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Asst Prof Donghoon Lee
Assistant Professor, Metabolic Epidemiology, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
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Dr. Donghoon Lee is an Assistant Professor of Metabolic Epidemiology at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Sport and Leisure Studies at Yonsei University, South Korea and master’s and doctoral degrees in Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. After graduation, he completed his training as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Research Associate in the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is interested in understanding the role of obesity and energetics (physical activity and diet) on cancer prevention and survivorship using novel approaches in large-scale observational studies and clinical trials. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals, including British Medical Journal, JAMA Internal Medicine, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Diabetes Care. He is currently an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Nutrition.
Dr. Lee’s research primarily focuses on understanding the role of obesity and energetics (physical activity and diet) on cancer prevention and survivorship using novel approaches in large-scale observational studies and clinical trials. Dr. Lee seeks to strengthen causal inference in his work with his expertise in diverse study designs, including observational studies and randomized controlled trials, and analytical skills. He has extensive experiences with big data and clinical trials, including national and hospital-based data and Harvard cohorts of Nurses’ Health Studies and Health Professionals Follow-up Study.
Dr. Lee’s main research interests include (1) studying the role of physical activity over the life-course on chronic diseases, with specialty in cancer prevention and prognosis, and understanding the underlying mechanisms; (2) identifying nutrition and lifestyle factors that contribute to obesity-related cancers and applying precision medicine approach (muti-omics data) to develop personalized prevention and treatment; and (3) applying recently developed methods on estimating body composition and imaging technologies to re-examine issues in obesity research that are yet to be fully understood (i.e., obesity paradox). He also conducted numerous meta-analyses and reviews to synthesize the existing evidence to inform public health policies and guidelines related to physical activity, diet and obesity.
Dr. Lee’s main research interests include (1) studying the role of physical activity over the life-course on chronic diseases, with specialty in cancer prevention and prognosis, and understanding the underlying mechanisms; (2) identifying nutrition and lifestyle factors that contribute to obesity-related cancers and applying precision medicine approach (muti-omics data) to develop personalized prevention and treatment; and (3) applying recently developed methods on estimating body composition and imaging technologies to re-examine issues in obesity research that are yet to be fully understood (i.e., obesity paradox). He also conducted numerous meta-analyses and reviews to synthesize the existing evidence to inform public health policies and guidelines related to physical activity, diet and obesity.