Hye Young Lee, PhD
Associate Professor
Dr. Lee’s research focus is on studying the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders and developing gene therapeutic strategies for treating these disorders. Specifically, the Lee Laboratory studies: 1) identifying the molecular and cellular mechanisms responsible for the pathophysiology of neurodevelopmental disorders, and using these mechanisms to rescue behavioral phenotypes in mouse models and 2) elucidating non-viral gene delivery methods to edit/rescue genetic causes of brain disorders using multiple systems including cells, brain slices and mouse disease models. The Lee Laboratory uses techniques such as molecular and cellular neurobiology tools, and tissue-level and behavioral assessments in mice.