Amy Lee


Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University

Dr. Amy Lee is an Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University and an Investigator at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. Her research focuses on applying systems biology approaches to understanding the dynamic interactions between host and pathogens, using both experimental and bioinformatic approaches. Her work ranges from understanding the molecular virulence and antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in pathogens, to looking at host immune responses during newborn development or infection such as sepsis. She is a Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar. She is a co-PI and BC Hub Lead of the CIHR Health Research Training Platform One-Health AMR Program.

First Nations land acknowledegement

PREVENT-AMR operates on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples — xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.


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