Department of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Bruce Y. Lee, MD, MBA
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Biomedical Informatics

Director, Public Health Computational and Operations Research (PHICOR) Group
Office: University of Pittsburgh
200 Meyran Avenue, Suite 200
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-246-6934
Fax: 412-246-6954
E-mail: BYL1@pitt.edu
Education
AB, Harvard University
MD, Harvard Medical School
MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Training
Internal Medicine, University of California, San Diego
Area of Specialization/Research Interest  
Economic and operational modeling and simulation of infectious diseases and their control measures:
Vaccine development, distribution, and administration
Health care-associated infections and control interventions
Respiratory viruses and control interventions
Helminthic infections and control interventions
Vectorborne diseases and control interventions
 
Profile
Dr. Lee heads the Public Health Computational and Operations Research (PHICOR) Group. This group specializes in constructing economic and operational models and simulations to better understand the spread, impact, and control of infectious diseases. The group focuses particularly on four categories: respiratory-transmitted viruses (e.g., influenza), health care-associated infectious diseases (e.g., MRSA), helminths (e.g., hookworm), and insect vectorborne diseases (e.g., dengue). Dr. Lee has authored over 110 scientific publications (including over 70 first author and over 30 last author) and three books: Principles and Practices of Clinical Trial Medicine (Elsevier), What If...Survival Guide for Physicians (FA Davis), and MedNotes (FA Davis). His previous positions include the following: senior manager, Quintiles Transnational; co-founder, Integrigen (a biotechnology company); consultant, Arbor Vita; equity research associate, Montgomery Securities.
Lab Personnel and Web page
Sarah M. McGlone, MPH, Senior Analyst and PHICOR Coordinator. Please see PHICOR web site for additional team members.
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Recent Grants
Title: Applied Modeling, Computational Models of Infectious Disease Threats
Role: Project Principal Investigator
Amount:
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Start Year: 2009
End Year: 2014
Title: Decision Making in Biosurveillance
Role: Co-Investigator
Amount: $2,071,515
Funding Agency: National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Start Year: 2008
End Year: 2013
Title: Vaccine Modeling Initiative (VMI)
Role: Co-Investigator (Scientific Lead, HERMES Project)
Amount: $9,600,000
Funding Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Start Year: 2008
End Year: 2012
Title: Computer Simulation Modeling to Characterize the Spread of and Optimize the Response to Influenza
Role: Scholar
Amount: $775,644
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Scholars Program (Roadmap K12)
Start Year: 2006
End Year: 2010
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