Over the past few days we have been honoured to have
Professor David Lee, Fulbright Senior Scholar, and his wife Heidi visiting Charles
Sturt University. His visit was supported by the School of Teacher Education and the
Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education (RIPPLE). Professor
Lee is
a member of the faculty of the University of Miami and his Fulbright Scholarship is to The University of Sydney during 2016.
While at CSU, Professor Lee presented a public lecture
titled: Mindfulness: What is all the Fuss About? OR Medical and Public Health
Applications of Mindfulness Practices. The lecture was simultaneously broadcasted to 4+ cities in Australia and Fiji. He also presented a session for people
interested in applying for the Fulbright scheme, and met with Vice Chancellor
Andy Vann.
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| Professor Lee and members of his public lecture audience |
Here are more details about his work:
Dr. Lee is a tenured Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences within the Miller School of Medicine. Currently, he is the Project Director of the Florida Cancer Data System Cancer Registry, the Co-Founder and Leader of the University of Miami Mind-Body Medical Workgroup (http://www.umindbody.org), and the Director of the Department of Public Health Sciences Graduate Programs. Dr. Lee is also a member of the National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Advisory Council at National Institutes of Health. He has published book chapters and monographs, over 200 peer reviewed journal articles as well as other works and abstracts. Dr. Lee has been involved in the mentoring of students including service on 25 dissertation committees Additionally, students are active members of his research teams contributing to the 50+ student-led publications in leading biomedical journals including the American Journal of Public Health, Preventive Medicine, Cancer, Circulation, Diabetes Care, and the American Journal of Ophthalmology. He is a chronic disease and occupational epidemiologist and has been continuously funded as Principal Investigator on various grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 1993. Dr. Lee’s current research interests include: public health applications of mindfulness practices (e.g., yoga, meditation) for the prevention and management of chronic disease, enhancing the health of the US workforce, population approaches toward the reduction of eye disease, and cancer surveillance and prevention.
