2016 International Symposium on Medical Education

Professional Info

Dr. Lee is Professor of Medicine, Special Advisor for Education Innovation at Tufts Medical Center, and a member of the Fulbright Specialist Program for 2015-2020. During 2014-2015, she was selected as the Kimitaka Kaga Visiting Professor at University of Tokyo’s International Research Center for Medical Education. Dr. Lee served as Associate Provost across Tufts University’s ten schools and three campuses. Broad responsibilities involved interdisciplinary educational and global health initiatives, including open education with partners in Asia and Africa. As former Dean for Educational Affairs in Medicine, she was both the strategic and operational leader. She brought eLearning, faculty development, and major educational grants to TUSM starting in the 1990’s. Over the past three decades, she has focused on how innovations in leadership training, technology integration, and open access can transform professional education and global health. Under her leadership, major initiatives have included Academic Leadership Development, TUSK (an open source enterprise system for health sciences education used in 15 countries), Center for Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, Tufts OpenCourseWare, USAID One Health Core Competency Development (for pandemic training in Southeast Asia and Africa), and the implementation of eLearning internationally. Dr. Lee remains on the Board of Governors at Tufts Medical Center.