Murray Lee

Biography:

Murray has made a career out of studying how "place" affects health. He obtained a B.Sc. from McGill University, trained in medicine at the University of Calgary, and completed his residency training at Queen’s University in 1996. Dr. Lee has subsequently practiced clinical medicine from the Arctic shores of Nunavut to the high desert of New Mexico and many points in between, with a special focus on rural and remote medicine in northern Alberta and aboriginal populations in northern Canada. He has also served as a teacher of clinical and communication skills for medical students, and has taught at the University of Calgary and the University of California, Davis. Combining his professional background with a life-long interest in geography and urban planning, Dr. Lee completed a Master's Degree in Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, with a special emphasis on the impact of the built environment on community health and human health behaviors. Currently he is completing a PhD in Epidemiology at Berkeley with scholarship support from the Markin endowment.

Dr. Lee's current appointments include teaching as part of the new "Master Teacher" program in the University of Calgary Medical School and practicing clinical medicine as a fly-in physician to Repulse Bay, Nunavut.

Research Interests:

Health impact assessment
The built environment and health
Social determinants of health
The health affects of macroeconomic perturbations
Aboriginal health

Email: murray@habitatcorp.com

Phone: Not available