Jerry Lee
Talk Title: Building Patient Journey Lines: Collaborative Lessons Learned and Future Opportunities
Dr. Jerry Lee is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences, Quantitative and Computational Biology, and Health Innovation at USC. He also serves as Chief Science and Innovation Officer at the Ellison Medical Institute. Prior to joining USC in 2018, Dr. Lee served for more than a decade as a Health Sciences Director within the NCI’s Office of the Director. His ongoing research involves elucidating the interplay between biophysical and biochemical factors that drive age-related diseases. He collaborates with clinicians, epidemiologists, and computational scientists to create molecular-driven adaptive learning healthcare system pilots that systematically generate and aggregate molecular, phenotype, and clinical data elements throughout an entire cancer patient’s journey from initial diagnosis through survivorship. These datasets capture time-dependent dynamics of cancer in patients as they are treated and as they re-engage as healthy citizens, with subsequent analysis aimed at informing ways to enhance technical and cost efficiencies as well as overall quality of care for cancer patients. He served as a member of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Research Advisory Council, the National Academies Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy’s Innovation Policy Forum, and the Health and Environmental Sciences Institute’s Board of Trustees. Dr Lee earned his B.S. degree in biomedical engineering and PhD in chemical and biomolecular engineering from Johns Hopkins University.