Lewina O. Lee, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Biography
Lewina O. Lee, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, and Psychologist-Clinical Investigator at the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System. She received her Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology–Aging) from the University of Southern California. She completed a Clinical Psychology internship at VA Palo Alto and a postdoctoral fellowship in Epidemiology at Boston University and VA Boston. Her research examines the role of psychosocial stress exposure – particularly early adversity – on lifespan health, and mechanisms which transmit the effects of stress on health, while adopting a lifespan developmental perspective. A related line of her research considers positive psychosocial factors which confer resilience against the effects of psychosocial stress exposure on health. She co-directs the Boston Early Adversity and Mortality Study (BEAMS), which aims to create a cradle-to-grave dataset to enable research on lifespan processes linking childhood experiences to later-life health. She has been the recipient of numerous awards from the National Institute on Aging, including a predoctoral NRSA (F31) fellowship, a Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08), and an RF-1 award.
Other Positions
- VA Boston Healthcare System
Education
- University of Southern California, PhD
- University of Southern California, MA
- University of Southern California, BA
Publications
- Published on 10/3/2022
Wang C, DeMeo DL, Kim ES, Cardenas A, Fong KC, Lee LO, Spiro A, Whitsel EA, Horvath S, Hou L, Baccarelli AA, Li Y, Stewart JD, Manson JE, Grodstein F, Kubzansky LD, Schwartz JD. Epigenome-Wide Analysis of DNA Methylation and Optimism in Women and Men. Psychosom Med. 2023 01 01; 85(1):89-97. PMID: 36201768.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/13/2022
Trudel-Fitzgerald C, Chen R, Lee LO, Kubzansky LD. Are coping strategies and variability in their use associated with lifespan? J Psychosom Res. 2022 Nov; 162:111035. PMID: 36152346.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/11/2022
Lee LO, Grodstein F, Trudel-Fitzgerald C, James P, Okuzono SS, Koga HK, Schwartz J, Spiro A, Mroczek DK, Kubzansky LD. Optimism, Daily Stressors, and Emotional Well-Being Over Two Decades in a Cohort of Aging Men. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2022 Aug 11; 77(8):1373-1383. PMID: 35255123.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/8/2022
Koga HK, Trudel-Fitzgerald C, Lee LO, James P, Kroenke C, Garcia L, Shadyab AH, Salmoirago-Blotcher E, Manson JE, Grodstein F, Kubzansky LD. Optimism, lifestyle, and longevity in a racially diverse cohort of women. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 10; 70(10):2793-2804. PMID: 35674052.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/24/2022
Lee LO, Grimm KJ, Spiro A, Kubzansky LD. Neuroticism, Worry, and Cardiometabolic Risk Trajectories: Findings From a 40-Year Study of Men. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 02; 11(3):e022006. PMID: 35072514.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/18/2021
Guimond, A-J., Kubzansky, L.D., & Lee, L.O. In R. Schwartz, J.A. Hall, & L.G. Osterberg (Eds.), Emotion in the Clinical Encounter. Emotion and illness. McGraw Hill. New York. 2021; 51-81.
Read at: Custom - Published on 12/2/2020
Lindert J, Lee LO, Weisskopf MG, McKee M, Sehner S, Spiro A. Threats to Belonging-Stressful Life Events and Mental Health Symptoms in Aging Men-A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Front Psychiatry. 2020; 11:575979. PMID: 33424657.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/10/2020
Yang MS, Quach L, Lee LO, Spiro A, Burr JA. Subjective well-being among male veterans in later life: the enduring effects of early life adversity. Aging Ment Health. 2022 01; 26(1):107-115. PMID: 33170037.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/17/2020
Franz MR, Kaiser AP, Phillips RJ, Lee LO, Lawrence AE, Taft CT, Vasterling JJ. Associations of warzone veteran mental health with partner mental health and family functioning: Family Foundations Study. Depress Anxiety. 2020 11; 37(11):1068-1078. PMID: 32805764.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/2/2020
LaMotte AD, Pless Kaiser A, Lee LO, Supelana C, Taft CT, Vasterling JJ. Factors Influencing Family Environment Reporting Concordance Among U.S. War Zone Veterans and Their Partners. Assessment. 2021 07; 28(5):1459-1470. PMID: 32486907.
Read at: PubMed
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