Research Program, Prevention and Etiology
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, College of Education and Human Development

hylee@umn.edu
612-624-3689 — office
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Dr. Hee Yun Lee's major research areas are cancer health and mental health disparities among minority immigrants, especially Asian American immigrants and refugees. Her current work focuses on cancer health disparity issues in the Asian American immigrant community, particularly examining the impact of culture and immigration status on health belief and behaviors, quality of cancer care, and quality of life among cancer survivors and caregivers. Her other funded research focuses on mental health issues in Southeast Asian cancer survivors, and she is currently developing culturally competent psychosocial intervention for this population.

Research Interests

Culture-based cancer health behavior, quality of cancer care and life, and development of psychosocial intervention for Asian American cancer survivors.