Faculty profile
Tim Lee
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Research
Latest papers
Association of chemokine and chemokine receptor gene variants with occurrence of multiple primary melanoma.
Melanoma research · 2026
Constructing a portable optical polarimetry probe for in-vivo skin cancer detection.
Journal of biomedical optics · 2021 · senior author
Latest funding
- $918,000
Longitudinal non-invasive optical biopsy of low risk skin neoplasms in dermatology clinics to monitor efficacy and response to treatment
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $35,000
Coherence- and polarization-based detection of melanoma
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $144,000
Tools for analysing skin properties
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
2 publications.
Association of chemokine and chemokine receptor gene variants with occurrence of multiple primary melanoma.
Orlow I, Luo L, Autuori I, Mina I, Mauguen A, Edmiston SN, Gallagher RP, Ollila DW, Lee T, Busam K, Cust AE, Berwick M, Begg CB, Kanetsky PA, Thomas NE, GEM Study Group
Constructing a portable optical polarimetry probe for in-vivo skin cancer detection.
Louie DC, Tchvialeva L, Kalia S, Lui H, Lee T
Longitudinal non-invasive optical biopsy of low risk skin neoplasms in dermatology clinics to monitor efficacy and response to treatment
Principal investigators: Ahad, Tashmeeta; Kalia, Sunil; Lui, Harvey; Zeng, Haishan
Keywords: Dermatology; Skin
Coherence- and polarization-based detection of melanoma
Principal investigators: Lee, Tim
Keywords: polarization speckle; stokes vector; mueller matrix; single- and two-point stokes vector formalism; depolarization; image analysis; radiomics; deep learning; in vivo melanoma detection; melanoma survival
Tools for analysing skin properties
Principal investigators: Lee, Tim
Automatic analytical software for interpreting skin properties
Principal investigators: Lee, Tim
Depth-sensitive low-coherent speckle technique for skin lesion differentiation
Principal investigators: Lee, Tim K; Lui, Harvey; Zeng, Haishan
Keywords: Laser Speckle Contrast; Optical Properties; Skin Cancer; Skin Tissue Classification; Surface Roughness; Volume Scattering
Do organochlorine compounds cause cutaneous melanoma?
Principal investigators: Gallagher, Richard P
Keywords: Environmental Epidemiology; Melanoma; Risk Factors; Skin Cancer
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Harvey Lui and Sunil Kalia: 23 shared papers
- Harvey Lui and Tim Lee: 1 shared paper
- Sunil Kalia and Tim Lee: 1 shared paper
- Dermatology and Skin Science
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