Email: jy59lee@uwaterloo.ca
Office: TJB
Jonathan is a Master of Public Health Sciences student with a background in both biology and public health. He is currently being supervised by Dr. Helen Chen. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from McMaster University and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Public Health from Toronto Metropolitan University. His interdisciplinary training has shaped his interest in applying computational and data-driven approaches to complex public health challenges.
He has previously worked with Peel Region through the Vector-Borne Disease Program and the City of Toronto, where he gained experience supporting public health initiatives and data-informed decision-making.
His research interests focus on the application and evaluation of large language models and generative AI systems in healthcare and public health contexts.
Outside of his academic work, Jonathan enjoys playing basketball and spending time learning new programming and coding techniques.
Research Interests:
- Agentic LLM pipelines for real-time public-health surveillance of social media (Reddit, YouTube, X), with a focus on vaccine misinformation and health discourse.
- Evidence-grounded claim verification and behavioural coding of online health content, developed with public health units to inform communication strategy.
- Evaluation and human validation of GenAI and agentic systems for reliable, interpretable use in public health and clinical settings, including conversational AI for Parkinson's disease. thats my updated research interests