Jason Lee

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Loughborough University; INSEAD

Cross Appointments:

• Director, Heat Resilience and Performance Centre, National University of Singapore (Primary appointment)
• Lead Principal Investigator, Human Potential Translational Research Programme, National University of Singapore (Primary appointment)
• Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore (Secondary appointment)
• Principal Investigator, The N.1 Institute for Health, National University of Singapore (Joint appointment)
• Research Programme Leader (Heat on Heath and Work Productivity), Global Asia Institute, National University of Singapore (Joint appointment)
• Principal Investigator, The Institute for Digital Medicine (WisDM), National University of Singapore (Joint appointment)
• Co-Lead, Urban Heat Resilience, Sustainability and Urban Solutions, National University of Singapore (Joint appointment)
• Investigator, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, A*STAR (Adjunct appointment)

Research Areas of Interest:

• Fluid balance and heat stress
• Extreme physiology
• Military, occupational and applied performance and safety
• Heat on health and work productivity

Professional Activities:

• Member, Technical Committee, National Code of Practice for Sports Safety (2021 to present)
• Member, Heat Index-Physical Activity Expert Panel, Ministry of Health (2021 to Present)
• Member, Singapore National Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee, Health Promotion Board-Sport Singapore (2021 to present)
• Chair, Sports Advisory Committee, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (2020 to present)
• Member, Digital, Technology and Innovation Commission, Global Esports Federation (2020 to present)
• Member, Workgroup, WHO-WMO Report on Climate Change on Workers (2019 to present)
• Chair, Heat Stress Workgroup, Ministry of Manpower (2019 to present)
• Member, Scientific Advisory Panel, ILSI Southeast Asia Region (2019 to present)
• Chair, Thermal Factors Scientific Committee, International Commission on Occupational Health (2019 to present)
• Secretary General, Asian Nutrition Society for Sports and Health (2018 to present)
• Member, Board of Directors, Singapore Sports School (2017 to present)
• Member, Singapore Armed Forces Institutional Catering Advisory Panel (2017 to present)
• Member, Faculty of the IOC Diploma in Sports Nutrition (2011 to present)
• Member, Sport Singapore Sports Safety Committee (2014 to 2018)
• Member, External Review Panel on Heat Injury Management, Ministry of Defence (2018 to 2018)
• Member, NATO Research Task Group HFM-260 (2015 to 2018)
• Honorary Consultant, Civil Defence Academy, Singapore Civil Defence Force (2015 to 2017)
• Member, Singapore Armed Forces Soldier Fitness and Health Working Committee (2014 to 2016)
• Member, Commando Formation Training and Safety Advisory Board (2012 to 2014)
• Member, Heat Injury Prevention Task Force for the Singapore Armed Forces (2012 to 2013)
• Member, Heat Index Guidelines for the General Public. National Environment Agency (2011 to 2014)
• Advisor, E W Barker Sports Science Institute by Raffles Institution (2011 to 2013)
• Member, International Panel for the 1st Exertional Heatstroke Consensus Meeting, South Africa (2010)
• Member, Institutional Review Board of Singapore Sports Institute (2009 to 2017)
• Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (since 2012)
• Member of the Professionals in Nutrition for Exercise and Sport
• Editorial board member for: Frontiers in Exercise Physiology (Associate Editor), Frontiers in Sport and Exercise Nutrition, Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness
• Journal referee for the following: Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine; Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism; BMC Research Notes; British Journal of Sports Medicine; Chinese Journal of Applied Physiology; Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine; European Journal of Applied Physiology; European Journal of Nutrition; European Journal of Sport Science; Frontiers in Physiology; International Journal of Applied and Basic Nutritional Sciences; International Journal of Sports Medicine; International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism; International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance; Journal of Applied Physiology; Journal of Athletic Training; Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness; Journal of Sport Sciences; Journal of Thermal Biology; Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise; Nutrients; Nutrition; PLoS ONE; Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports; Singapore Medical Journal; Sports Medicine.

Awards

2017 SAF National Servicemen of the Year Award

2013 and 2017 DSO Big Idea (DBi) Award

2008, 2013, 2016 and 2017 DSO Group Performance Award

2014 and 2016 SAF Commando Formation National Serviceman of the Year Award

2013 Friend of Raffles Institution Award

2012 Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine

2004 to 2006 UK Overseas Research Scholarship

2004 to 2006 Halliwell Development Studentship, Loughborough University

2003 G V Sibley Memorial Prize, Loughborough University