Welcome to the Sunmin Lee Lab
Sunmin Lee Lab at UCI is a social epidemiology lab led by University of California, Irvine (UCI) professor, Sunmin Lee, ScD. Our research aim is to reduce health disparities by applying epidemiologic and intervention studies.
Our Research Focuses
Epidemiologic
We want to better understand the causes of health disparities in our projects.
Interventional
We aim to design, implement and evaluate culturally-tailored interventions to reduce health disparities in our projects.
Mixed-Methods Research
We combine both quantitative and qualitative strategies in our data collection and analysis.
Current NIH-funded Studies
DREAMS: A longitudinal study to investigate associations between immigrant stressors, sleep, and cardiometabolic health among Asian Americans (R01MD015186)
STOP CRC: a culturally tailored randomized controlled trial to increase colorectal cancer screening among Chinese and Korean Americans applying shared decision-making approach at primary care setting (R01MD012178).
A study to investigate associations between stressors, sleep, and cognitive function among older populations (R01MD015186-03)