Sue J Lee
Senior Statistician CTSG
With expertise in biostatistics and epidemiology, Dr Sue Lee has worked in the field of infectious diseases for more than 20 years, with experience in both developed and developing countries. A member of the MORU Tropical Health Network since 2006, Sue has worked on many large-scale, multi-national, multi-site studies and across a range of study designs.
She is currently involved with local, regional and international projects on hospital and community acquired infections and antimicrobial resistance, malaria in pregnancy, refugee and migrant health, HIV and COVID-19. These projects aim to measure various aspects of health and healthcare, including prevalence, incidence, mortality risk, excess length-of-stay, and diagnostic accuracy.
As Senior Statistician in MORU’s Clinical Trials Support Group (CTSG), Sue is involved with study design, eg protocols, and implementation, eg statistical analysis plans. Holder of a PhD (Epidemiology) from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Dr Lee is well-versed in the analysis and dissemination of the results from clinical trials as well as observational studies.
Currently Associate Editor International Health, Sue has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and presentations at international conferences and meetings.
Recent publications
Engagement with communities at-risk of scrub typhus: lessons learned from Northen Thailand
Preprint
Perrone C. et al, (2026)
Estimating enteric fever seroincidence in rural western Cambodia: findings from a population-based cross-sectional serosurvey
Journal article
Zhang M. et al, (2026)
Prospective characterisation of drug-resistant bloodstream infections in Africa and Asia (ACORN2): a surveillance network assessment
Journal article
Hopkins J. et al, (2026), The Lancet Microbe, 7, 101228 - 101228
Optimal gestational weight gain and pregnancy outcomes, by BMI and height, in a marginalised population of women with short stature living along the Thailand-Myanmar border: A retrospective cohort, 2004–2023
Journal article
Gouws M. et al, (2025), PLOS One, 20, e0330256 - e0330256
Factors associated with positive blood cultures in children in nine African and Asian countries: the ACORN2 surveillance network
Journal article
Ardura-Garcia C. et al, (2025), BMJ Global Health, 10, e020448 - e020448