Janet Lee, MD

Janet Lee, MD

Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Selma and Herman Seldin Distinguished Professor in Medicine, Professor of Pathology and Immunology

Appointments

  • Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
  • Selma and Herman Seldin Distinguished Professor in Medicine 
  • Professor of Pathology and Immunology

Research Interests

Pulmonary host defense and molecular pathogenesis of acute lung injury.

Education and Training

  • 1995 Medical Doctorate, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • 1995-1998 Internal Medicine Internship and Residency, University of Alabama, Birmingham
  • 1998-2001 Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle
  • 1999-2004 Postdoctoral Fellowship, VA Pulmonary Research Laboratories, University of Washington, Seattle
  • 2004-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2005-2011 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2011 Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2011 Member, Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine, Institute, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2013 Associate Professor, Secondary Appointment, Department of Environmental Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2014-2020 Director, Translational Research Track, Master of Science in Clinical Research program, Institute for Clinical Research Education, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2016-2022 Director, Pulmonary Translational Research Core, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2016-2022 Professor of Medicine. Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2017-2021 Professor, Secondary Appointment, Department of Environmental Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2018-2022 Director, Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2023-Present Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
  • 2023-Present Professor of Pathology and Immunology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
  • 2023-Present Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

Honors and Awards

  • Alpha Omega Alpha, Georgetown University 1994
  • Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation for Scholastic Achievement, AMWA 1995
  • cum laude, Georgetown University School of Medicine 1995
  • Outstanding Senior Resident, William E. Dismukes Award of Excellence, University of Alabama at Birmingham 1998
  • Recipient, American Lung Association Research Grant (declined upon receipt of AHA grant) 2004
  • Recipient, NIH Loan Repayment Program 2004
  • Vascular Medicine Institute Scholar Award, University of Pittsburgh 2013
  • Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) 2013
  • The Robert E. Forster Lecture, University of Pennsylvania 2014
  • PACCM Outstanding Mentor Award, University of Pittsburgh 2015
  • Chartered Member, Innate Immunity and Inflammation NIH Standing Study Section 2015-2019
  • Co-Chair and Course Director, Pittsburgh-Munich International Lung Conference 2016
  • American Medical Association Women Physicians Section Inspirational Physicians Honoree 2017
  • Chair, ATS Membership Committee 2018-2019
  • The John Butler Endowed Lectureship, University of Washington 2019
  • Co-Chair, Annual Respiratory Disease Young Investigators’ Forum, National Jewish Heath 2019, 2020
  • UPMC Endowed Chair in Acute Lung Injury 2019-2022
  • American Thoracic Society Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishment 2020
  • Elected Member, Association of American Physicians (AAP) 2020
  • Co-Chair and Co-organizer, Pittsburgh International Lung Conference 2022
  • Program Chair-Elect, ATS AII Assembly Program Committee 2022
  • ATS PI-TB Assembly Pneumonia Advisory Group 2022
  • Chartered Member, NHLBI Heart, Lung, Blood Program Project Review Committee 2022-2026
  • Member, FDA Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee 2022-2026

Publications

View Janet Lee’s research publications on PubMed