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Peter Lee, Ph.D., president of Microsoft Research, elected to Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees
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ROCHESTER, Minn. — Peter Lee, Ph.D., president of Microsoft Research, was elected today to the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees. Dr. Lee oversees Microsoft Research's 13 global laboratories, driving advancements in artificial intelligence, computer science, health and life sciences while fostering the development of research-driven products that expand human knowledge.
"Dr. Lee is a values-driven leader recognized for his excellence in technological innovation, particularly in healthcare," says Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., president and CEO of Mayo Clinic. "With his deep expertise in artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science, he will offer valuable insights to our Board of Trustees as we continue to transform healthcare for the benefit of patients worldwide."
Before joining Microsoft in 2010, Dr. Lee established a new technology office at the federal Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) called the Transformational Convergence Technology Office, which created operational capabilities in machine learning, data science and computational social science. Prior to that, he was the department head and a professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Lee is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and serves on the boards of several institutions, including the boards of directors of the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine and the Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine. In 2024, TIME magazine named Dr. Lee one of the 100 most influential people in health and life sciences.
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About the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees
The Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees, a 32-member group of public representatives and Mayo Clinic physicians and administrators, is responsible for patient care, medical education and research at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota, as well as Mayo Clinic Health System, a network of clinics and hospitals serving communities in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Media contact:
- Andrea Kalmanovitz, Mayo Clinic Communications, newsbureau@mayo.edu
