Dr. Stephen Lye earned his Ph.D. in Reproductive Biology at the University of Bristol in 1980. He then moved to London, Ontario as a post-doctoral fellow with at the University of Western Ontario and became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 1984.

In 1988, he joined the University of Toronto as Head of the Division of Perinatology at the Samuel Lunefeld Research Institute (SLRI) and Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. He currently holds the position of Professor of Ob\Gyn and of Physiology at U. of T. and Joint-Head of the Program of Development and Fetal Health at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, where he is the Director of the Research Training Centre. Dr. Lye has received extensive peer-review research funding. Most notably, he was Director of the MRC Program in Birth and Perinatal Development from 1990-1995 and is currently Director of the MRC Group in Development and Fetal health.

Dr. Lye is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Genesis Research Foundation.