Staff: Youn Ok Lee, PhD
Youn Ok "Younoki" Lee, Ph.D., is a Program Director in the Tobacco Control Research Branch (TCRB) within the Behavioral Research Program of NCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences.
Prior to joining TCRB, Dr. Lee served as a Program Officer at the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) in the University of California Office of the President's Research Grants Program Office. Before joining TRDRP, she spent 10 years at RTI International where she led tobacco control research projects funded by federal and state health agencies.
Dr. Lee's published work has examined tobacco-related health behaviors involving emerging tobacco products and population-level tobacco control interventions. Her current areas of interest extend this work with a focus on tobacco control policies, concurrent use of multiple tobacco products, tobacco-related health disparities, and emerging tobacco and cannabis products.
Dr. Lee earned Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After receiving her doctorate, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California San Francisco's Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education.
Current and/or past BRP mentors include Yvonne Prutzman.
Research Areas
- Tobacco control policy
- Concurrent use of multiple tobacco products
- Tobacco-Related Health Disparities
- Emerging tobacco and cannabis products
Selected Publications and Presentations
- Gaber J, Gammon DG, Lee YO, Nonnemaker J, Young B, Kim A, Porter L. JUUL's 2019 Removal of Mint-Flavored Pods and Changes to the Retail Environment of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems in Florida and the United States. Nicotine Tob Res 2022 OCt 26; 24(11):1748-1755.
- Watkins SL, Karliner-Li P, Lee YO, Koester KA, Ling PM A mixed-methods study to inform the clarity and accuracy of cannabis-use and cannabis-tobacco co-use survey measures. Drug Alcohol Depend 2021 Jul 1; 224:108697.
- Lee YO, Curry LE, Fiacco L, Henes A, Farrelly MC, Nonnemaker JM, Hoffman L, Walker MW Peer crowd segmentation for targeting public education campaigns: Hip hop youth and tobacco use. Prev Med Rep 2019 Mar 15; 14:100843.
- Lee YO, Hebert CJ, Nonnemaker JM, Kim AE Youth tobacco product use in the United States. Pediatrics 2015 Mar; 135(3):409-415.
- Lee YO, Hebert CJ, Nonnemaker JM, Kim AE. Multiple tobacco product use among adults in the United States: cigarettes, cigars, electronic cigarettes, hookah, smokeless tobacco, and snus. Prev Med 2014 May; 62:14-19.
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