Lewina O. Lee, PhD

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Lewina O. Lee, PhD, is Associate 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.

Publications

  • Published 10/1/2024

    Vogt D, Borowski S, Kumar SA, Lee LO, Schnurr PP. Psychosocial Well-Being at the Time of Trauma Exposure and Risk of PTSD. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 01; 7(10):e2440388. PMID: 39453662.

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  • Published 4/1/2024

    Marino VR, Trudel-Fitzgerald C, Aldwin CM, Spiro A, Lee LO. The Costs of Coping: Long-Term Mortality Risk in Aging Men. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2024 Apr 01; 79(4). PMID: 38501168.

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  • Published 11/29/2023

    Trudel-Fitzgerald C, Lee LO, Guimond AJ, Chen R, James P, Koga HK, Lee HH, Okuzono SS, Grodstein F, Rich-Edwards J, Kubzansky LD. A long and resilient life: the role of coping strategies and variability in their use in lifespan among women. Anxiety Stress Coping. 2024 Jul; 37(4):473-486. PMID: 38031408.

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  • Published 8/25/2023

    MacDonald HZ, Franz MR, Kaiser AP, Lee LO, Lawrence AE, Fairbank JA, Vasterling JJ. Associations of Warzone Veteran and Intimate Partner PTSD Symptoms with Child Depression, Anxiety, Hyperactivity, and Conduct Problems. Mil Behav Health. 2023; 11(4):236-243. PMID: 38859978.

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  • Published 8/24/2023

    Atherton OE, Graham EK, Dorame AN, Horgan D, Luo J, Nevarez MD, Ferrie JP, Spiro A, Schulz MS, Waldinger RJ, Mroczek DK, Lee LO. Is there intergenerational continuity in early life experiences? Findings from the Harvard Study of Adult Development. J Fam Psychol. 2023 Dec; 37(8):1123-1136. PMID: 37616090.

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Education

  • University of Southern California, PhD
  • University of Southern California, MA
  • University of Southern California, BA

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