Legacy Programs Alumni: Scholars in Health Disparities Program H - O
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German Hernandez, M.D. Sandra Jee, M.D. Soowoon Kim, Ph.D. |
Denae W. King, Ph.D. Helen Lee Kwon, Ph.D. Ly Uyen Nguyen, Ph.D. |
Sandra Jee, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Sandra Jee received a B.A. in English from Yale University and her M.D. with Distinction in Research from the University of Rochester. She recently received an M.P.H. degree in Health Management and policy from the University of Michigan. She completed two years of pediatric residency training at New York University-Belleview Hospital and one year at the University of Michigan. She completed an NRSA fellowship in Pediatric Health Services Research at the University of Michigan in the Division of General Pediatrics, prior to the Kellogg Scholars in Health Disparities Fellowship. She accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester in 2004. She received a junior faculty development award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, through the Physician Faculty Scholars Program. Dr. Jee's current research interests include community-based studies focused on health and mental health for vulnerable children, especially for children and youth in foster care.Soowon Kim, M.S., Ph.D.
Dr. Soowon Kim is a program manager at the Stanford Health Improvement Program (HIP), a division within the Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine. At HIP, she designs and evaluates health promotion efforts both inside and outside of Stanford. Her work is committed to improving the health of every individual, including those who are disadvantaged. She focuses her efforts on providing practical guidance to those developing health promotion programs and public policy by addressing the multiple pathways through which biological, behavioral and contextual contributors affect individual and population health. Recently, with her colleagues at the YMCA of the USA (Y-USA) and other universities, Kim developed the Community Healthy Living Index (CHLI), a tool that assesses opportunities for healthy eating and active living in communities and guides those communities through an improvement process. She also participates in evaluating the Y-USA's broader community effort called Healthier Communities Initiatives that facilitate community health improvements through collaborative efforts. She was a postdoctoral scholar in W.K. Kellogg Scholars in Health Disparities Program at the University of California, San Francisco. Kim received her B.S. and M.S. in Food and Nutrition from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, and her Ph.D. in Nutrition Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a nominated inductee of Delta Omega, the honorary society in public health.Denae Waller King, Ph.D.
Dr. Denae Waller King is currently a research scientist at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in the Center for Research on Minority Health and a Kellogg Scholar in Health Disparities Alumni (2004-2006). She holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Texas Southern University and obtained a master's and doctoral degree in environmental science with a concentration in toxicology from The University of Texas, Houston Health Science Center, School of Public Health. Although formally trained as a bench scientist, Dr. King developed an interest in community-based participatory research (CBPR) as it relates to environmental health and cancer during her postdoctoral Kellogg Scholars' training in the Center for Research on Minority Health. She has continued to work on environmental health assessment projects designed to address community-identified environmental health concerns in minority communities located in the Houston metropolitan area. Other projects include examinations of the toxicological and carcinogenic effects of the drinking water contaminants, disinfection byproducts. Additional newfound research interests include the role of neighborhood effects in the onset of cancer in minority populations. Dr. King's research has focused on biomarkers of genetic susceptibility and environmental risk factors associated with cancer incidence and mortality.
