Dr. Lee is an Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing where she teaches courses in the RN-BSN, BSN, and PhD programs. She holds advanced certification in Community/Public Health Nursing, as well as Advanced Transcultural Nursing, applying these skills both in the classroom and community settings through her ongoing teaching, practice, and service. In 2015, Dr. Lee began an appointment as Director of the Institute for Clinical Inquiry at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. In that role, she mentors patient care services staff in completion of clinical ladder projects as part of professional development.

Dr. Lee's long-term research goals are to promote the health of vulnerable populations through the development of strengths-based, culturally congruent interventions that support resilience, health, and well-being during transition experiences such as homelessness. Her other areas of research interest include facilitating cultural competence and cultural humility through interprofessional education and the influence of social networks on health and illness behaviors.

In partnership with various community groups, Dr. Lee has participated in several research projects in the areas of family homelessness, infant mortality, end-of-life care of dying children and their families, and reduction of health disparities through the use of CBPR. For her dissertation research, she conducted an ethnographical study exploring the influence of culture on the experience of family homelessness among Appalachian mothers caring for their children in an urban homeless shelter.