A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, former Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist and Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist, Dr Lee is recognised nationally and internationally for excellence across teaching, research and clinical practice.

Research

Dr Lee leads an internationally recognised program of health services research focused on improving healthcare delivery, medicines optimisation, healthcare quality and workforce capability. His research examines how healthcare professionals deliver services, how consumers access, understand and use health information, and how health systems and digital technologies can be leveraged to improve health outcomes.

 

As Deputy Director of the Centre for Optimisation of Medicines, he contributes to the Centre's strategic research agenda, fostering multidisciplinary collaboration and translating research into practice, policy and education.

 

His research spans health services research, digital health, implementation science, medicines optimisation, consumer health information, health literacy and pharmacoepidemiology. A consistent theme throughout his work has been understanding how people interact with health information and healthcare systems, and how these interactions can be improved through better service design, technology and professional practice.

 

Dr Lee co-founded and co-leads COHERENT, a national collaborative research network involving researchers across Australia's Group of Eight universities that aims to strengthen the quality of healthcare services through rigorous health services research.

 

His research has attracted over $5 million in competitive funding and has informed national and international clinical guidelines, professional standards and government policy, including Australia's National Medicines Policy and evidence reviews commissioned by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

 

Internationally, Dr Lee collaborates with researchers across ten countries. His work on consumer health information and information overload has placed him among the world's leading researchers in the field, with citations across more than 60 countries and evidence of impact in international policy documents spanning Europe, North America and South America.

 

Dr Lee has longstanding interests in digital health. His PhD examined consumer use of internet-based health information, and he subsequently completed the Certified Health Informatician Australasia (CHIA) program. He has led research on digital health initiatives including remote monitoring, My Health Record and technology-enabled models of care. More recently, he has contributed to the evaluation of remote mental health monitoring services and is a Chief Investigator on a major MRFF-funded project developing an app-enabled model of consumer-initiated medication review.

 

Beyond subject expertise, Dr Lee is recognised for methodological scholarship in mixed methods research, biostatistics and implementation science, supporting researchers across disciplines to undertake rigorous health services research.

Teaching

As a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Dr Lee is recognised internationally for sustained leadership and influence in higher education.

 

 

 

 

 

Dr Lee has an extensive record of leadership and service to the health and pharmacy professions through national policy development, professional standards, educational initiatives, digital health, and workforce capability development.

He has contributed to the development and review of professional practice standards, including the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's Code of Ethics, the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook, and national digital health guidance for pharmacists.

He has held leadership roles with the Australian Digital Health Agency, including Clinical Reference Lead and Pharmacist Digital Health Leader, supporting implementation of digital health initiatives nationally.

A particular focus of Dr Lee's leadership has been the development of communities of practice to support professional learning and workforce development. In 2015, he established a virtual community of practice for Western Australian pharmacists that continues today and has grown to more than 1,600 members. He later applied this expertise within a national MRFF-funded project supporting pharmacists working in residential aged care, where he led the development and evaluation of a national community of practice and subsequently led development of a White Paper on pharmacists in aged care.

Dr Lee is a frequent invited speaker for professional organisations, government agencies and healthcare services, delivering educational programs that strengthen research capability, evidence-based practice, digital health capability and medicines optimisation across the healthcare workforce.

Through long-standing partnerships with healthcare organisations, universities, consumers, professional bodies and government agencies, he continues to promote translation of research into education, policy and clinical practice.