Jerry Lee, MD, MSc, MPhil

Assistant Professor

Education
Fellowship, 06/2024 - Hematology-Oncology, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, 06/2020 - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
MD, 05/2018 - Medicine, Duke University
MPhil, 08/2014 - Epidemiology, University of Cambridge
BA, MS, 08/2009 - Human Biology, Biology, Stanford University
Honors and Awards
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, Junior Inductee, Duke University, 2017
  • Palumbo Family Award, Duke University, 2017
  • HHMI Fellow, Harvard University, 2016
  • Albert Schweitzer Fellow, Duke University, 2015
  • Gates Cambridge Scholar, University of Cambridge, 2013
Publications
  1. Lee JC, Fong L. Agonizing over the stimulatory immune checkpoint ICOS. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 2022. PMID: 35792807


  2. Lee JC, Westgate K, Boit MK, Mwaniki DL, Kiplamai FK, Friis H, Tetens I, Christensen DL, Brage S. Physical activity energy expenditure and cardiometabolic health in three rural Kenyan populations. Volume 31 of Issue 1. American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council 2018. PMID: 30537282


  3. Wagner M, Baer C, Zuschratter W, Riek-Burchardt M, Deffge C, Weinert S, Lee JC, Braun-Dullaeus RC, Herold J. Intravital Microscopy of Monocyte Homing and Tumor-Related Angiogenesis in a Murine Model of Peripheral Arterial Disease. of Issue 126. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE 2017. PMID: 28872119


  4. Lee JC, Zdrojewski T, Navar AM. Statin Eligibility Under American and European Cholesterol Guidelines-Reply. Volume 2 of Issue 4. JAMA cardiology 2017. PMID: 28097333


  5. Lee JC, Zdrojewski T, Pencina MJ, Wyszomirski A, Lachacz M, Opolski G, Bandosz P, Rutkowski M, Gaciong Z, Wyrzykowski B, Navar AM. Population Effect of Differences in Cholesterol Guidelines in Eastern Europe and the United States. Volume 1 of Issue 6. JAMA cardiology 2016. PMID: 27434662


  6. Deveza L, Choi J, Lee J, Huang N, Cooke J, Yang F. Polymer-DNA Nanoparticle-Induced CXCR4 Overexpression Improves Stem Cell Engraftment and Tissue Regeneration in a Mouse Hindlimb Ischemia Model. Volume 6 of Issue 8. Theranostics 2016. PMID: 27279910


  7. Nakayama KH, Hong G, Lee JC, Patel J, Edwards B, Zaitseva TS, Paukshto MV, Dai H, Cooke JP, Woo YJ, Huang NF. Aligned-Braided Nanofibrillar Scaffold with Endothelial Cells Enhances Arteriogenesis. Volume 9 of Issue 7. ACS nano 2015. PMID: 26061869


  8. Wagner M, Koester H, Deffge C, Weinert S, Lauf J, Francke A, Lee J, Braun-Dullaeus RC, Herold J. Isolation and intravenous injection of murine bone marrow derived monocytes. of Issue 94. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE 2014. PMID: 25591000


  9. Ghebremariam YT, Lee JC, LePendu P, Erlanson DA, Slaviero A, Shah NH, Leiper JM, Cooke JP. Response to letters regarding article, "unexpected effect of proton pump inhibitors: elevation of the cardiovascular risk factor asymmetric dimethylarginine". Volume 129 of Issue 13. Circulation 2014. PMID: 24687654


  10. Hong G, Lee JC, Jha A, Diao S, Nakayama KH, Hou L, Doyle TC, Robinson JT, Antaris AL, Dai H, Cooke JP, Huang NF. Near-infrared II fluorescence for imaging hindlimb vessel regeneration with dynamic tissue perfusion measurement. Volume 7 of Issue 3. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 2014. PMID: 24657826


  11. Ahn GO, Seita J, Hong BJ, Kim YE, Bok S, Lee CJ, Kim KS, Lee JC, Leeper NJ, Cooke JP, Kim HJ, Kim IH, Weissman IL, Brown JM. Transcriptional activation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) in myeloid cells promotes angiogenesis through VEGF and S100A8. Volume 111 of Issue 7. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2014. PMID: 24497508


  12. Huang NF, Dewi RE, Okogbaa J, Lee JC, Jalilrufaihah A, Heilshorn SC, Cooke JP. Chemotaxis of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived endothelial cells. Volume 5 of Issue 5. American journal of translational research 2013. PMID: 23977410


  13. Ghebremariam YT, LePendu P, Lee JC, Erlanson DA, Slaviero A, Shah NH, Leiper J, Cooke JP. Unexpected effect of proton pump inhibitors: elevation of the cardiovascular risk factor asymmetric dimethylarginine. Volume 128 of Issue 8. Circulation 2013. PMID: 23825361


  14. Ghebremariam YT, Yamada K, Lee JC, Johnson CL, Atzler D, Anderssohn M, Agrawal R, Higgins JP, Patterson AJ, Böger RH, Cooke JP. FXR agonist INT-747 upregulates DDAH expression and enhances insulin sensitivity in high-salt fed Dahl rats. Volume 8 of Issue 4. PloS one 2013. PMID: 23593273


  15. Li J, Huang NF, Zou J, Laurent TJ, Lee JC, Okogbaa J, Cooke JP, Ding S. Conversion of human fibroblasts to functional endothelial cells by defined factors. Volume 33 of Issue 6. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2013. PMID: 23520160


  16. Huang NF, Okogbaa J, Lee JC, Jha A, Zaitseva TS, Paukshto MV, Sun JS, Punjya N, Fuller GG, Cooke JP. The modulation of endothelial cell morphology, function, and survival using anisotropic nanofibrillar collagen scaffolds. Volume 34 of Issue 16. Biomaterials 2013. PMID: 23480958


  17. Rufaihah AJ, Huang NF, Kim J, Herold J, Volz KS, Park TS, Lee JC, Zambidis ET, Reijo-Pera R, Cooke JP. Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived endothelial cells exhibit functional heterogeneity. Volume 5 of Issue 1. American journal of translational research 2013. PMID: 23390563


  18. Hong G, Lee JC, Robinson JT, Raaz U, Xie L, Huang NF, Cooke JP, Dai H. Multifunctional in vivo vascular imaging using near-infrared II fluorescence. Volume 18 of Issue 12. Nature medicine 2012. PMID: 23160236


  19. Rufaihah AJ, Huang NF, Jamé S, Lee JC, Nguyen HN, Byers B, De A, Okogbaa J, Rollins M, Reijo-Pera R, Gambhir SS, Cooke JP. Endothelial cells derived from human iPSCS increase capillary density and improve perfusion in a mouse model of peripheral arterial disease. Volume 31 of Issue 11. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2011. PMID: 21836062