RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and eye disease
American Indian health
Prevention research
Current major research projects :
- Cardiovascular Disease in American Indians (Strong Heart Study – strongheart.ouhsc.edu) - A multicenter longitudinal study (since 1988) of heart disease and its risk factors in 13 American Indian tribes and communities, funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) . Role: P.I. of the Oklahoma Center and Coordinating Center
- Stop Atherosclerosis in Native Diabetics Study (SANDS) – A multicenter clinical trial to prevent heart disease by lowering blood pressure and LDL-cholesterol in American Indians who have diabetes, funded by NHLBI/NIH. Role: P.I. of Oklahoma Center.
- Oklahoma Native American EXPORT Center – A program project to reduce health disparities by research, training and community outreach, funded by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) of NIH. Role: P.I.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
B.A. National Taiwan University, Taiwan, China.
M.A. University of California, Berkeley.
Ph.D. New York University, N.Y..
APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS:
George Lynn Cross Research Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 1990-Present.
Director, Center for American Indian Health Research, 1994-present.
Dean, College of Public Health, 1994-2002.
Associate Dean for Research, College of Public Health, 1992-94.
Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 1985-1990.
Recent Publications:
Book:
Lee, ET and Wang, JW, Statistical Methods for Survival Data Analysis, 3 rd edition, John Wiley, Hoboken, N.J., 2003.
Papers and chapters (selected from 150) :
- Lee, E.T. , Keen, H., Bennett, P.H., Fuller, J.H., Lu, M., and the WHO Multinational Study Group . "Follow-up of the WHO Multinational Study of Vascular Disease in Diabetes: General Description and Morbidity." Diabetologia, 44, Supplement 2, S3 - S13, September 2001.
- Lee, E.T ., Welty, T.K., Cowan, L.D., Rhoades, D.A., Devereux, R.B., Go, O., Fabsitz, R.R., Wang, W., Howard, B.V. Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus in American Indians of Three Geographic Areas: The Strong Heart Study. Diabetes Care, 25 (1): 49-54, 2002.
- Wang, W., Lee, E.T., Fabsitz, R.R., Welty, T.K., Howard, B.V. Using HbA1c to improve efficacy of the American Diabetes Association fasting plasma glucose criterion in screening for new type 2 Diabetes in American Indians: The Strong Heart Study. Diabetes Care, 25(8): 1365-1370, 2002.
- W ang, W., Lee, E.T., Fabsitz, R.R. Estimating means of a set of measures from small samples by using multivariate composite estimating concept - The Strong Heart Study. Annals of Epidemiology, 13(4): 280-285, April 2003.
- Lee, E.T. , Begum, M, Wang, W., Blackett, P.R., Blevins, K.S., Stoddart, M., Tolbert, B., Alaupovic, P. “Type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in American Indians aged 5-40 Years: The Cherokee Diabetes Study”. Annals of Epidemiology, 14(9):696-704, 2004
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