The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Virginia M.-Y. Lee sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 1,060 publications — 95th percentile
95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Virginia M.-Y. Lee sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 250 D-Index — 100th percentile
100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.
Virginia M.-Y. Lee is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans Medicine and Neuroscience, with a particular focus on Neurology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.
Their main research topics include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Parkinson's Disease mechanisms and treatments, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis research, Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, Dementia and cognitive impairment research, Functional brain connectivity studies, and Neurological disorders and treatments.
Frequent co-authors in their work include John Q. Trojanowski, Edward B. Lee, Michael Donohue, John C. Morris, and Magdalena Korecka.
Virginia M.-Y. Lee has published extensively in the following venues:
Notable recent papers include:
Virginia M.-Y. Lee has been recognized with several awards, including the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences in 2020 for discovering TDP43 protein aggregates in frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and revealing different forms of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease and Multiple System Atrophy.
Other honors include the J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine from the Robarts Research Institute (2014), election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2013), Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2012), the Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award (2012), membership in the National Academy of Medicine (2005), the Sedgwick Memorial Medal from the American Public Health Association (1998), the Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases from the American Academy of Neurology (1998), the Metlife Foundation Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease (1996), and Fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1966).
Maria Grazia Spillantini;Marie Luise Schmidt;Virginia M.-Y. Lee;John Q. Trojanowski
Manuela Neumann;Deepak M. Sampathu;Linda K. Kwong;Adam C. Truax
I. G. McKeith;I. G. McKeith;D. W. Dickson;J. Lowe;M. Emre
Kelvin C. Luk;Victoria Kehm;Jenna Carroll;Bin Zhang
Carlo Ballatore;Virginia M.-Y. Lee;John Q. Trojanowski
Yasumasa Yoshiyama;Makoto Higuchi;Bin Zhang;Shu-Ming Huang
Leslie M. Shaw;Hugo Vanderstichele;Malgorzata Knapik-Czajka;Christopher M. Clark
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Benoit I. Giasson;John E. Duda;Ian V. J. Murray;Qiping Chen
Virginia M.-Y. Lee;Brian J. Balin;Laszlo Otvos;John Q. Trojanowski
Pavan K. Auluck;H. Y. Edwin Chan;John Q. Trojanowski;Virginia M.-Y. Lee
Christopher J. Phiel;Christina A. Wilson;Virginia M.-Y. Lee;Peter S. Klein
Laura A. Volpicelli-Daley;Kelvin C. Luk;Tapan P. Patel;Selcuk A. Tanik
Andrew C. Elden;Hyung Jun Kim;Michael P. Hart;Alice S. Chen-Plotkin
Nigel J. Cairns;Eileen H. Bigio;Ian R A Mackenzie;Manuela Neumann
Benoit I. Giasson;John E. Duda;John E. Duda;Shawn M. Quinn;Bin Zhang
Diane D. Murphy;Susan M. Rueter;John Q. Trojanowski;Virginia M.-Y. Lee
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Ming Hong;Victoria Zhukareva;Vanessa Vogelsberg-Ragaglia;Zbigniew Wszolek
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