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Harold Lee
Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Summary Statement

Harold Lee is a behavioral scientist trained in social and molecular epidemiology, as well as intervention science. He aims to enhance population health by minimizing the harmful inherited effects while maximizing individual agency.

Department
  • Biobehavioral Health - BBH
  • Research and Labs
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Education
  • Brown University, PhD, Behavioral and Social Health Sciences, 2019
Currently Accepting Graduate Students
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Office Address
124 Biobehavioral Health Building
Research Interests
  • Cardiometabolic Health
  • Response Heterogeneity in Behavioral Interventions
  • Social and Genetic Epidemiology
  • Psychological Hedonism and Positive Psychology
Professional Experience
  • 2021-2022. Post-doctoral Research Fellow. The Genetic Epidemiology of Heart, Lung and Blood Traits Training Grant (NHLBI, T32HL129982). Department of Epidemiology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  • 2019-2021. Postdoctoral research fellow. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health.
  • 2018-2019. F31 Predoctoral Fellow. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
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