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.