HaEun Lee, PhD, RN


Assistant Professor
Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership

University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482

Interests

  • Global health
  • Maternal child health
  • Reproductive health
  • Health equity
  • Community-based interventions

Dr. Lee's research focuses on improving the health and health equity of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by empowering women as effectors of health for themselves, their families, and their communities. Furthermore, her work encompassess better involving women's partners, families, communities, systems, and structures to promote women's health and gender equity. Dr. Lee has more than ten years of experience working in African countries, including Uganda, Zambia, Liberia, and Nigeria.

Current Research Grants and Programs

  • Center for Global Health Equity Challenge Group Grant, "Governance, Citizenship, and Accountability: A Study of People-Centered Development in the Ugandan Health Sector" (Co-I).
  • African Studies Center, "Rates, Factors, and Impacts of Anxiety in the Dadaab Refugee Camp, Kenya" (Co-I)

Teaching

Dr. Lee has both formal teaching and mentoring experience. She has delivered a number of guest lectures on topics related to global health, maternal child health, and gender equity for both undergraduate and graduate level nursing and public health students. Dr. Lee has also mentored a number of nursing honors students and graduate nuring students, leading to publications at peer-reviewed jounals such as Midwifery and BMC Public Health and presentations at national and international conferences such as American Public Health Associations (APHA) Consortium of Univerity for Global Health (CUGH).

Affiliations / Service

  • Member, Sigma Theta Tau, Rho Chapter, 2016-present (Kappa Epsilon Chapter 2016-2017)
  • Member, Transcultural Nursing Society, 2081-present
  • Member, Consortium of University for Global Health (CUGH), 2018-present
  • Member, Midwest Nursing Research Society, 2020-present

Notable Awards / Honors

  • Fellow, Gateways 21st Century Nursing, 2017-2019
  • Rackham Community of Scholars Fellow, Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG), 2020 (summer)
  • Scholar, Karl C.K. Ma, 2020-2021
  • Early Career Professional Scholarship, Public Health Nursing Section, American Public Health Association (APHA), 2022

Education

  • PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2021
  • BSN, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI 2016

Publication Highlights

  • Lee., H., Perosky, J., Horton, M., Reynold, C., Nyanplu, A., & Lori, J. (2023). Verbal autopsy analysis of maternal mortality in Bong County, Liberia: A retrospective mixed methods study. BMJ Open Quality, 12(2), e002147. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2022-002147

  • Reynolds, C., Horton, M., Lee, H., Harmon, W. M., Perosky, J., Lockhart, N., & Lori, J. (2023). Acceptability of a WhatsApp triage, referral, and transfer system for obstetric patients in rural Liberia. Annal of Global Health, 89(1):34. doi: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4030

  • Ebeye, T., Lee, H., & Sriharan, A. (2023). Physician-suggested innovative methods for health system resilience amidst workforce emigration and sociopolitical unrest in Nigeria: A survey-based study. Annals of Global Health, 89(1), 13. doi:10.5334/aogh.4025

  • Ebeye, T. & Lee, H. (2023) Down the brain drain: A rapid review exploring physician emigration from West Africa. Global Health Research and Policy, 8(1), 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-023-00307-0

  • Lee, H., Veliz, P.T., Maffioli, E. M., Munro-Kramer, M. L., Sakala, I., Chiboola, N. M., Ngoma, T., Kaiser, J. L., Rockers, P. C., Scott, N. A., & Lori, J. R. (2022). The roles of savings and internal lending communities (SILCs) in improving community-level household wealth, financial perparedness for birth, and utilization of reproductive health services in rural Zambia: A secondary analysis. BMS Public Health, 22. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14121-9

  • Horton, R., Lee, H., Perosky, J. E., Kofa, A., Lori, J. R. (2022). Comparison of quality, birth outcomes, and service utilization between health facilities with and without maternity waiting homes in Liberia. Midwifery, 105, 103235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2021.103235

  • Reynolds, C. W., Horton, M., Anankware, J. P., Perosky, J., Lee, H., Nyanplu, A., Zogbaye, B., Kofa, A., & Lori, J. R. (2022). Sustainable palm weevil farming as nutrition supplementation at maternity waiting homes in Liberia. BMC Public Health, 22, 1313. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13706-8

  • Lee, H., Maffioli, E. M., Veliz, P. T., Sakala, I., Chiboola, N. M., & Lori, J. R. (2022). Direct and opportunity costs related to utilizing maternity waiting homes in rural Zambia. Midwifery, 105, 103211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2021.103211

  • Lee, H., Maffioli, E. M., Veliz, P. T., Munro-Kramer, M. L., Phiri, T. K., Sakala, I., Kaunda, J., Chiboola, N. M., Lori, J. R. (2021). The role of savings and internal lending communities (SILCs) in improving household wealth and financial preparedness for birth in rural Zambia. Health Policy and Planning, 36(8), 1269-1278. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab049

  • Polick, C. S., Cho, Y., Harris, M. L., Johnson, F. U., Granner, J. R., Lee, H., Liestenfeltz, B., Webster, K. E., Youmans, A., & Zhou, W. (2021). The future speaks: The next generation of nurse scientist's perspectives on team science as the discipline's future. Nursing Outlook, 69(4), 518-520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2021.03.008

  • Ayoola, A., Kamp, K., Adams, Y. J., Granner, J. R., DeGroot, L., Lee, H., Zandee, G., & Doornbos, M. M. (2021). Strategies to promote and sustain baccalaureate students' interest in pursuing a PhD degree in nursing. Journal of Professional Nursing, 37(5), 935-941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2021.07.006

  • Lee, H., Veliz, P. T., Ray, E. T., Chiboola, N. M., Phiri, T. K., Musonda, G., & Lori, J. R. (2021). Financial preparedness for birth among rural Zambian women: Do antenatal care contacts make a difference? Maternal and Child Health Journal, 25(1), 22-26. doi:10.1007/s10995-020-03043-w

  • Lee, H. & Lori, J. R. (2020). Scoping review: valid and reliable health literacy assessment tools used in low- and middle-income countries. Journal of Nursing Measurement. doi: 10.1891/JNM-D-18-00071

  • Ayoola, A. B., Sneller, K., Ebeye, T. D., Dykstra, M. J., Ellens, V. L., Lee, H. G., & Zandee, G. L. (2016). Preconception health behaviors of low-income women. MCN, The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 41(5), 293-298. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMC.0000000000000263