Juliet Lee is a Senior Research Scientist and Study Director at the Prevention Research Center of PIRE and PIRE-California. Her work focuses on social environmental aspects of substance use and misuse, with emphasis on participatory approaches to research and prevention, funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the University of California Office of the President.
She is currently the Principal Investigator on a study of the effects of state and Tribal alcohol policy environments on alcohol-related health and safety outcomes for people residing on Tribal lands, and a substudy of healthcare-seeking and violence against American Indian/Alaska Native women under COVID-19 conditions (in partnership with Seven Directions, a Center for Indigenous Public Health); Co-Principal Investigator on community-engaged research projects to reduce and prevent commercial tobacco-related health harms for Arab American women and their families (in partnership with Communities Upwards); Co-Investigator on a multilevel intervention to reduce and prevent commercial tobacco related harms among California Native youths and families (in partnership with a Tribal health clinic); and Associate Director of a contract providing Technical Assistance on research and evaluation to Native American Grantees within the California Reducing Disparities Project (a project of the California Department of Public Health, Office of Health Equity).
Dr. Lee has previously co-directed and served as co-investigator on community-partnered and community-based research and prevention projects assessing, reducing, and preventing problems associated with availability and misuse of alcohol, commercial tobacco, cannabis, and other intoxicating substances. Dr. Lee received her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Virginia, and MA in Asian Studies from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (Ke Kulanui o’Hawai’i ma Mānoa).
A partial list of her publications are listed on NIH’s National Library of Medicine site and a complete list on our publications page.
Selected Projects
Healthy Tribal Nations: Identifying Effective Alcohol Policies for American Indian Tribes
Commit to Quit Pilot: Mobilizing Arab American Women to Reduce Tobacco-Related Harms
Hayat Jayida: Primary Prevention of Breast Cancer for Underserved Arab American Women, Pilot Study
Impacts of Off-Premise Alcohol Outlets on Local Neighborhood Alcohol Problems
Explaining Local Impacts of Off-Premise Alcohol Outlets on Problems
Tribal Community-Involved Commercial Tobacco Reduction: Peer Support Beyond the Clinic
Technical Assistance Provider (TAP) for the Native American Implementation Pilot Projects
