Ellen Lee, M.D.
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Scientific Council Member (Joined 2024)
2020 Klerman Prize for Exceptional Clinical Research
2017 Young Investigator Grant
Ellen Lee, M.D.
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Psychiatrist
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Division Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry
University of California, San Diego
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Ellen Lee, MD is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and a Staff Psychiatrist at the San Diego VA Healthcare System. Her research focuses on the inflammatory mediators of sleep disturbances in older adults with serious mental illnesses. Dr. Lee is the PI of a K23 career development award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), a NARSAD Young Investigator Award from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, as well as several grants from VISN 22 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center and the UCSD Clinical and Translational Research Institute.
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