Education

MD, - Medicine, Duke University
BA, MS, - Human Biology, Biology, Stanford University
Fellowship, - Hematology-Oncology, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
MPhil, - Epidemiology, University of Cambridge

Honors & Awards

  • Albert Schweitzer Fellow, Duke University
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, Junior Inductee, Duke University
  • Palumbo Family Award, Duke University
  • HHMI Fellow, Harvard University
  • Gates Cambridge Scholar, University of Cambridge

Selected Publications

  1. Lee JC, Johnson WT, Hines M, Shah NN. Immune Effector Cell-associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis-like Syndrome (IEC-HS). Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2025 Jun; 39(3):617-643.  View on PubMed
  2. Lee JC, Logan AC. Diagnosis and Management of Adult Malignancy-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Mar 18; 15(6).  View on PubMed
  3. Lee JC, Fong L. Agonizing over the Stimulatory Immune Checkpoint ICOS. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 09 01; 28(17):3633-3635.  View on PubMed
  4. 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. Am J Hum Biol. 2019 01; 31(1):e23199.  View on PubMed
  5. 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. J Vis Exp. 2017 08 26; (126).  View on PubMed
  6. Lee JC, Zdrojewski T, Navar AM. Statin Eligibility Under American and European Cholesterol Guidelines-Reply. JAMA Cardiol. 2017 04 01; 2(4):460.  View on PubMed
  7. 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. JAMA Cardiol. 2016 09 01; 1(6):700-7.  View on PubMed
  8. 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. Theranostics. 2016; 6(8):1176-89.  View on PubMed
  9. 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. ACS Nano. 2015 Jul 28; 9(7):6900-8.  View on PubMed
  10. 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. J Vis Exp. 2014 Dec 27; (94).  View on PubMed
  11. 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". Circulation. 2014 Apr 01; 129(13):e428.  View on PubMed
  12. 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. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 May; 7(3):517-25.  View on PubMed
  13. 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. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Feb 18; 111(7):2698-703.  View on PubMed
  14. Huang NF, Dewi RE, Okogbaa J, Lee JC, Jalilrufaihah A, Heilshorn SC, Cooke JP. Chemotaxis of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived endothelial cells. Am J Transl Res. 2013; 5(5):510-20.  View on PubMed
  15. 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. Circulation. 2013 Aug 20; 128(8):845-53.  View on PubMed
  16. 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. PLoS One. 2013; 8(4):e60653.  View on PubMed
  17. 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. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2013 Jun; 33(6):1366-75.  View on PubMed
  18. 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. Biomaterials. 2013 May; 34(16):4038-4047.  View on PubMed
  19. 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. Am J Transl Res. 2013; 5(1):21-35.  View on PubMed
  20. 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. Nat Med. 2012 Dec; 18(12):1841-6.  View on PubMed

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