Kathryn Lee, RN, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Family Health Care Nursing
School of Nursing

Dr. Lee has been in the Department of Family Health Care Nursing since 1988. She is Professor Emerita with a program of research in the area of sleep, fatigue, and circadian rhythms particularly focused on women and reproductive health issues.

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She was the Director of an NIH-funded T32 Nurse Research Training Grant on Symptom Management for 20 years, and was the Associate Dean for Research in the School of Nursing from 2010 to 2015. She held the James P. and Marjorie A. Livingston Endowed Chair in Nursing until her retirement in 2015. She is certified in Behavioral Sleep Medicine, and served as an Associate Editor for two journals: Behavioral Sleep Medicine and SLEEP. She was on the editorial board of Sleep Medicine Reviews until 2021.

Awards

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  • Fellow, Western Academy of Nursing, Western Institute of Nursing (WIN), 2018-now
  • Doctoral Student Mentor of the Year, UCSF School of Nursing, 2015
  • Excellence in Research, Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), 2014
  • International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, 2013
  • Distinguished Research Award, University of Washington School of Nursing, 2006
  • Helen Nahm Research Award, UCSF School of Nursing, 2004
  • Margretta Madden Styles Award for Excellence in Nursing, UCSF School of Nursing, 2002
  • Doctoral Student Mentor of the Year, UCSF, 2001
  • Fellow, American Academy of Nursing, American Academy of Nursing, 1996-2015
  • Doctoral Student Mentor of the Year, UCSF, 1996
  • James & Marjorie Livingston Endowed Chair in Nursing, UCSF, 1993-2015

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Publications (252)

Top publication keywords:
Symptom AssessmentPregnancy Trimester, ThirdPregnancy ComplicationsNocturiaSleep DeprivationActigraphyMenstrual CyclePuerperal DisordersSleep Wake DisordersFatigueSleepSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersMothersMenopauseWomen's Health

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