UIC Orthodontic Faculty Received American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) Full-Time Faculty Fellowship Award

Dr. Min Kyeong Lee has been awarded the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) Full Time Faculty Fellowship Award for 2024/25

Dr. Min Kyeong Lee, Associate Professor at the UIC Department of Orthodontics

Dr. Min Kyeong Lee, associate professor at the UIC Department of Orthodontics, has been awarded the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) Full Time Faculty Fellowship Award for 2024/25. Dr. Lee was one of the three recipients nationwide to be awarded. This is a proud moment for UIC orthodontics.

Dr. Min Kyeong “Irene” Lee is an associate professor at the UIC Department of Orthodontics. She received her dental and orthodontic trainings at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Lee was the recipient of the Harvard University Presidential Scholarship from 2010 to 2014, which provided full tuition support for her DMSc in oral biology and orthodontics residency programs. Dr. Lee is a big data analytics researcher with an interest in examining hospital-related outcomes using nationwide datasets such as the Nationwide Inpatient Sample and Nationwide Emergency Department datasets. Following her residency training, she completed a clinical fellowship in Craniofacial and Special Needs Orthodontics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and was the recipient of the American Association of Orthodontists Craniofacial Anomalies and Special Care Training Award in 2016. Her scholarly interest focuses on big data analytics and cleft and craniofacial clinical outcomes research.

Congratulations, Dr. Lee, for receiving the AAO Full Time Faculty Fellowship Award for 2024/25!