{"id":5584,"date":"2026-05-27T23:29:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T03:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/?p=5584"},"modified":"2026-06-22T23:29:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T03:29:31","slug":"dr-charles-lee-joining-uconn-school-of-medicine-as-associate-dean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/2026\/05\/27\/dr-charles-lee-joining-uconn-school-of-medicine-as-associate-dean\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Charles Lee Joining UConn School of Medicine as Associate Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><span>Dr. Charles Lee Joining UConn School of Medicine as Associate Dean<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>May 27, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-27-at-21.46.37.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-27-at-21.46.37-300x274.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-27-at-21.46.37-300x274.png 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-27-at-21.46.37-768x702.png 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-27-at-21.46.37.png 996w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Charles Lee<\/strong>, Ph.D., DSc, FACMG, FRSC, has been recruited to the UConn School of Medicine from The Jackson Laboratory, where he served as the inaugural director of The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine and helped build one of the nation\u2019s leading programs in translational genomics and human disease research. Lee\u2019s appointment is effective June 26, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><span>Lee brings to UConn and his new role as Associate Dean of Translational Genomics and Professor of Genetics and Genome Science in the School of Medicine, his rare combination of discovery science, clinical genomics expertise, institutional leadership, and public-health impact as a pioneering human geneticist, clinical cytogeneticist, and academic leader.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">More details can be found at<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/05\/dr-charles-lee-joining-uconn-school-of-medicine-as-associate-dean\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\">UConn Today<span class=\"glyphicon glyphicon-new-window\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Charles Lee Joining UConn School of Medicine as Associate Dean May 27, 2026 Charles Lee, Ph.D., DSc, FACMG, FRSC, has been recruited to the UConn School of Medicine from The Jackson Laboratory, where he served as the inaugural director of The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine and helped build one of the nation\u2019s leading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-30 04:44:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5585,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5584\/revisions\/5585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}