and synucleinopathies cause neurodegeneration. Since 1970, she has authored over 300 papers, including more than 200 papers on these neurodegenerative disorders. Dr. Lee's research has received at least 8 awards, including the Stanley N. Cohen Biomedical Research Award (2000). She has been recognized by ISI as a "Highly Cited Researcher" during the years 1981-1999. In 2001, she was elected as a councilor in the Society for Neuroscience, and continues to serve on a number of grant review committees, including NIH Study Sections and various foundation review committees. Dr., Lee also serves on the Medical/Scientific Advisory Committee of the Alzheimer's Association, S.E. Pennsylvania.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Email address: VMYLee@mail.med.upenn.edu