Peer- Reviewed Journal Publications

Oh H, Morey BN, Shi Y, Lee S. Distress, multimorbidity, and complex multimorbidity among Chinese and Korean Americans. PLOS One. In press.

Ryu s, Morey BN, Shi Y, Lee S. Acculturation and self-rated health among Chinese and Korean Immigrants aged 49-75 years old. Public Health Front. In Press.

Morey BN, Shi Y, Ryu S*, Redline S, Kawachi I, Park H*, Lee S. Risk of Hypertension Associated with Sleep Apnea among Chinese and Korean Americans. Ethn Health. In Press.

Elahy V*, Jacobs DR, Shikany J, Rana J, Jiang L, Lee S, Odegaard. AO Frequency of Consuming Breakfast and After-Dinner Snack is Not Associated with Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk: Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study. J Nutr. Apri; 153(4):1089-1100. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.02.003. Online ahead of print. 2023. PMID: 36828152

Sepassi A, Garcia S, Tanjasiri S, Lee S, Bountahvong M. Predicted Health Literacy Disparities between Immigrant and US-Born Racial/Ethnic Minorities: A Nationwide Study. J Gen Int Med. Aug; 38(10):2364-2373. doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08082-x. Online ahead of print. 2023. PMID: 36849863

Xu WY, Raver E*, Jung J, Li Y*, Lee S. Rural-urban disparities in preventive breast and cervical cancer screening among women with early-onset dementia. BMC Womens Health. 11;23(1): 255.  doi: 10.1186/s12905-023-02301-7.PMID: 37170251 

Park JI, Bozkurt S, Park JW, Lee S. Evaluation of race/ethnicity survival machine learning models for Hispanic and Black patients with breast cancer. BMJ Health Care Inform. Jan; 30(1):e100666. doi: 10.1136/bmjhci-2022-100666. 2023. PMID: 36653067 

Lee S, Ryu S, Lee GE, Redline S, Morey BN. Risk of Sleep Apnea Is Associated with Abdominal Obesity Among Asian Americans: Comparing Waist-to-Hip Ratio and Body Mass Index. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 Jan 9:1–11. doi: 10.1007/s40615-022-01507-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36622567; PMCID: PMC9838535.

Elahy V, Jiang L, Lee S, Odegaard AO. A hypothetical intervention of the timing of dietary intake on weight and body composition after initial weight loss. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023 Apr;31(4):1095-1107. doi: 10.1002/oby.23688. Epub 2023 Mar 2. PMID: 36863748.

Park JI, Lee GE*, Lee S. A Data-Driven Approach to Identify the Predictors of Perceived Health Status Among Chinese and Korean Americans. Computers, Informatics, Nursing. Sep 1; 41(9):730-737. doi: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000995. Online ahead of print. 2023. PMID: 36708544

Morey BN, Ryu S, Shi Y, Lee S. The Mediating Role of Sleep Disturbance on the Association Between Stress and Self-Rated Health Among Chinese and Korean Immigrant Americans. Prev Chronic Dis. 2023 Jan 26;20:E04. doi: 10.5888/pcd20.220241. PMID: 36701271; PMCID: PMC9923937.

Chen R, Slopen N, Lee S. Perceived stress, recent stressors, and distress in relation to sleep disturbance and duration among middle-aged and older Asian immigrants. Sleep Health. 2023 Apr;9(2):211-217. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2022.11.005. Epub 2022 Dec 24. PMID: 36572577; PMCID: PMC10122696.

Ryu S, Morey BN, Lee GE, Kawachi I, Redline S, Lee S. The Cross-Sectional Association of Sleep Disturbance and Sleep Apnea With Complex Multimorbidity Among Chinese and Korean Americans. Am J Epidemiol. 2023 Feb 24;192(3):420-429. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwac211. PMID: 36516987.

Morey BN, Ryu S, Shi Y, Park HW, Lee S. Acculturation and Cardiometabolic Abnormalities in Chinese and Korean Americans. J Rac Ethn Health Disparities. Jun 15:1-11. Online ahead of print. 2022. PMID 35705844; PMCID: PMC9200372.

Morey BN, Valencia C, Lee S. Correlates of Undiagnosed Hypertension among Chinese and Korean American Immigrants. J Comm Health. 47(3):425-436. 2022. PMID: 35103847; PMCID: PMC8805138.

Ryu S, Slopen N, Ogbenna BT, Lee S. Acculturation and Sleep Outcomes in Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions – III. Sleep Health. Dec;7(6):683-690. 2021. PMID: 34645580.

Morey BN, Ryu S*, Shi Y, Redline S, Kawachi I, Lee S. Associations between Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among Chinese and Korean Americans. Sleep Epidemiol. Dec; 2:100037. doi:10.1016/j.sleepe.2022.100037. Epub 2022 Jul 22.PMID: 36250200 

Lee S, Ryu S, Lee GE, Kawachi I, Morey B, Slopen N. The Association of Acculturative stress with Self-reported Sleep Disturbance and Sleep duration among Asian Americans. SLEEP. 45(4): 1-12. 2022. PMID: 34922392; PMCID: PMC8996032.

Morey B, Valencia C, Lee S. The Influence of Asian Subgroup and Acculturation on Colorectal Cancer Screening Knowledge and Attitudes Among Chinese and Korean Americans. J. Cancer Jun 9:1–10. 2021. PMID: 34106449;  PMCID: PMC8188737.

Morey B, Valencia C, Park H, Lee S. The Central Role of Social Support in the Health of Chinese and Korean American Immigrants. Soc Sci Med. 2021. Jul 14;284:114229. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114229. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34284265

Jung MY, Juon HS, Slopen N, He X, Thomas SB, Lee S. Racial Discrimination and Health-Related Quality of Life: An Examination Among Asian American Immigrants. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2021 Jun 4:1–14. doi: 10.1007/s40615-021-01067-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34086197; PMCID: PMC8176876. 

Ogbenna BT, Lee S, Ryu S, Slopen N. Discrimination and Sleep among Asians and Pacific Islanders Adults. SLEEP. 2021. PMID: 33912974

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. 8(1): 127-135. 2021. PMID: 32367445

Tran L, Jung J, Carlin C, Lee S, Zhao C, Feldman R. Use of Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents and Survival among Medicare Beneficiaries with Dementia and Chronic Hepatitis C. J Alzheimers Dis, 2020. PMID: 33216031

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

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:

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.

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,

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.

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.

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.

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.

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,

Lee S, Kim D. Acculturation and self-rated health among foreign women in Korea. Health and Social Welfare Review. 34(2): 453-482, 2014.

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:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

O’Neill A, Lee S, Yan A, Voorhees CC. Association between weather and physical activity in Baltimore teens. Environ Behav. 45(1):138-151,

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chen L, Juon HS, Lee S. Acculturation and BMI in Asian Americans. J Commun Health. 37(3):539-546, 2012. PMID: 21922164; PMCID: PMC3804273.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Book Chapter

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

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.