Hye-Seung Lee, PhD, MS
Dr. Lee is a native of Seoul, South Korea, where she earned her BS and MS degrees. At Korea University she was a researcher on projects involving statistical methods for identification using DNA, including paternity testing and criminal identification. She was awarded a biostatistics fellowship at Columbia University in NY, where she earned her PhD degree. At Columbia University, she worked at the Neurological Institute as a statistician on the Northern Manhattan Stroke Study and at the Sergievsky Center where she was an analyst for a project investigating gene identification in Alzheimer disease and memory decline. She also completed a certificate program in Advanced Gene Mapping and Linkage at Rockefeller University in 2004.
Dr. Lee joined the USF faculty in 2006 as an Assistant Professor at the Pediatrics Epidemiology Center. Her research interest is the development of statistical methods for gene mapping of complex diseases. She is an author on nearly 30 publications and frequently speaks at national and international research conferences. Dr. Lee is currently an investigator for the Rare Disease Clinical Research Network and the Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young.
Education & Training
| BS | Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea; Statistics, 1995 |
| MS | Korea University, Seoul, South Korea; Statistics, 1998 |
| PhD | Columbia University, NY, NY; Biostatistics, 2006 |
Scholarly Interests
- Linkage analyses for quantitative traits
- Regression modeling for correlations
- Longitudinal data analysis
- Family studies
Selected Publications
