Darren J. Lee, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Brief Bio

Dr. Lee received his B.S. from the University of California, Davis in Genetics, and his Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire in Genetics. Thereafter he joined the laboratory of Dr. Andrew Taylor at Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School for a post-doctoral fellowship on autoimmune uveitis. Dr. Lee moved with the Taylor lab to Boston University School of Medicine where he joined as junior faculty. He then moved his research program to Dean McDee Eye Institute with a faculty appointment at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. In 2022, he moved his research program to the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School.

Research Interest

• Autoimmune uveitis
• Mechanisms of ocular immune privilege that promote resolution of inflammation

Academic Rank

• Principal Investigator & Associate Professor
• UMass Chan Medical School

Education/Medical School

• B.S. University of California, Davis
• Ph.D. University of New Hampshire

Research Fellowship

• Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School
• Boston University School of Medicine

Professional Societies and Affiliations

• ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology)
• SLB (Society for Leukocyte Biology)