Helen Lee (researcher) explained

Helen Lee
Fields:Diagnostic medicine
Alma Mater:Cornell University
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Helen Lee is a Chinese-born, British–French medical researcher who won the European Inventor Award 2016 in the Popular Prize category for inventing diagnostic kits for resource-poor regions of the globe. She is the CEO of Diagnostics for the Real World. She has been based at the University of Cambridge since 1996.[1]

Career

Helen Lee received her PhD from Cornell University. She started her career in diagnostics in Paris at the French National Blood Transfusion Centre.

She has been associate professor as the head of the Diagnostics Development Unit at the University of Cambridge, where she developed simple robust HIV tests for developing countries. The diagnostic kit, named "SAMBA" (simple amplification-based assay) was tested in sub-saharan Africa with Médecins Sans Frontières.[2] The product was later spun out from the Diagnostics Development Unit for commercialisation. She is a founder and CEO of Diagnostics for the Real World.,[3] a company active in HIV diagnostic devices used particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.[4]

In 2016, she was winner of the European Inventor Award in the Popular Prize category and received more than 36300 votes[5] According to Benoît Battistelli, the president of the European Patent Office, "The overwhelming public vote for Helen Lee recognises her major contribution to the early detection and treatment of infectious diseases in areas most in need."[6]

In 2019, she was appointed as a judge for the European Inventor Award.[7] In May 2020, Lee was recognised on The Times' Science Power List because her invention, the diagnostic kit SAMBA II, is being repurposed for use in COVID-19 testing.[8]

Prizes and awards

Personal life

She is married to Jean Pierre Allain who was convicted by French authorities for his part in the haemophilia scandal.[12] [13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Helen Lee (United Kingdom, France) . . 2016 . 11 May 2022.
  2. News: Two-hour test kit hailed as boon to HIV care in Africa. McKie. Robin. 2016-05-28. The Observer. en-GB. 0029-7712.
  3. Web site: Researcher Spotlight : Dr Helen Lee. Routledge. Isobel. 2014-10-06. Wellcome Trust Blog. en. 2019-01-27.
  4. Web site: Cambridge researcher wins prize for a device helping to fight HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2016-06-16. Varsity Online. en.
  5. Web site: Getting Help to Those Most in Need: Helen Lee Wins European Inventor Award for Rapid HIV Test for Developing Countries. 2016-06-09. PR Newswire. en.
  6. Web site: UK scientist Helen Lee receives European Inventor Award - Newsfox. www.newsfox.com.
  7. Web site: European Inventor Award: jury members. European Patent Office. en. 2019-01-22.
  8. News: Franklin-Wallis. Oliver. 23 May 2020. From pandemics to cancer: the science power list. en. The Times. 2020-05-26. 0140-0460.
  9. Book: Committee, Great Britain Parliament House of Lords Science and Technology. Pandemic Influenza: Report with Evidence. 2005. The Stationery Office. 9780104007723. en.
  10. Web site: Academic named European Woman of Achievement. 2006-09-19. University of Cambridge. en.
  11. Web site: Dr Helen Lee on Visible Chinese. www.visiblechinese.com. 2019-01-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20190123010256/http://www.visiblechinese.com/website/profile/helen_lee. 2019-01-23. dead.
  12. Web site: Patronage under fire. 17 July 1998.
  13. Web site: 'I am a scapegoat, I am innocent': Steve Connor talks to the Cambridge. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220509/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/i-am-a-scapegoat-i-am-innocent-steve-connor-talks-to-the-cambridge-professor-facing-two-years-in-a-1559544.html . 9 May 2022 . subscription . live. . 6 October 2015.

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