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Publication Statistics as of April 14, 2020:
Total citations: 3,020. h-index: 23; i-10 index: 38; average citations per paper: 47 times).

Articles Published and In Press in Peer- Reviewed Journals

  1. Lee S, Colditz GA, Berkman LF, Kawachi I. Prospective study of job strain and coronary heart disease among US women. Int J Epidemiol. 31:1147-1153, 2002. PMID: 12540714.
  2. Lee S, Colditz GA, Berkman LF, Kawachi I. Prospective study of caregiving and coronary heart disease among US women. Am J Prev Med. 24(2):113-119, 2003. PMID: 12568816.
  3. Lee S, Kawachi I, Berkman LF, Grodstein F. Education, other socioeconomic indicators, and cognitive function in older women. Am J Epidemiol. 157:712-720, 2003. PMID: 12697575.
  4. Lee S, Colditz GA, Berkman LF, Kawachi I. Prospective study of caregiving to non-ill children and grandchildren and coronary heart disease among US women. Am J Public Health. 93(11):1939-1944, 2003. PMID: 14600070; PMCID: PMC1448080.
  5. Lee S, Colditz GA, Berkman LF, Kawachi I. Prospective study of job insecurity and coronary heart disease among US women. Ann Epidemiol 14(1):24-30, 2004. PMID: 14664776.
  6. Lee S, Kawachi I, Grodstein F. Does Caregiving Stress Affect Cognitive Function in Older Women? J Nerv Ment Dis. 192(1): 51-57, 2004. PMID: 14718776.
  7. Lee S, Cho E, Grodstein F, Kawachi I, Hu FB, Colditz GA. The effects of marital transition on changes in dietary and other health behaviors. Int J Epidemiol. 34(1): 69- 78, 2005. PMID: 15231759
  8. Lee S, Buring JE, Cook NR, Grodstein F. The relation of education and income to cognitive function among professional women. Neuroepidemiology 26(2): 93-101, 2006. PMID: 16352912; PMCID: 1361359.
  9. Tworoger SS, Lee S, Schernhammer ES, Grodstein F. The association of sleep duration, difficulty sleeping, and snoring with cognitive function in older women. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 20(1): 41-48, 2006. PMID:
  10. Lee S, Juon HS, Martinez G*, Hsu CE, Robinson ES*, Bawa J, Ma GX. Model minority at risk: Expressed needs of mental health by Asian American youth. J Commun Health. 34:144-152, 2009. PMID: 18931893; PMCID: PMC3296234.
  11. Juon HS, Choi KS, Park EC, Kwak MS, Lee S. Hepatitis B Vaccinations among Koreans: Results from 2005 Korea National Cancer Screening Survey. BMC Infectious Diseases. 25(9): 185, 2009. PMID: 19930718; PMCID: PMC2787509.
  12. Lee S, Martinez G*, Ma GX, Hsu CE, Robinson ES*, Bawa J, Juon HS. Barriers to health care access in 13 Asian American Communities. Am J Health Behav. 34(1): 21-30, 2010. PMID: 19663748.
  13. Choi KS, Lee S, Park EC, Kwak MS, Spring B, Juon Low rates of breast cancer screening in Korean women compared with Korean American women and White women. J Women Health. 19(6): 1089-1096, 2010. PMCID: PMC5508214.
  14. Ayers JW*, Juon HS, Lee S, Park Hepatitis B vaccination prevalence and its predictors among Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, and multiracial groups in NHANES. J Immigr Minor Health. 12(6): 847-52, 2010. PMID: 19967403
  15. Lee S Ma GX, Juon HS, Martinez G*, Hsu CE, Bawa J. Assessing the needs and guiding the future: findings from focus groups of 13 Asian American communities. J Immigr Minor Health. 13(2): 395-401, 2011. PMID: 20012202.
  16. Lee S, Scully L*, O’Neill A*, Park J, Shenassa ED. Health insurance moderates the association between length of stay and health in legal immigrants. J Immigr Minor Health. 14 (2): 345-9, 2012. PMID: 22723730; PMCID: PMC3329860.
  17. Ma GX, Wang MQ, Lee S, Tan Y, Gao W, Ma SX, Toubbeh JI. Role of sociocultural factors in hepatitis B screening among Asian Americans. South Med 104 (7): 466-72, 2011. PMID: 22512006; PMCID: PMC3298880.
  18. Philbin MM*, Erby LAH, Lee S, Joun Hepatitis B and liver cancer among three Asian American sub-groups: A focus group inquiry. J Immigr Minor Health. 14(5):858-868, 2012. PMID: 21901445; PMCID: PMC3804298.
  19. Chen L*, Juon HS, Lee S. Acculturation and BMI in Asian Americans. J Commun Health. 37(3):539-546, 2012. PMID: 21922164; PMCID: PMC3804273.
  20. Strong C*, Lee S, Tanaka M*, Juon Ethnic differences in prevalence and barriers of HBV screening and vaccination among Asian Americans. J Commun Health. 37(5): 1071-1080, 2012. PMID: 22302652; PMCID: PMC3804552.
  21. Chae DH, Lee S, Lincoln KD, Ihara Discrimination, family relations, and major depression among Asian Americans. J Immigr Minor Health. 14(3):361-70, 2012. PMID: 22083344; PMCID: PMC3501208.
  22. Ma GX, Gao W, Lee S, Wang MQ, Tan Y, Shive Health seeking behavioral analysis associated with breast cancer screening among Asian American women. Int J Women Health.4: 235-243, 2012. PMID: 22723730; PMCID: PMC3329860.
  23. Lee S, Chen L*, Fang CY, Ma GX. What is lacking in patient-physician communication from Asian American breast cancer patients’ and oncologists’ perspectives. J Behav Health. 1(2): 102-109, 2012. PMID: 24496377; PMCID: PMC3566873.
  24. Lee S, Young DR, Pratt CA, Jobe JB, Chae SE*, McMurray RG, Johnson CC, Going SB, Elder JP, June S. Effects of parent’s employment status on changes in body mass index and percent body fat in adolescent girls. J Child Obes. 8(6) 526-532, 2012. PMID: 23181918; PMCID:PMC3647591.
  25. Clough J*, Lee S, Chae Asian Immigrants and Barriers to Health Care in the United States: A Review of the Literature. J Health Care Poor Underserved 24(1): 384-403, 2013. PubMed PMID: 23377740.
  26. O’Neill A*, Lee S, Yan A, Voorhees CC. Association between weather and physical activity in Baltimore teens. Environ Behav. 45(1):138-151,
  27. Lee S, Chen L*, Miler M, He X, Juon HS. A cluster analytic examination of acculturation and health status among Asian Americans. Soc Sci Med. 96:17-23, 2013. PMID: 24034947; PMCID: PMC4143184.
  28. Tanaka M*, Strong C, Lee S, Juon HS. The influence of information on hepatitis B screening, knowledge, social norms and self-efficacy for hepatitis B screening among Asian Americans. J Immgr Minor Health. 15(4):779-87, 2013. PMID: 23238580; PMCID: PMC3615083.
  29. Lee S, O’Neill A*, Ihara, ES, Chae DH. Change in self-reported health status among immigrants in the United States: Associations with Measures of Acculturation. PLoS ONE. 8(10):e76494, 2013. PMID: 24009515; PMCID: PMC3788132.
  30. Lee S, Yoon H*, Chen L*, Juon HS. Culturally tailored photonovel development for hepatitis B prevention in Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese American communities in Maryland. Health Educ Behav. 40(6):694-703. 2013. PMID: 23372031; PMCID: PMC3830675.
  31. Lee S, Chen L*, Ma GX, Fang CY, Oh Y*, Scully L*. Challenges and Needs of Chinese and Korean breast cancer survivors. North Am J Med Sci. 6(1):1-8, 2013. PMID: 24019995; PMCID: PMC3766352.
  32. Young DR, Saksvig BI, Wu TT, Zook K*, Li X*, Champaloux S*, Grieser M, Lee S, Treuth Multilevel Predictors of Physical Activity for Early, Mid, and Late Adolescent Girls. J Phys Act Heatlh. 11(5): 950-960, 2014. PMID: 23676305.
  33. Ihara ES, Chae DH, Cummings J, Lee S. Correlates of mental health service use and type among Asian Americans. Admin Pol Ment Health. 41(4): 543-51, 2014. PMID: 23620270.
  34. Lee S, Chen L*, Jung MY*, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Juon HS. Acculturation and cancer screening among Asian Americans: Role of health insurance and having a regular physician. J Comm Health. 39(2):201-12, 2014. PMID: 24002493; PMCID: PMC4143174.
  35. Juon HS, Lee S, Kirk G, Bowie J, Rimal R. Effect of a liver cancer education program on hepatitis B screening among Asian Americans in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan areas, 2009-2010. Prev Chronic Dis. 11:130258, 2014. PMID: 24503341; PMCID: PMC3921910.
  36. Kanamori M*, Carter-Pokras O, Madhavan S, Feldman R, He X, Lee S. Orphan/vulnerable child caregiving moderates the association between women’s autonomy and their BMI in three African countries. AIDS Care. 3:1-10, 2014. PMID: 24888977; PMCID:
  37. Lee S, Kim D. Acculturation and self-rated health among foreign women in Korea. Health and Social Welfare Review. 34(2): 453-482, 2014.
  38. Martinez-Garcia G*, Atkinson N, Carter-Pokras O, Portnoy B, Lee S. Do Latino youth really want to get pregnant? Assessing pregnancy wantedness among male and female Latino youth. Am J Sex Educ. 9(3):329-346,
  39. Kanamori M*, Carter-Pokras O, Madhavan S, Lee S, He X, Feldman Association between Orphan and Vulnerable Child Caregiving, Household Wealth Disparities, and Women’s Overweight Status in Three Southern African Countries Participating in Demographic Health Surveys. Matern Child Health J. 19(8):1662-71. 2015. PMID: 25630405; PMCID: PMC4503492.
  40. Ma GX, Zhang GY, Jung M*, Ma XS, Zhai S, Zhao M, Ma X, and Lee S. Hepatitis C Screening Behaviors and Infection Status among Vietnamese Americans. Am J Health Behav. 39(5):640-51, 2015. PMID: 26248174.
  41. Kanamori M*, Carter-Pokras O, Madhavan S, Feldman R, He X, Lee S. Overweight status of the primary caregivers of orphan and vulnerable children in 3 Southern African countries: a cross sectional study. BMC Public Health. 15:757, 2015. PMID: 26250533; PMCID: PMC4528346.
  42. Lee S, Zhai S, Zhang G, Ma XS, Lu X*, Tan Y, Siu P, Seals B, and Ma GX. Factors Associated with Hepatitis C Knowledge Before and After an Educational Intervention among Vietnamese Americans. Clin Med Insights: Gastroenterol. 29(8):45-53, 2015. PMID: 26561280; PMCID: PMC4629630.
  43. Young DR, Lee S, Kuo J, Saksvig BI. Co-occurring social and dietary health-promoting behaviors and physical activity among high school girls. Health Behav Policy Rev. 3(1): 3-12,
  44. Kim J, Cha S, Kawachi I, Lee S. Does retirement promote healthy behaviors in Korean young elderly? J Behav Health. 5(2): 45-54, 2016.
  45. Jaschek G*, Carter-Pokras O, He X, Lee S, Canino G. Association of Child Maltreatment and Depressive Symptoms among Puerto Rican Youth. Child Abuse Negl. 58: 63-71, 2016. PMID:
  46. Juon HS, Strong C, Kim F, Park E, Lee S. Lay Health worker Intervention Improved Compliance with Hepatitis B Vaccination in Asian Americans: Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS One. 11(9), e0162683. 2016. PMID: 27617742; PMCID: PMC5019387.
  47. Lee S, Chae DH, Jung M*, Chen L*, Juon HS. Health Examination is Not a Priority for Less Acculturated Asian Americans. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 1-10, 2016. PMCID: PMCP5411340.
  48. Jaschek G*, Carter-Pokras O, He X, Lee S, Canino G. Association of Types of Life Events with Depressive Symptoms among Puerto Rican Youth. PLoS One. 11(10):e0164852. 2016. PMID: 27788173; PMCID:
  49. Lu XX*, Holt CL, Chen JC*, Le D*, Chen JJ*, Kim G*, Li J, Lee S. Is Colorectal Cancer a Western Disease? Influence of Misconception on Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Mixed- Methods Study. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 17(11): 4885-4892, 2016. PMCID: PMC5454691.
  50. Lu XX*, Sim H*, Juon HS, Lee S. Hypertension among Asian Americans: Associations with Measures of Acculturation. Am J Health Stud. 31(3): 132-142, 2016.
  51. Lu XX*, Juon HS, Lee S. Do recommendations by health care providers, family members, friends, and individual self-efficacy increase uptake of hepatitis B screening? Results of a population-based study of Asian Americans. Int J MCH AIDS. 6(1), 9-18, 2017. PMCID: PMC5187637.
  52. Juon HS, Kim F, Strong C, Park E, Lee S. Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Exposure among Non-native Chinese-, Korean-, and Vietnamese Americans in Baltimore Washington Metropolitan Area. Hepatitis Monthly. 17(1):e43018, 2017.
  53. Jung MY*, Holt CL, Ng D*, Sim H*, Lu XX*, Le D*, Juon HS, Li J, Lee S. The Chinese and Korean American immigrant experience: A mixed-methods examination of facilitators and barriers of colorectal cancer screening. Ethn Health. 25:1-20, 2017. PMID: 28277021
  54. Juon HS, Rimal R, Lee S. Social Norms, Family Communication, and Hepatitis B Screening among Asian Americans. J Health Comm. 22(12): 981-989, 2017. PMCID: PMC5809127.
  55. Juon HS, Guo J*, Kim J, Lee S. Predictors of colorectal cancer screening among Asian Americans aged 50-75 years old. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 5(3): 545-552, 2018. PMID: 28664503.
  56. O’Neill AH*, Beck K, Chae HD, Dyer T, He X, Lee S. The Pathway from Childhood Maltreatment to Adulthood Obesity: The role of Mediation by Adolescent Depressive Symptoms and BMI. J Adolescence. 67:22-30, 2018. PMID: 2986346
  57. Tilert T*, Paulso-Ram R, Howard D, Butler J, Lee S, Wang MQ. Prevalence and factors associated with self-reported chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults aged 40-79: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2012. EC Pulmonol Respir Med. 7(9):650-662, Aug 2018. PMID: 30294723; PMCID: PMC 6169793.
  58. Jung MY*, Lee S, Thomas SB, Juon HS. Hypertension Prevalence, Treatment, and Related Behaviors among Asian Americans: An Examination by Method of Measurement and disaggregated Subgroups. J Rac Ethn Health Disparities. 6(3): 584-593. 2019. PMID: 30618006.
  59. Lu XX*#, Juon HS, Wang MQ, He X, Dallal C, Lee S*. The Association between perceived stress and hypertension among Asian Americans: do social support and social network make a difference? J Comm Health. 44(3): 451-462. 2019. PMID: 30604222.
  60. Lu XX*#, Callal CM, He X, Juon HS, Wang MQ, Lee S*. Parental caregiving trajectories and Metabolic Syndrome: A longitudinal study among Chinese women. Soc Sci Med. 2019.
  61. Williams RM*, Beck K, Butler, J, Lee S, Wang MQ, Knott CL. Development of Decisional Values Statements for Lung Cancer Screening among African American Smokers. J Cancer Educ. 35(2): 419-421. 2020. PMID: 31984456.
  62. Kim Y, Zaitsu M, Tsuno K, Li X, Lee S, Jang S, Kawachi I. Occupational Inequalities in C-Reactive Protein among Working-age Adults in South Korea. J Occup Environ Med. 62(3):194-201. 2020. PMID: 31790060.
  63. Williams RM, Beck K, Lee S, Knott CL. Lung Cancer Screening Decisional Needs among African American Smokers of Low Socioeconomic Status. Ethn Health. 5:1-19. 2020. PMID: 32498546.
  64. Lu XX*#, He X, Juon HS, Wang MQ, Dallal C, Lee S*. A Longitudinal Assessment of Parental Caregiving and Bloor Pressure Trajectories: Findings from the China Health and Nutritional Survey for Women 2000-2011. J Rac Ethn Health Disparities DOI: 10.1007/s40615-020-00764-0. 2020. PMID: 32367445

Articles Under Review in Peer- Reviewed Journals

  1. Williams RM, Beck K, Lee S, Knott CL. Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure the Personal Values of African American Smokers for Lung Cancer Screening. Under Review.

Articles In Preparation

  1. Lee S, Jung MY*, Wang MQ, Antoni MA, Ma GX, Fang CY. Effect of Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase Quality of Life and Reduce Stress among Korean American Breast Cancer Survivors. In preparation.
  2. Jung MY*#, Juon HS, Slopen N, Thomas SB, He X, Lee S*. Psychometrics Properties of an Everyday and Major Racial Discrimination Measure for Asian
  3. Jung MY*#, Slopen N, He X, Thomas SB, Juon HS, Lee S*. Self-Reported Racial Discrimination and Cardiovascular Disease.
  4. Jung MY*#, Thomas SB, He X, Juon HS, Slopen N, Lee S*. Self-Reported Discrimination and Blood Pressure

Book Chapter

  1. Lee S, Slopen N, Hong SY. Sleep among Immigrants: Does Acculturation Matter? In Kawachi I, Redline S, Duncan D, eds Social Epidemiology of Sleep. New York. Oxford University Press. 2019.

Reports

  1. Lee S, Martinez G*, Hsu CE. Asian American health priority: Strengths, needs and opportunities for action: A study of Montgomery County, MD, 2008. Asian American Health Initiative, Department of Health and Human Services, Montgomery County, Maryland. 2008.