John Richard Lee, MD

Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine

Nephrology and Hypertension (Medicine)

Contact & profiles

Appointments

Past Appointments

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Centers

Education

M.S., Clinical and Translational Investigation
Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 2016
M.D.
Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, 2007
A.B., Biomedical Sciences
Harvard College, 2003

Highlights

5 grants

Co-I
Robust Statistical Methods for Longitudinal Microbiome Studies
National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2024–2029
R01GM155734-01
Co-I
Screening for Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Viridans Group Streptococci to Individualize Infection Prevention Strategies in Neutropenic Patients
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2024–2027
R21AI182845-01
MPI
Microbial Biomarkers for Diagnosing and Predicting Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2024–2026
R01AI184528-02
MPI
Metagenomic profiling of urinary cell-free DNA to monitor urinary tract infection after kidney transplantation
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2020–2026 · via Cornell University - Ithaca
R01AI151059-02
MPI
Gut microbial beta-glucuronidases as a biomarker for mycophenolic acid enterohepatic recirculation and associated toxicities
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2024–2026
R01DK139249-02

Completed grants (7)

PI
Gut Microbiota and Tacrolimus Trough Variability in Kidney Transplant Recipients
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2023–2025
R21AI173849-02
PI
Cell-Free DNA in Peritoneal Fluid as a Novel and Versatile Analyte for Monitoring Peritonitis
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2021–2024
R21AI164093-02
PI
Gut Microbiome, Acute Rejection, and Tacrolimus Dosing in Kidney Transplantation
National Institute on Aging · 2016–2022Career
K23AI124464-05
PI
Multiplex PCR Characterization of Gastrointestinal Pathogens in Immunosuppressed Transplant Patient
BioFire Diagnostic, LLC · 2018–2021
SRA 181751-03
PI
Host-Pathogen Interactions From Measurements of Urinary Cell Free DNA in Kidney Transplantation
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2017–2021
R21AI133331-02
PI
Peritoneal Fluid Microbiome Predictive of Peritonitis
National Kidney Foundation, Inc. · 2017–2019
NKF 17091294-01
KP
Urine Metabolomics for the Noninvasive Diagnosis of Antibody Mediated Rejection in Kidney Allografts
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2016–2018
R37AI051652-13

Completed & closed trials (1)

PI
Gut Bacteria and Metabolism of Immunosuppressive Drugs in Transplant Recipients
Weill Medical College of Cornell University · IRB STUDY CLOSURE (as of 2025)

Record Number of Weill Cornell Faculty Win ASCI Young Physician-Scientist Awards
May 27, 2021
Eight Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members have received Young Physician-Scientist Awards from the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), the most awarded to any institution this year.

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