"Practising clinician, educational innovator and research leader in Family Medicine, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Asia.  Dr. Lee has particular focus on promotion of child and adolescent health through school settings linking to community and primary health care.  He has contributed models of care for school health, applicable internationally." This was the citation of Professor Albert Lee used by his proposer for his election as international member of National Acadmey of Medicince (NAM), USA in 2012.  Election to the NAM is considered one of the highest honours in the fields of health and medicine.  Albert is the first member elected from Hong Kong.   He has served as member of NAM Forum on 'Investing in Children globally' (iYCG) to develop an integrated approach for child development and co-chair the Hong Kong workshop of iYCG in 2015.

Albert obtained Medical Degree (MB BS) from the University of London (UCL-Middlesex) in 1984 and Law Degree (LLB) from University of London in 2015.  He was awarded higher academic and/or professional qualifications in Family Medicine, Public Health, Legal Medicine, Law and Education including doctorate degree in Medicine (MD) and also MPH from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK); Fellowships from Royal Colleges in Australia, Ireland and UK, Chartered Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, Australian College of Legal Medicine and American College of Legal Medicine; Master of Law with distinction (LLM-Arbitration and Dispute Resolution) from City University of Hong Kong. He is currently Clinical Professor of School of Public Health and Primary Care at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the Founding Director of the Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion.  He is Fellow and Associate Dean of General Education of CUHK Wu Yee Sun College.  He also serves as Honorary/Adjunct Professor, external examiner/assessor at many leading academic institutions in Hong Kong and overseas.

Albert’s research fields are family medicine and preventive medicine, community based care development and health equity, public health and health promotion, medico-legal and conflict resolution.  He is pioneer to investigate impact of living environment on better health and well-being especially children and adolescents and cases with chronic illnesses.  He is one of the key pioneers of ‘healthy setting approach’ globally (health promoting school, healthy city, health promoting workplace, and health promoting health services).  He has published over 230 papers in peer-reviewed journals and over 180 invited conference/seminar papers.  His contributions in health development are recognized by appointment as WHO advisor on many occasions, election as Honorary Fellow of UK Faculty of Public Health (the highest accolade of the Faculty), the Chief Executive Commendation for Community Services in 2004 Honours list of Hong Kong SAR Government, and Award for Pioneer in Healthy Cities Research by Alliance for Healthy Cites (AFHC) in 2014.

He has served or is currently serving on Boards or Councils in Hong Kong and overseas such as founding Steering Committee member of AFHC and chairing the Scientific Committee of AFHC Global Conference in 2014 and 2020, Vice President (Child and Adolescent Public Health) of UNESCO-HK Association, and Organisation Committee of Chronic Care Conference in 2010, and 60th Anniversary Symposium of Hong Kog Society of Rehabilitation in 2019 on the theme: ‘New Perspectives on Holistic Rehabilitation and Social Inclusion towards 2030’.  He is Co-chair of District Health Centre (DHC) Executive Committee of Kwai Tsing Safe Community and Healthy City Association (KTSCHC), the first DHC commissioned by Hong Kong SAR Government in 2019 according to 2017 Policy Speech to strengthen primary health care.  Albert has been instrumental in preparing the proposal and planning the development of DHC for KTSCHC as Board Director.

Albert is accredited mediator (CEDR).  He is member of Executive Board of Journal Medicine and Law, and editor of 2018 March Issue on “Better Education and Training to prevent Medical Mishap”.

Updated on 21 May 2019