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October 1, 2000
Contact: Jennifer Day, (313)
577-1058, jday@med.wayne.edu
Lee receives Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame Life Achievement
Award
Chuan-pu Lee, MD, Wayne
State University School of Medicine distinguished professor of biochemistry and
neurology, has been selected by the Michigan Women’s Studies Association Inc.
as a 2000 recipient of the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame Life Achievement
Award.
Dr. Lee is internationally respected for her work in
bioenergetics, the study of how energy is produced and conserved in living
cells. In particular, she has studied the metabolism of mitochondrion, a
substance found in the cytoplasm of cells that is a major source of cellular
energy. Her work has led to explanations of how energy-producing reactions are
related to diseases such as Reye’s syndrome, Luft’s disease, Kearn Sayre
syndrome and other neuromuscular diseases.
Born in Tsingtao, China, in 1931, Dr. Lee graduated in 1954
with a degree in chemistry from National Taiwan University in Taipei. She
obtained her PhD in biochemistry at Oregon State University before serving as a
post-doctoral fellow at OSU and the University of Pennsylvania. She went on to
study physiological chemistry as a research fellow at the University of
Stockholm.
Dr. Lee joined Wayne State University School of Medicine as
a professor of biochemistry in 1975 after serving as a professor at the
University of Pennsylvania. In 1983, she was named a professor of neurology.
In addition to her research and teaching, Dr. Lee has
served on the editorial boards of two international journals, Biochimica et
Biophysica Acta and BBA Review on Bioenergetics, and has served as
editor of Current Topics in Bioenergetics. She has edited several books,
organized international symposia and published nearly 200 scientific papers,
abstracts and chapters.
Dr. Lee has received numerous honors, including an honorary
doctorate of philosophy from the University of Stockholm, the WSU Board of
Governors Faculty Recognition Award and the Distinguished Graduate Faculty
Award.
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