Dr Lee is a professor of nursing and health services research at University College Cork in Ireland. She worked as a nurse consultant and ran a nurse-led rapid access Atrial Fibrillation clinic at Guys Hospital, London for 5 years. She was previously employed as a Reader in Advanced Clinical Practice at Kings College London, UK. She has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers on quality of life, cognition and patient-centred care. She was previously the Chair of the Science Committee at ACNAP and sat as a committee member on the ACNAP Advocacy Committee and is currently a member of the Scientific DOcuments committee and leads the nurses and alied professionals study group on the COuncil of Cardio-Oncology.