Anne CC Lee

Anne CC Lee, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Director of Global Newborn Health at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.  Born in in Columbia, South Carolina to immigrants from Hong Kong, she went to Duke University to study biomedical engineering and the fine arts.  She received her MD from Harvard Medical school and completed pediatric residency at Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical Center.  Dr. Lee’s passion for global health stemmed from her experiences providing primary care for immigrant/refugee children in Boston, and subsequently establishing a community-based perinatal health program in rural Tibet.  These experiences led to further training in epidemiology and biostatistics as a Sommer Scholar at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and a postdoctoral fellowship at the International Center for Maternal and Newborn Health.  

Dr. Lee’s research focus is the design, evaluation, and implementation of interventions to reduce mortality and optimize the health of mothers, newborns, and children globally.  She aims to improve epidemiologic data on small vulnerable newborns, develop innovative tools for maternal-neonatal care, and conduct clinical trials to prevent adverse birth outcomes and promote child development in low-middle income countries.  Her work is inspired by her 4 children, and the families and communities that she has served. She collaborates with the World Health Organization Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, where she has contributed to the development of guidelines for sepsis and preterm infants, and novel methods to assess gestational age.  Dr. Lee has served on committees for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Every Newborn Action Plan, and National Academy of Sciences.