Overcoming Challenges as a Native American in STEM
Dec 08, 2020
Naomi Lee is an assistant professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at Northern Arizona University. Lee’s research focuses on infectious and chronic diseases while using chemistry and biology tools and public health research to inform vaccine design. In this interview, Lee discusses challenges of being a Native American in research, and her goals of improving American Indian and Alaskan Native health through research, STEM education, and mentoring.
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Naomi Lee, PhD
Naomi Lee is an assistant professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at Northern Arizona University. Lee is also an affiliate faculty of the NIH-funded Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC), the NIH-funded Native American Cancer Prevention (NACP) partnership, and NAU’s Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications (¡MIRA!). Her research focuses on novel vaccine development using self-assembling peptides and virus-like particles (VLPs) to target various sexually transmitted infections. She also applies to basic science knowledge to address health disparities in Native American communities. She received a BS in biochemistry from Rochester Institute of Technology and her MS and PhD in chemistry from the University of Rochester. She also serves as an expert for the Coronavirus Prevent Network (COVPN) Native and Indigenous research panel. Finally, she has over eleven years of military service and is currently a captain in the Army Reserves.
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