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Sunmin Lee, ScD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Professor
University of California Irvine
Irvine, California, United States

Dr. Sunmin Lee is a Professor at the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, and a Co-Leader of the Cancer Control Program at the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, UC Irvine. As a social epidemiologist and health disparities researcher, Dr. Lee has focused on reducing health disparities among minority and immigrant populations, especially Asian Americans, for the last 22 years. Dr. Lee has incorporated both quantitative and qualitative research methods and has conducted epidemiologic and intervention studies to comprehensively examine the etiologies of health disparities and design and implement randomized controlled trials that are culturally and linguistically appropriate to reduce health disparities. Currently, Dr. Lee is leading 3 National Institutes of Health (NIH) -funded research projects: (1) Examining longitudinal effects of immigrant stressors on sleep and health disparities among Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Americans living in Southern California; (2) Randomized controlled trial to increase colorectal cancer screening among Chinese and Korean primary care patients; and (3) Examining effects of stressor and sleep on cognitive function among elderly population.

Dr. Lee received her doctoral degree in Social Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health and completed her post-doctoral training in Aging at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Lee received her bachelor's degree in English from Seoul National University and a master's degree in Health Policy from the Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Health.

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