Lee Dupuis

Dr. Lee Dupuis is a Professor at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto. She completed her BScPhm and MScPhm at the University of Toronto followed by a PhD at the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Dupuis is a clinician scientist whose work focuses on the supportive care of children with cancer or undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). She is interested in assessing patient-reported outcomes and controlling treatment-related symptoms such as nausea and vomiting.

Dr. Dupuis' work has far reaching impact on the health and quality of life of children with cancer. She has used the results of her research to develop clinical practice guidelines regarding treatment-related symptom prevention and management that have been endorsed by the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO), the Children’s Oncology Group and groups in several other jurisdictions. Dr. Dupuis has also developed and validated important symptom-screening tools, such as the Symptom Screening in Pediatrics (SSPedi) tool, which evaluates 15 symptoms important for children with cancer, and the Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT), which has changed the way clinicians evaluate nausea severity, a symptom important to patients and parents. Dr. Dupuis is evaluating these tools for routine use in clinical practice and is studying the implementation of clinical care guidelines to address treatment-related symptoms in pediatric oncology centres.

Dr. Dupuis is a well-respected expert in the field, publishing numerous articles with international teams, as well as participating in the development of clinical practice guidelines related to supportive care for children with cancer. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the HOPE Award for Teaching and Education, the Patient Care Enhancement Award from the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists, and the POGO Valued Contribution Award from the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario.

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