Jessica Lee
Jessica graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Health Science, majoring in Public Health and Pathology (Oncobiology), and a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Management and Human Resource Management. Jessica has been involved in several population health projects – she has previously worked at the School of Population Health at UWA as an Administrative Assistant and been an Environmental Auditor on the RESIDE (RESIDential Environments) Study, which evaluates how the design of communities affect people's health and sense of community. She has worked at the Cancer Council WA on the Rural Specialist Breast Nurse Project, looking at lymphoedema services available to breast cancer patients in regional Western Australia. She was also involved in Mentally Healthy WA – a project aimed at improving mental health in six rural sites in WA. Working in the genREACH team at the Centre for Genetic Epidemiology, Jessica is the co-ordinator of the WA Twin Register, and is also involved in the WA Sleep Health Study.
Qualifications
- BHlthSc - Pathology & Public Health, University of Western Australia (UWA)
- BCom - Management & Human Resource Management, University of Western Australia (UWA)
Research Interests
- The proposed Joondalup Family Health Study
Memberships / Associations
- Australian Health Promotion Association - Member 2005 onwards.
Publications
- Lee JDY, Palmer LJ. 2006. The Western Australian Twin Register – A population-based register of adult and child multiples, Twin Research and Human Genetics, Vol. 9 No. 6, pp.712-717.
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