Sung-Jae Lee, PhD MPH

Areas of Expertise:

• Research

• Global Mental Health

• HIV/AIDS

• Community-Academic-Public Partnerships

• Health Equity

sjlee@mednet.ucla.edu

Sung-Jae Lee, PhD, is a Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM), with a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. His research, training, and community engagement work focus on addressing health inequities among minoritized communities impacted by HIV/AIDS and other syndemic comorbidities. He is the Faculty Director of Research and Evaluation at the Nathanson Family Resilience Center, Division of Population Behavioral Health. He is the Director of the Methods Core for the Center for HIV Identification Prevention and Treatment Services (CHIPTS). He serves as the UCLA site PI for the University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI) GloCal Fellowship Training Program and is the PI on HIV Training Program "Cutting-edge, Customized, and Comprehensive (CCC) HIV capacity building for Vietnam and Thailand." At DGSOM, he co-leads the Health Equity and Translational Social Science (HETSS) Research Theme.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Racial, gender, and psychosocial disparities in viral suppression trends among people receiving coordinated HIV care in Los Angeles County. AIDS. 2023 07 15; 37(9):1441-1449. Li MJ, Chau B, Garland WH, Oksuzyan S, Weiss RE, Takada S, Kao U, Lee SJ, Shoptaw SJ. PMID: 37070545; PMCID: PMC10330081.

• Factors associated with lifetime HIV testing among women in four Southeast Asian countries: Evidence from the demographic and health surveys. Int J STD AIDS. 2023 06; 34(7):439-447. Khin SO, Hone S, Lin C, Comulada WS, Detels R, Lee SJ. PMID: 36920089; PMCID: PMC10240625.

• Alcohol Misuse Among Youth Living With and at High Risk for Acquiring HIV During the COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders: A Study in Los Angeles and New Orleans. Alcohol Alcohol. 2023 May 09; 58(3):238-246. Rezai R, Hayati Rezvan P, Comulada WS, Lee SJ, Ocasio MA, Swendeman D, Fernández MI, Adolescent Trials Network (ATN) CARES Team. PMID: 36806545; PMCID: PMC10168714.

AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS FOR:

• Career and Research Mentorship

• Global Mental Health Collaborations