Anna Lee ‘23

This bio is current as of 2025.

Anna Lee is a 2023 Notre Dame alumna with a degree in Anthropology and Pre-Health. During her time on campus, she conducted research with Rahul Oka, Ph.D. through the Kellogg Institute Scholars Program. After graduation, she worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine (2023–2025), where she coordinated the federally funded INTERCEDE PAD study. In this role, she recruited 600+ participants, led 700+ data collection visits, and managed multi-site logistics in compliance with GCP/ICH-GCP guidelines. She collaborated with clinical researchers, principal investigators, and ACI Medical to support medical device development across Northwestern, UChicago, UMN, and Henry Ford Health, and presented key findings to 150+ stakeholders at Northwestern Feinberg’s Research Convention.

Lee is now a Project Manager at Shapiro+Raj, a qualitative market research firm based in Chicago, IL. She directs global research projects in oncology, respiratory health, and digital health, delivering insights to Fortune 500 pharmaceutical clients such as Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca. In this role, she leads cross-functional teams across the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Brazil, India, and Japan, and is especially interested in operations, process optimization, and workflow innovation.

This profile was current as of May 2023, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community.

Anna Lee is a senior majoring in anthropology and pre-health. Lee is currently working on a project with Rahul Oka, Ph.D. studying the parallels of social insects and human societies. She is also working on a senior thesis with Professor Oka over the stressors of Asian American students in relation to their broader parental networks. In previous years, Lee worked on a bibliography and literature review for NSF DISES Grant with Professor Oka.

In the fall of 2021, Lee studied abroad in London, UK where she was a part of the Kennedy Scholars Program. There, she worked on a project comparing how university infrastructure affected the experiences of British American and Asian American students. She also worked with the Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD) during her time in the UK, researching the progression of the Synod on Synodality in the Archdiocese of England and Wales. In summer of 2020, Lee worked with Hopeprint, a non-profit organization based in Syracuse, to work with the local refugee population. There, Lee was in charge of various cultural events, translating documents, and virtualizing annual summer events for the organization. In addition, Lee has been a part of the Building Bridges Program since the fall 2019.