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SoJung Lee, PhD
Job Title
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
3705 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh,
PA
15213
412-692-8041
Phone
Email
sojung.lee@chp.edu
Education and Training
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Graduate School: |
2000 MS, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada |
Memberships
- North American Association for the Study of Obesity
- American Diabetes Association
- Pediatric Academic Societies
- Expert Panel Member of the Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome Working Group, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Awards
- University of Manitoba Travel Grant Award
- 2001-2004 Queen’s University Graduate Scholarship
- 2001-2004 International Student Tuition Bursary
- Young Investigator Award: Serono Symposia International (Metabolic Syndrome/Metabolic Risk)
Publications
- Lee S, Gungor N, Bacha F, Arslanian SA. Insulin resistance: link to the components of the metabolic syndrome and biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction in youth. Diabetes Care 30: 2091-2097, 2007.
- Lee S, Bacha F, Gungor N, Arslanian SA. Cardiorespiratory fitness in youth: relationship to insulin sensitivity and b-cell function. Obesity 14(9):1579-1585, 2006.
- Lee S, Bacha F, Gungor N, Arslanian SA. Waist circumference is an independent predictor of insulin resistance in African-American and White youth. J Pediatr 148(2):188-194, 2006.
Active Research Projects / Grants
- Childhood Metabolic Markers of Adult Morbidity in Blacks
- Teen-LABS Outcome: Body Composition, Insulin Sensitivity & Secretion and CVD Risk
