Rate My Professor Brian Lee

Brian K. Lee, PhD, is Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health. He received his PhD and MHS degrees in Epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins University and graduated cum laude with an AB in Biological Anthropology from Harvard College. His research interests include the epidemiology of neurological development, maintenance, and decline, with current topics encompassing maternal medication use during pregnancy and child neurodevelopmental outcomes, as well as neurodegeneration in persons with neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Lee serves as principal investigator of the NIH-funded LEGENNDS study, which links epidemiology and genetics of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. He also maintains interests in epidemiological methods, including causal inference methodology, data mining, and machine learning algorithms.

Dr. Lee has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications on these subjects. Recent examples include studies on three-generation family histories associated with autism, first-trimester use of antiseizure medications and miscarriage risk, acetaminophen use during pregnancy and children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability, psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy, adult ADHD and dementia risk, and psychotropic medication use in children and youth with autism. He teaches courses such as Advanced Epidemiology 2: Methodologic Challenges.