Rebecca E. Lee, PhD
Dr. Rebecca Lee is director of the
She additionally holds a courtesy appointment at the University of Texas School
of Public Health.
An editorial board member of the International Journal of Women’s Health
and the American Journal of Health Promotion, she was named winner of
the Research Excellence Award in 2005 and 2008,
She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cardiovascular disease and physical
activity at Stanford University School of Medicine. She earned her PhD in human
services psychology at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and she
received an MA in experimental psychology at
Other positions during her career include assistant adjunct professor,
Department of Psychology,
She has authored and co-authored numerous studies in peer-reviewed
publications, serves as charter member on the Community Level Health Promotion
Study Section for the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institute of
Health, and has received many honors and awards.
In current research, she is principal investigator for the NIH/NCI study
“Maintaining Physical Activity in Ethnic Minority Women.” For Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation Active Living Research, she served as principal investigator
for “Environmental Correlates of Leisure and Transportation Walking of
Residents of Public Housing.” For SADF, she was principal investigator on
“Environmental Barriers to Maintaining a Healthy Weight in Urban Housing
Developments.”
Dr. Lee serves on the Houston Mayor’s Wellness Council, dotes on three nephews,
is an expert salsa dancer, loves to travel and enjoys wine tasting and
intellectual wind sprints.
Email:
releephd@yahoo.com
Website: www.coe.uh.edu/database/facultytemplate.cfm?id=323
Phone: 713-743-9335