Dr Samantha Lee is a Senior Research Fellow at the Lions Eye Institute. She completed a BSc(Hons)Optometry at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom in 2011 and her PhD the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane in 2017. She has published over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and have made major contributions to the field of young adult myopia and eye health, and attracted over AU$4 million in research funding. Her current area of research includes ophthalmic genetics and epidemiology, focusing on glaucoma and myopia.

Oct 2023 – current: Senior Research Fellow, Genetics and Epidemiology Group, Lions Eye Institute. Supervisor: Prof David Mackey. Project area: Ocular epidemiology

Nov 2023 – current: Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia

Jul 2022 – current: Editorial Board Member, BMC Ophthalmology

Jul 2023 – current: Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports

Jun 2022 – current: Research Advisory Committee, Australia Vision Research

May 2022 – May 2025: Member-in-Training Committee, Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology

Sep 2020 – Jun 2021         Senior Lecturer & Research Coordinator (0.4FTE), Division of Optometry, School of Allied Health. University of Western Australia

May 2017 – Oct 2023         Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Genetics and Epidemiology Group, Lions Eye Institute. Supervisor: Prof David Mackey. Project area: Ocular epidemiology

June 2017 – Nov 2023        Adjunct Research Fellow, Centre of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia