Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI) has recognized the outstanding research accomplishments of Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) Professor Dr. Kelley Lee with an SFU Legacy Award.
The Legacy Award, one of the highest Research Excellence Awards that can be conferred on a senior researcher at the university, recognizes exceptional investigators and leaders who have set a standard of excellence and inspired change – beyond their specific work or domain – in how research is created, conducted and/or conveyed.
“I am honoured and grateful to be recognized for this award,” says Lee, who is Scientific Co-Director of the Bridge Research Consortium. Lee is also the Lead for the Pandemics and Borders Project, and currently holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance.
Building a new field of scholarship
Lee is a scholar whose vision, interdisciplinary approaches, and innovation enabled her to shape how global health research is conceptualized, conducted and communicated. “My focus is on the institutional arrangements and power dynamics that shape health cooperation across borders,” she explains. Lee was the first investigator to undertake theorizing and analysis on the impacts of globalization on health, building a new field in the process. She not only trained several generations of global health governance scholars, but influenced how governments, international organizations, and the general public understand and respond to shared population health threats such as pandemics or the commercial determinants of health.
