Professor Lee graduated from the Medical School of The University Hong Kong in 1982 and received his MD degree from the same university in 1995. After graduation he underwent training in internal medicine, developed keen interest in clinical immunology and thereafter HIV/AIDS. In 1991, he was appointed head of the newly established Department of Health Special Preventive Programme for AIDS and viral hepatitis. In 2005, he joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong as Chair Professor in Infectious Diseases, and is currently staff member of both the Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging infectious Diseases and the Department of Microbiology. He is currently a fellow with professional institutions in internal medicine, pathology and public health.

Professor Lee conducts teaching in clinical and public health HIV medicine at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He coordinates courses in the infectious disease concentration of the School’s MPH programme, and in the general infectious diseases courses for undergraduates. He has, on different occasion, served as consultant to national and international organizations in the evaluation of HIV programmes.

• Epidemiology of infectious diseases, with focus on the application of spatial, social and molecular techniques
• Clinical epidemiology of HIV/AIDS
• Treatment optimization in HIV infection
• Interdisciplinary research on infection risk in heroin addiction

Journal or Magazine Article

• Lee SS, Tam DKP, Tan Y, Mak WL, Wong KH, Chan JHK, Yam WC. An exploratory study on the social and genotypic clustering of HIV infection in men having sex with men. AIDS 2009;23(13):1755-1764
• Huizhen Li, William Goggins, Shui Shan Lee. Multilevel analysis of HIV related risk behaviors among heroin users in a low prevalence population. BMC Public Health 2009; 9:137
• Yi T, Wei QH, Chen LJ, Chan PC, Lai WS, He ML, Kung HF, Lee SS. Molecular epidemiology of HCV monoinfection and HIV/HCV coinfection in injection drug users in Liuzhou, Southern China. PLoS ONE 2008;3(10):e3608
• Lee SS, Tam DKP. Ho RLM, Wong KH. Shift of preference of location for sexual partnership in men having sex with men (MSM) in an Asian population. Sexual Health 2008; 5(4):373-374
• Pang PTT, Lee SS. Measuring the geographic coverage of methadone maintenance programme in Hong Kong by using geographic information system (GIS). Int J Health Geogr 2008; 7:5
• Tam DKP, Lee SS, Lee S. Impact of SARS on avian influenza preparedness in healthcare workers. Infection 2007; 35(5):320-325
• Lee SS. A humble service that has delivered public health good. Public Health 2007; 121:884-886
• Lee SS, Zhang B, He ML, Chang VSC, Kung HF. Screening of active ingredients of herbal medicine for interaction with CYP4503A4. Phythother Res 2007; 21(11):1096-1099
• Ho CF, Lee SS, Wong KH, Cheng LS, Lam MY. Setting a minimum threshold CD4 count for initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients. HIV Med 2007; 8:181-185
• Lee SS, Ma K, Chu EKY, Wong KH. The phenomenon of missing dose in a cohort of HIV patients with good adherence to HAART. Int J STD AIDS 2007; 18(13):167-170
• Li MQ, Lee SS, Gan ZG, Tan Y, Meng JH, He ML. Achieving a high coverage - the challenge of controlling HIV spread in heroin users. Harm Reduct J 2007; 4:8
• Yu H, Jing H, Chen Z, Zheng H, Zhu X, Wang H, Wang S, Liu L, Zu R, Luo L, Xiang N, Liu H, Liu X, Shu Y, Lee SS, Chuang SK, Wang Y, Xu J, Yang W, and the Streptococcus suis study groups. Human Streptococcus susis infection outbreak, Sichuan, China. Emerg Infect Dis 2006; 12(6):914-920
• Tong K, He ML, Lin CK, Guo L, Kung HF, Sung JJY, Lee SS. The implication of a high allelic frequency of CYP2B6 G516T in ethnic Chinese. Clin Infect Dis 2006; 43:541-542
• Lee SS, Lee KCK, Wan WY, Wong KH. A urine-based approach to scale up HIV testing in drug users. AIDS 2006; 20(9):1349-1351
• Zhao XY, Lee SS, Wong KH, Chan KCW, Ng F, Chan CCS, Han D, Yam WC, Yuen KY, Ng MH, Zheng BJ. Functional analysis of naturally occurring mutations in the open reading frame of CCR in HIV-infected Chinese patients and healthy controls. J AIDS 2005; 38:509-517
• Zhao XY, Lee SS, Wong KH, Chan KCW, He ZM, M S, Chan CCS, Ho T, Ng MH, Zheng BJ. A novel CCR5 mutation selectively affects immunoreactivity and fusogenic property of the HIV co-receptor in a slow progressing HIV patient. AIDS 2004; 18(12):1729-1732
• Wong KH, Liu YM, Ng PSP, Young BWY, Lee SS. Epidemiology of hepatitis A and hepatitis E infection and their determinants in adult Chinese community in Hong Kong. J Med Virology 2004; 72:538-544
• Zheng BJ, Guan Y, Wong KH, Zhou J, Wong KL, Young BWY, Lu LW, Lee SS. SARS-related Virus Predating SARS Outbreak, Hong Kong. Emerg Infect Dis 2004; 10:176-178
• Wong KH, Lee SS, Lim WL, Low HK. Adherence to methadone is associated with a lower level of HIV-related risk behaviours in drug users. J Substance Abuse Treatment 2003; 24:233-239
• Young BWY, Lee SS, Lim WL, Yeoh EK. The long term efficacy of plasma-derived hepatitis B vacine in babies born to carrier mothers. J Viral Hepatitis 2003; 10(1):23-30
• Zheng BJ, Zhao XY, Zhu NS, Chan CP, Wong KH, Chan KCW, Yam WC, Yuen KY, Lee SS. Polymorphisms of CCR5 gene in a Southern Chinese population and their effects on disease progression in HIV infection. AIDS 2002; 16(8):2480-2482
• Ho TTY, Wong KH, Lee SS. Low yield of chest radiograph in screening for active pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients in Hong Kong. Int J STD & AIDS 1999; 10:409-412
• Ho TTY, Chan KCW, Wong KH, Lee SS. Indinavir-associated facial lipodystrophy in HIV infected patients. AIDS Patients Care and STDs 1999; 13:11-16
• Wong KH, Lee SS, Chan KCW, Choi TMY. Redefining AIDS: case exemplified by Penicillium marneffei infection in HIV-infected people in Hong Kong. J STD & AIDS 1998; 9:555-556
• Kwan LC, Ho YY, Lee SS. The declining HBsAg carriage rate in pregnant women in Hong Kong. Epidemiol Infect 1997; 119:281-283
• Kam KM, Leung WL, Kwok MY, Hung MY, Lee SS, Mak WP. Lymphocyte subpopulation reference ranges for monitoring human immunodeficiency virus-infected Chinese adults. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 1996; 3, 326-330
• Lee SS, Lo YC, Young BWY, Wong KH, Lim WL. A reduced dose approach to hepatitis B vaccination for low risk newborns and preschool children. Vaccine 1995; 13(4):373-376
• Lee SS, Li PCK, Li CS. Clinical profile of Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus 1993; 2:105-109
• Lee SS, Adu D, Thompson RA. Anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies in systemic vasculitis. Clin Exp Immunol 1990; 79:41-46

Book Article or Chapter

• SS Lee, Justin Wu, KH Wong (eds). HIV Manual 2007. Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Centre for Health protection, 2007
• Wong NS , Law CY, Lee MK, Lee SS, Lin H. An alert system for informing environmental risk for dengue infection. In: Lai, P.C. and Mak, SH. (eds) GIS for Health and the Environment: Development in the Asia Pacific Regions(pp 173-183). Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2007
• Pang PTT, Lee P, Leung WY, Lee SS, Lin H. A "spatiaotemporal analysis of heroin addiction" system for Hong Kong. In: Lai PC and Mak SH. (eds) GIS for Health and the Environment: Development in the Asia Pacific Regions (pp 229-242). Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2007
• Lee SS, Lee KCK, Wan WY, Wong KH. Incorporation of a regularized urine-based HIV testing in methadone maintenance treatment programme for enhancing the effectiveness of HIV prevention in drug users. In: New Topics in Substance Abuse Treatment (pp. 171-190). Louise A Bennett (ed). New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2006
• Saw TA, Lo KK, Lee SS, Chong LY. Prevention care and control of STD in Hong Kong. In: Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Asia and the Pacific. Brown T, Chan R, Mugrditchian D, Mulhall B, Plummer D, Sittitrai W, eds. Australia: Venereology Publishing Inc, 1998
• Lee SS. Implication of antenatal HIV screening. In: Neonatal and perinatal screening - the Asian Pacific perspective (pp37-39). Lam S T S 7 Pang C C P. (eds). Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 1997