MD, MPH
Professor
Chief Medical Officer, UNC Lineberger Clinical Research
Thoracic Oncology Program
UNC-Chapel Hill
Cancer Therapeutics Research Program
Meet Carrie Lee
Area of Interest
Carrie Lee, MD, MPH is a professor in the Division of Oncology. As a medical oncologist, Lee’s clinical practice focuses on lung cancers. She has broad experience with both novel and standard of care chemotherapy regimens. Lee serves as the Chief Medical Officer for UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Clinical Research. This role includes oversight of the clinical, regulatory, compliance, financial and data management for therapeutic clinical trials supported by UNC Lineberger. She is also the medical director of the N.C. Basnight Cancer Hospital’s Clinical Trials Unit where many of our patients are treated early phase clinical trials. Lee has a passion for providing compassionate oncology care, leading an excellent team of clinical trials staff, and advancing the science behind the development of new anti-cancer treatments.
Awards and Honors
- UNC Health Care Caring Excellence Award, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
News and Stories
Targeted treatment for cancer is providing “wonderful tomorrows”
Personalized cancer care – and lots of positivity – are helping Mark Braswell, who was diagnosed with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer.
UNC Lineberger launches study to evaluate multi-cancer detection tests
UNC Lineberger is recruiting participants for the Vanguard Study, which is evaluating a new type of blood test that screens for several types of cancer. This is the first study of the Cancer Screening Research Network.
