Dr Mi-Joung Lee
Ph.D, Masters in Applied Science (Neuro Physiotherapy), Advanced Diploma in Physiotherapy
Lecturer, Physiotherapy
C43O - O Block Cumberland Campus
The University of Sydney
| Telephone | +61 2 9036 7460 |
| Fax | +61 2 9351 9601 |
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Biographical details
Dr. Lee is a full time lecturer in the Discipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, at the University of Sydney. She is a registered physiotherapist in South Korea and completed a Masters in Neurological physiotherapy and a PhD degree in the University of Sydney. Prior to this position, she worked as a part time and sessional lecturer at both the University of Sydney and Australian Catholic University after completion of International and Clinical Research Fellowship at the Stanford University School of Medicine for 18 months.
Research interests
Dr. Lees main research interests are in the area of exercise intervention in different clinical population including stroke and breast cancer and assessment tools of lymphoedema. Since completing her PhD, she has been collaborating with the breast cancer research group at the Faculty of Health Sciences, at the University of Sydney. She has conducted both laboratory and clinical research throughout her PhD and during her research associate work. Her laboratory research includes studies in stroke population as well as in breast cancer and healthy normal population. She was also involved a large randomised clinical trial investigating an early exercise program in women following breast cancer treatment. Recently, she has completed a pilot study investigating the effect of chemotherapy agent on risk of developing lymphoedema and other symptoms that women might experience during and after completion of chemotherapy.
Teaching and supervision
- Neurological Physiotherapy 1
- Neurological & Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy A
Selected grants
2009
- Lower limb lymphoedema secondary to cancer treatment; Lee M; Cancer Institute New South Wales/International Clinical and Research Fellowship.
2008
- Determination of the clinical correlates of lymphoedema: a pilot study; Kilbreath S, Ward L, Refshauge K, Baldock C, Bailey D, Giuffre B, Lee M; National Breast Cancer Foundation/Pilot Study Grants.
Selected publications
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