May 14, 2025- Peter Lee, Ph.D., president of Microsoft Research, was elected 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.
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.