Dr Kenneth Lee is the inaugural Deputy Director of the Centre for Optimisation of Medicines within the School of Allied Health at the University of Western Australia. Dr Lee is also a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, a clinician, and a biostatistician. He has a passion for integrating research, teaching, and practice.

Research
Dr Lee's field of expertise is within health services research, to which he has secured $5.1 million in competitive research funding, with $4.65 million as a Chief Investigator. He has a particular interest in 1) improving the quality of service delivery by pharmacists in primary care settings and 2) supporting patient self-efficacy through addressing issues such as limited eHealth/health literacy, health information-seeking behaviours, and information overload.

Dr Lee's work to improve pharmacists' service delivery is supported by a team of clinicians and researchers within the national research group (COHERENT) he co-founded and co-leads.

Dr Lee's pioneering work in health information overload and consumer online health information-seeking behaviours puts him in the top 0.7% of researchers worldwide, with his work being cited by researchers in 60 countries and 11 languages. His collective works have formed the core evidence base for several national and international policy/Government-commissioned evidence reports, including the discussion paper that led to the revision of the current National Medicines Policy, and an evidence report on Consumer Health Information Needs commissioned by the Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Health Care.

In addition to subject matter expertise, Dr Lee is an accomplished mixed methods researcher, having published highly-cited methodological papers and a book chapter on qualitative and quantitative methods. 

Dr Lee's research interests are inspired by his experience as a clinician and a desire for improving the status quo of patient care through better delivery of health services.

Teaching
As a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Dr Lee is an internationally-recognised leader in tertiary teaching. His teaching philosophy revolves around supporting student self-efficacy through engagement in the subject matter and creating contemporary, authentic learning experiences.

Dr Lee's teaching practices are underpinned by evidence-based pedagogy and contemporary teaching methods, and he utilises a growing suite of digital tools to increase 'classroom' interactivity and student buy-in.

Clinical Practice
Dr Lee is a nationally-recognised and award winning clinician. In 2021, Dr Lee was awarded Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia for his sustained and outstanding contribution to the profession of pharmacy.

As a clinician, Dr Lee works in a large medical centre as an in-house clinical pharmacist, and in private consultancy, where he primarily delivers comprehensive medication management review services to domiciliary patients.

BPharm(Hons) GDipBiostatistics PhD BCPS BCGP SFHEA FPS CredPharm (MMR)

Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia

2021 Faculty Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning 

Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist

Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist

2015 WA Young Pharmacist of the Year

Dr Lee has consistently engaged with the wider profession at local, national, and international levels. This includes the review of the 2017 Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's (PSA) Code of Ethics, the Clinical Monographs for the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook 24th Edition (an essential text for pharmacists and pharmacy students), and the first edition of the PSA's My Health Record Guidelines for Pharmacists.

Dr Lee was also a Clinical Reference Lead for the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA), and is currently a Pharmacist Digital Health Leader for ADHA.

Additionally, Dr Lee has served on numerous professional committees within the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and the Australian Institute of Digital Health (formerly the Health Informatics Society of Australia).

Statistical Society of Australia (SSA)

Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA)

Pharmaceutical Society of Western Australia Inc. (PSWA)

Pharmaceutical Defence Limited (PDL)