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Dr Jonathan Lee is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Molecular and Systems Medicine Group at the School of Biomedical Sciences and Queensland Brain Institute. His current work combines molecular biology, biochemistry and quantitative imaging techniques to unravel the nanoscale changes in the spatiotemporal organisation of key synaptic proteins implicated in neurodegenerative diseases.

Dr Lee received his BSc (Hons) in Neuroscience from UQ in 2020 and began his research career as a neuroscience PhD student under the supervision of Dr Pranesh Padmanabhan and Prof. Jürgen Götz at the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research within the Queensland Brain Institute in 2021. In 2022, he was awarded the prestigious Prof. Bob Williamson PhD top-up scholarship funded by the Yulgilbar Foundation. During his PhD, he developed extensive expertise in super-resolution single-molecule microscopy and various other advanced microscopy techniques and analyses. He also developed a custom-built imaging platform to apply ultrasound to live cells within a high-resolution microscope. Using this platform, he identified a spatiotemporally interconnected sequence of biological responses underlying the different fates of sonoporated cells. He recieved his PhD in 2025 and his work has resulted in publications in top-ranking journals such as Journal of Controlled Release and Theranostics.

Professor Lee is a public health psychologist with research interests in gender and health. She has been a CI on the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health since its initiation in 1995, and has been Project Manager (2000-2003) and National Coordinator (2003-2005).

Professor Lee is a former Head of the School of Psychology (2006-2010) and former Associate Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences (2014-2019). As an Emeritus Professor she is actively involved in research grant application development and support.

Dr Yoo Young (Dominique) Lee is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at The University of Queensland and a consultant radiation oncologist at Princess Alexandra Hospital. A specialist in hepatobiliary malignancies, she is nationally recognised for her leadership in physician wellbeing and professional culture.

Her work spans research, education, coaching, and system-level engagement, examining burnout, moral distress, and organisational drivers of clinician distress, and delivering evidence-informed programs that support doctors to navigate workplace challenges and build sustainable, values-aligned careers.

She is also a leader in stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) research, focused on advanced technologies for liver and pancreatic cancers, and is deeply committed to advancing both precision cancer care and healthier medical workplaces.

She is deeply committed to medical education, supervision, and leadership, and to advancing both precision cancer care and healthier, more sustainable medical workplaces. Her work in physician wellbeing and coaching can be found at www.heyboss.org

Rennie Lee is a sociologist with interests in international migration, race and ethnicity, immigrant families, stratification and inequality, and quantitative research methods. She received her PhD from the Department of Sociology at UCLA. Prior to joining ISSR, she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies at Florida International University and a Lecturer in Sociology at University of Melbourne.

Nigel is a Senior Research Fellow and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow (EL1) with the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work and the Midwifery Research Unit. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor with the Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University. He is a Midwife with clinical, education, research and policy experience encompassing a broad range of midwifery care provision including birth suite, continuity of care and community midwifery. Nigel is an effective clinical leader with a track record for linking research with clinical practice and effecting practice change. He completed a PhD in 2013 researching different techniques for the administration of sterile water injections for the management of back pain in labour. His research in this field is ongoing. Nigel’s other areas of research interest include the duration and management of normal first and second stage labour. Nigel has expertise in conducting randomised controlled trials and mixed methods design. He is a strong collaborative researcher with projects involving fellow academics from Australia, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the USA.

Amanda Lee is Emeritus Professor in the School of Public Health (SPH) within the Faculty of Medicine. Amanda has expertise in preventative health, public health nutrition, health policy, food systems and Indigenous nutrition and health. Her major area of research is the development, implementation and evaluation of public health policy actions to prevent and help manage non-communicable disease (NCD), with a focus on regulatory policy responses targeting obesity, poor diet and food insecurity, in both developed and low- and middle-income countries. Most recently her work has focussed on improving economic access to healthy food. Amanda was previously Head of the Division of Health Promotion and Equity at SPH and co-ordinated the SPH mentoring program. Her work takes a strong systems focus, underscored by the three pillars of health and wellbeing; equity; and environmental sustainability.

Amanda’s leadership skills are exemplified by appointments such as: Chair of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) Dietary Guidelines Working Committee and Infant Feeding Guidelines Sub-Committee (2008-2013); Senior Advisor for The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre at The Sax Institute; Member of the NHMRC's Nutrient Reference Values Steering Group Advisory Committee (2012-21); Member of the Australian Academy of Science's Nutrition Committee (2014-21); Chair of Food Standards Australia and New Zealand’s Consumer and Public Health Dialogue (2014-19); Member of the interim Board of Health and Wellbeing Queensland (2019-20); and member of advisory groups for the National Nutrition and Physical Activity Surveys (2009-11; 2020-22) and the two most recent Australian Burden of Disease studies. At the invitation of the CSIRO and two Australian Government Departments, she presented on health aspects at three national dialogues for the UN Food Security Summit in 2021.

Amanda has worked in government, not-for profit, Aboriginal community-controlled and consultancy, as well as academic, sectors. She worked for the people of Minjilang who, in the 1980s, demonstrated using objective biomedical indicators that rapid and sustained improvements in diet, nutrition and health are possible. Among more recent projects Amanda: led scoping of a new National Nutrition Policy; conducted two systematic reviews of discretionary foods and another on fats and oils for the NHMRC; finalised the national Healthy Weight Website; conducted a rapid review of portion sizes for the Healthy Food Partnership; and assessed evidence to help prioritize obesity and nutrition policy actions in two state jurisdictions. On invitation, she consults to several Indigenous health organisations, with relationships on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkuntjatjara Lands (APY) Lands spanning four decades. She developed the Healthy Diets ASAP (Australian Standardised Affordability and Pricing) methods which are providing insights into ecomomic assess to healthy diets, and, globally, led the food price and affordability domain of the International Network for Food and Obesity/Non-communicable Diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS). Globally, she has conducted several nutrition and health policy workshops, contributed to three scoping reviews on dietary patterns and health for the World Health Oranization, is a member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Network of World Obesity, Policy and Prevention, and an expert advisor to Canada, PR China and other countries on dietary guidance and health.

Since joining UQ in 2018, Amanda has been a Chief Investigator (CI) on research programs totaling over $A22 Million, including as CIA on two MRFF funded project to improve food security on the APY Lands, and as CI on the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Food Retail Environments for Health (RE-FRESH); the NHMRC Special call: Giving Aboriginal and Torres STRait Islander children the best start in life: improving healthy food availability and food security in remote Australia; and the NHMRC Partnership Centres for Better Health-The Partnership Centre on Systems Perspectives on Preventing Lifestyle-Related Chronic Health Problems, also known as The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre (TAPPC). She has recently completed two other MRFF funded projects as CIA- one on Diet and chronic disease prevention: supporting implementation of priority actions in the food and nutrition system, and another on Improving Aboriginal Food Security with remote and urban communities.

Amanda has published over 100 scholarly articles in quality, high profile peer reviewed journals and has written numerous reports and blogs and been interviewed for several podcasts and television programs. She maintains active social media accounts followed by several key decision makers.

Dr. Jessica Lee is recognised both nationally and internationally as a distinguished academic in the field of sport, health, and physical education. She has successfully secured research funding from international organisations and national government entities, and her work has been featured in prominent journals and international compilations. Jessica approaches her work from a critical and sociological standpoint, with a focus on enhancing equity and inclusion in health and physical education, as well as contributing to broader pedagogies and policies related to physical activity. As a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), Jessica showcases her leadership and expertise in research methods education, critical perspectives in physical activity, and community involvement in health. Her diverse range of experience enables her to engage in cross-disciplinary research and learning and teaching. Additionally, Jessica has actively served on university academic boards and faculty committees, contributing to the improvement of higher education policies, processes, and practices.

Dr John Lee is the Ross Maclean Senior Research Fellow and a Group Leader at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI). He holds a joint appointment at UQ’s School of Biomedical Sciences. A mid-career researcher with training in neuroscience, pharmacology, and inflammatory pathways, including the complement system and inflammasomes in motor neuron disease (MND), Huntington’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease.

Dr. Lee completed his PhD at UQ in 2014, before pursuing postdoctoral research in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration. His translational studies have demonstrated the therapeutic potential of anti-inflammatory compounds to reduce neuronal cell death in animal models, with one candidate advancing to Phase 1B clinical trials. He is also collaborating on novel liquid drug formulations to meet the needs of MND patients who lose the ability to swallow.

Supported by the Ross Maclean Fellowship, which was established in memory of Ross Maclean, who lost his battle with MND in 2005, Dr Lee is working to accelerate drug programs towards the clinic and improve the quality of life for people living with MND.

Professor Graham Lee from Brisbane, Australia, is one of a few specialists who have completed both corneal & external diseases (Moorfields Eye Hospital, London) and glaucoma fellowships (Birmingham and Midlands Eye Hospital, Birmingham). He works in private and public clinics including the Queensland Children's Hospitals. In these positions, he has been involved with the selection and training of Ophthalmology registrars and previously held the position of Director of Qualifications & Education in Queensland, being recognised as a trainer of excellence. Clinical research on the anterior eye and glaucoma is a passion, having published more than 140 peer-reviewed publications in international journals and book chapters in major texts. He has been the recipient of national and international awards, including the Australasian Cataract & Refractive Society Film Festival thrice and World Glaucoma Congress Film Festival in Vancouver. He has presented more than 300 lectures worldwide and has a special interest in developing countries including Mongolia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Nepal. He has co-founded a website https://iopvision.com to promote high quality teaching of ophthalmology.

Dr. Lee has been trained in applied linguistics in MA, critical curriculum study in PhD and has conducted researches in critical analysis of language (English and Korean and Chinese) textbooks and curriculum, postcolonial drama in Korea, language policy, multiculturalism in the school curriculum, North Korean defectors, North Korean education and school curriculum. He has published two monographs in a prestigious international publisher, 35 journal articles and book chapters, and one co-authored book. His researches cover not only the language (English and Korean and Chinese) in the school curriculum of South Korea, North Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Australia, and China, but also covers overseas Korean identity issues in North Korea, Japan, China, and Australia. Recently he has expanded his research towards environmental (sustainable green ideology) issues in the school curriculum (including textbooks) in Korea, China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia, and South-East Asian countries. He is also conducting his research on Australian missionaries' contribution to the modernity of Korea (1899-the 1970s).

I am a linguist specialising in intercultural and public health communication, with a focus on the intersections of language, culture, and migration in healthcare. My research centres on co-designing accessible health communication resources with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities across Asia and Australia. Drawing on linguistic ethnography and co-design approaches, I work to improve community health, infectious disease prevention, and health equity for underserved populations. I am also passionate about collaborating with colleagues across the health and social sciences to address complex public health challenges, and I convene an interdisciplinary health communication research group at the School.

My publications focus on public health communication. A central aim of these publications is to distill complex health communication data into accessible and actionable strategies that deliver tangible benefits to communities and practitioners. In 2025, I published a single-authored book, Health Crisis Communication: Multimodal Classification for Pandemic Preparedness, which examines effective public health communication and offers practical strategies for communicating complex epidemiological concepts to the public.

I am currently leading and collaborating on three major research projects addressing health communication with vulnerable populations across gender, race, migration, and socioeconomic status. These projects aim to develop tailored communication strategies and resources for conveying critical health information effectively.

1. I co-create a community health outreach program with Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand.
2. I co-lead an international project that examines clinician–patient communication across Australia, Switzerland, and Thailand.
3. I lead a travel medicine project in Australia that investigates how health professionals communicate infectious disease risks to vulnerable groups, including children, pregnant women, and older adults with underlying health conditions.

My research has been recognised with several awards, including the 2021 Humanities Travelling Fellowship from the Australian Academy of the Humanities, the 2025 Young Scholar Research Award from the North America Taiwanese Professors’ Association (NATPA), and the 2025 High Distinction Award from the Taiwan Association of Medical History.

I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD, MPhil, and Honours students interested in health discourse, intercultural communication, and migration studies. Please feel free to contact me to discuss potential research projects.

Narah Lee is a Lecturer in Korean at the School of Languages and Cultures. She received her PhD in Linguistics from the Australian National University. Her research lies at the intersection of pragmatics, discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics, with particular interest in Korean honorifics, speech styles, and intercultural pragmatics. Her work contributes to understanding how language reflects and negotiates social relationships in Korean and cross-cultural settings.

A/Prof Lee-Archer is a consultant paediatric anaesthetist and researcher. He works as a senior staff specialist at the Queensland Children’s Hospital where he is head of anaesthesia research and head of liver transplant anaesthesia. He is a councillor for the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaestheists (ANZCA) and sits on the Queensland Regional Committee for ANZCA and on the Research Committees of ANZCA and the Society for Paediatric Anaesthesia in New Zealand and Australia (SPANZA)

A/Prof Lee-Archer completed a PhD on behaviour change in children after anaesthesia and continues to have a research interest in outcomes after surgery and anaesthesia. He led a team of international researchers to develop a world-first quality of recovery scale for children that has been translated into many languages and is being used globally.

A/Prof Lee-Archer has experience with multi-centre and international trials, he was a site investigator for the TREX trial (a comparison of two general anaesthetics for infants on neuro-developmental outcomes).

A/Prof Lee-Archer has been convenor or scientific convenor for various conferences including the ANZCA ASM (2024) and the SPANZA/APABGI ASM (2019) and has been an invited speaker for numerous international and national meetings. He is a previous chair of the ANZCA Queensland Regional Committee, a member of the SPANZA Executive Committee and a member of the CHQ Human Research Ethics Committee.

Dr. Teerapong Leelanupab is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science School. He was an Associate Professor in Information Technology at the School of Information Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand, from August 8, 2019. He was also a Co-Founder and active member of the Intelligence Lab for Cognitive and Business Analytics (IcBiz). He is also a Data Science and Information Technology Director at two start-up companies, Modgut and Thaibiogenix International (TBI), which are the first companies to commercialise human gut microbiome test services in Thailand and develop a complete digital traceability and test order management platform for providing retail and corporate customers, and research partners with such services.

Teerapong's main research interests are Text and Multimedia Information Retrieval (IR), Health Data Science, Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Natural Language Processing and Adaptive, Contextual and Interactive Systems. He has been a principal investigator and co-principal investigator of several research projects granted by government agencies in Thailand, such as the Health Systems Research Institute (HSRI), National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), Thailand Research Fund (TRF), and Program Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development, Research and Innovation (PMU-B). His team won the first prize in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup Thailand 2015 and several national IT innovation awards. He was honourably listed among the top 400 scientists in Thai academic institutions according to a Google Scholar Citations (GSC) profile. He was honourably listed among the top 400 scientists in Thai academic institutions, according to a Google Scholar Citations profile. He published over sixty scientific papers in major journals and conferences, three of which received Best Paper awards.