Eun Kyung Lee

Eun Kyung Lee is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Studies, State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry (ESF). She holds academic appointments from 2023-present and has postdoctoral experience at Boston University School of Public Health (2022-2023) and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (2020-2022). Her research focuses on environmental health disparities, neighborhood inequality, chronic disease prevention, and food systems policy. She teaches courses like Foundations of Environmental Health and Quantitative Methods for Measuring Environmental Inequality.

Dr. Lee's work examines how historical and contemporary environmental policies contribute to health inequities. Her research integrates spatial analysis, public health data, and community-level interventions. Notable projects include studies on redlined neighborhoods' health impacts and biorefinery pollution effects. She has published extensively in journals like Social Science & Medicine and Environmental Science and Technology.

Her academic background includes a Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences from University at Albany, SUNY (2019), and an MPH in Global Health from Tufts University (2014). She actively collaborates on community-based interventions targeting asthma management and food access equity. Her research emphasizes actionable policy solutions to address systemic inequities in environmental and healthcare systems.