Chiyoung Lee

Chiyoung Lee is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Nursing, University of Arizona, and a member of the Graduate Faculty and BIO5 Institute. Their research focuses on pain management, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), Alzheimer's disease, health disparities, and network analysis.

• Ph.D. in Nursing, Duke University (2020)
• M.S.N. and B.S.N., Seoul National University (2017, 2013)

Current research explores tDCS applications for pain relief in Alzheimer's patients, racial disparities in pain experiences, and network analysis of mental health and cardiovascular risk factors. Recent work leverages machine learning to predict treatment outcomes for knee osteoarthritis and investigates inflammation's role in pain and cognition.

Key trends in their 2025 publications include:

• Home-based tDCS for chronic pain and neuropsychiatric symptoms
• Network analysis of menopausal symptoms and mental health
• Racial disparities in pain mechanisms mediated by inflammation
• Machine learning for personalized pain treatment prediction