Health Scientist Administrator
Dr. Sonia Lee is a Program Officer in the Maternal and Pediatric Infectious Disease Branch at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). At NICHD, Dr. Lee works primarily with investigators in the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network (ATN) to design and implement behavioral studies, and behavioral components of biomedical studies, in HIV-infected or at-risk youth. In addition, Dr. Lee contributes behavioral science expertise to all activities supported by the Branch.
She earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from American University in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining NICHD in 2006, she was a psychologist on the Special Immunology Service at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., dealing with assessment and care of HIV-infected children and adolescents. She also served as an investigator in research at CNMC on an intervention trial to promote adherence to antiretroviral medications in children and adolescents. Her earlier positions include that of Research Assistant in the Cognitive Neuroscience Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.