Biographical Sketch
Hae Nim Lee
Ph.D. Student
Boston College
Education
MSW, Washington University in St. Louis
Research Interests
Adolescent well-being in multicultural families, immigrant health, work and well-being of immigrants, cross cultural research
Organization Affiliations
Center on Aging and Work, Society for Social Work Research, American Public Health Association
Awards and Fellowships
Boston College Doctoral Fellowship; George Warren Brown School of Social Work General Tuition Scholarship
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant (2015), Program Evaluation, School of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA;
Teaching Assistant (2014), Research Methods, School of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA;
Teaching Assistant (2014), Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling, School of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut
Hill, MA;
Teaching Assistant (2014), Program Evaluation, School of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA;
Teaching Assistant (2013), Research Methods, School of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
Research Experience
Research Assistant (2014), Research Institute on social, economic and environmental equity (Rise3), Boston College, Chestnut
Hill, MA (David Takeuchi and Tiziana Dearing);
Graduate Research Assistant (2012-2014), The Sloan Center on Aging and Work (SCAW), Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
(Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes);
Research Assistant (2012-2013), School of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (Rocio Calvo);
Research Assistant (2011), School of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (Thanh Tran);
Research Assistant (2010-2011), Social Intervention Group (SIG), Columbia University, New York, NY (Nabila El-Bassel);
Research Assistant (2010-2011), Global Health Research Center of Central Asia (GHRCCA), Columbia University, New York,
NY (Nabila El-Bassel);
Research Assistant (2010), George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
(Shanta Pandey);
Research Assistant (2008-2009), George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis,
MO (Clifton Emery).
Publications
Lee, H. N., McNamara, T. K., Pitt-Catsouphes, M., & Lee, J. (2014, first published online). Opportunities to receive
and provide training: Employee outcomes in the United States and Japan. International Journal of Training and Development.
Ismayilova, L., Lee, H. N., Show, S., El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L. Terlikbayeva, A., & Rozental, Y. (2014). Mental
health and migration: Depression, alcohol abuse, and access to health care among Central Asian migrants. Journal of
Immigrant and Minority Health.
Tran, T. V., Allen, N. A., Nguyen, T-N., Lee, H. N., & Chan, K. (2014). Self-reported type 2 diabetes and heart
disease: Bodyweight, lifestyle, type 2 diabetes and heart disease among foreign born older adult Vietnamese Americans. Social
Work in Health Care, 53(2), 96-114.
Tran, T. V., Lee, H. N., Nguyen, T. N., & Chan, K. (2013). Perceived community efficacy, social networks and
depression in a sample of Vietnamese Americans living in post-hurricane Katrina areas. Race, Gender and Class, 20(3/4),291298.
Tran, T. V., Vatcher, R., Lee, H. N., Phan, P. T., & Nguyen, T. N. (2013). Race, income and vegetable consumption
among White, Chinese, Korean and Asian Americans. International Journal of Social Science Studies, 1(2), 31-43.
Wu, E., El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Hess, L., Lee, H. N., & Rowell, T. (2012). Prior incarceration and barriers to receipt
of services among entrants to alternative to incarceration programs: A Gender-Based Disparity. Journal of Urban Health, 89(2),
384-395.
Pandey, S., Gyanesh, L., & Lee, H. N. (2012). Effect of women's empowerment on their utilization of health services:
A case of Nepal. International Social Work, 55(4), 554-573.
Pandey, S. & Lee, H. N. (2012). Determinants of child immunization in Nepal: the role of women's empowerment.
Health Education Journal, 71(6), 642-653.
Presentations
Lee, H. N. (2015, January). The Relationship between Depression and Obesity among Hispanic Adolescents in ThreeGenerational Households Using Structural Path Model. The 19th Annual Conference of Society for Social Work and Research
(SSWR), New Orleans, LA.
Lee, H. N. (2014, May). Three-Generation Co-residence and Overweight among Immigrant Adolescents. The 79th
Annual Meeting of Population Association of America (PAA), Boston, MA.
Lee, H. N. & Calvo, R. (2013, November). Measurement equivalence of the (CES-D) scale for Hispanic and Asian
Immigrants. The 141th Annual Conference of American Public Health Association (APHA), Boston, MA.
Lee, H. N., McNamara, T. K., Pitt-Catsouphes, M., & Lee, J. (2013, June). Opportunities to receive and provide
training: Employee outcomes in the United States and Japan. The 20th World Congress of International Association of
Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG), Seoul, Korea.
Calvo, R., & Lee. H. N. (2013, March). Latinos’ use of the internet to access health care information in the United
States: A test of the social diversification hypothesis. The 83rd Annual Meeting of Eastern Sociological Society (ESS), Boston,
MA.
Calvo, R., Lee. H. N., Lamba-Nieves, D., Mallet, M. L., Waters, M. C. (2013, January). Understanding the role of
English on perceived quality of health care among Latino immigrants in the United States. The 17th Annual Conference of
Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), San Diego, CA.
Kim, J., Shim, J., Lee, H. N., & Lee, R. H. (2013, January). Moderating effects of household type on the association
between material hardship and depression among low-income households in Korea. The 17th Annual Conference of Society for
Social Work and Research (SSWR), San Diego, CA.
Lee, H. N. & Lee, R. H. (2013, January). Effects of After School Program participation on mental health and
substance use among adolescents from 18 public high schools in Boston. The 17th Annual Conference of Society for Social
Work and Research (SSWR), San Diego, CA.
Nguyen, T-N., Tran, T. V., Allen, N., Chan, K., & Lee, H. N. (2012, November). Bodyweight, lifestyle behaviors, type
2 diabetes and heart disease among foreign-born older adult Vietnamese Americans. The 65th Annual Meeting of
Gerontological Society of America (GSA), San Diego, CA.
Kim, J., Shim, J., Lee, H. N., & Lee, R. H. (2012, May). Material hardship and depression among low-income
families in Korea. The 77th Annual Meeting of Population Association of America (PAA), San Francisco, CA.
Kim, J., Shim, J., Lee, H. N., & Lee, R. H. (2012, February). Material hardship and depression among low-income
families in Korea. The 82st Annual Meeting of Eastern Sociological Society (ESS), New York, NY.
Lee, H. N., & Lee, R. H. (2012, January). Diverse patterns in the use of traditional and western health services among
Asian immigrants in the US. The 16th Annual Conference of Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), Washington, DC.
Ismayilova, L., Lee, H. N., Show, S., El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., & Terlikbayeva, A. (2011, November). Health status
and access to care among migrant market workers in Kazakhstan. The 139th Annual Meeting of American Public Health
Association (APHA), Washington, DC.
Terlikbayeva, A., El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Hunt, T., Primbetova, S., Yegeubayeva, S., Ismaylova, L., Lee, H. N., &
Amirov, B. (2011, April). Descriptive statistics from the Naloxone-based peer led overdose prevention project in Kazakhstan.
The 22nd Annual International Conference of International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA), Adelaide, Australia.
Lee, H. N., & Lee, R. H. (2010, November). Health service utilization among different ethnicities of new immigrants. The 138th
Annual Conference of American Public Health Association (APHA), Denver, CO.