Soo-Jeong Lee, RN, PhD, ANP
Associate Professor
Community Health Systems
School of Nursing

My research focuses on health effects of occupational exposures and prevention of occupational injuries and illnesses. • Musculoskeletal disorders in health care workers • Health effects from chemical exposures (pesticides, cleaning products) • Organizational and occupational factors, safe work practices • Occupational health surveillance • Evaluation of impact of interventions at individual, organizational, and regulatory levels

Education & Training

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• Post-doc Epidemiology Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 06/2010
• PhD Nursing University of California, San Francisco 12/2007
• MS Nursing Seoul National University 02/1999
• BSN Nursing Seoul National University 02/1993

Grants and Projects

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• The National Dementia Workforce Study, NIH/NIA, 2023-2028
• Relationships of dementia care workforce experiences, training, & work environment to resident outcomes in skilled nursing facilities, NIH, 2021-2026
• Effect of disinfectant exposure on the gut microbiome of cleaning workers, UCSF, 2024-2025
• Impact of COVID-19 on disinfectant exposure and associated health effects, NIH/NIEHS, 2021-2024
• Feasibility and Efficacy of Enhanced Stress Resilience Training for Psychosocial and Occupational Wellbeing of Critical Care Nurses, UCSF Health Clinical Nursing Research Grant, 2023-2024
• UCSF Health Workforce Research Center on Long-Term Care, U.S. Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Admin, 2021-2022
• The Impact of Safe Patient Handling Legislation on Musculoskeletal Disorders Among California Health Care Workers, U.S. Department of Labor, 2017-2019
• Safe Patient Handling Legislation and MSDs in California Healthcare Workers, NIH, 2013-2015
• Musculoskeletal Disorders among California Nurses: Impact of Safe Patient Handling Law, Southern California NIOSH Education and Research Center, 2012-2013
• Pilot-test of CDC-sponsored measure for reporting healthcare personnel Influenza vaccination coverage, CDC, 2010-2011

Publications (50)

Top publication keywords:
Nursing Staff, HospitalWorkplaceHealth PersonnelOccupational InjuriesMusculoskeletal DiseasesOccupational HealthMusculoskeletal PainNursing StaffSafety ManagementWorkloadNursesOccupational ExposureWorkOccupational DiseasesMoving and Lifting Patients

• Factors associated with mobile medical clinic use: a retrospective cohort study.
  International journal for equity in health 2023 Coaston A, Lee SJ, Johnson JK, Weiss S, Hoffmann T, Stephens C
• Impact of COVID-19 on occupational injuries and illnesses among nursing care facility workers: Analysis of California workers' compensation data, 2019-2021.
  American journal of industrial medicine 2023 Lee SJ, Yun Y, Hwang J, Jong S
• Underreporting of work-related low back pain among registered nurses: A mixed method study.
  American journal of industrial medicine 2023 Kwon S, Lee SJ
• Underreporting of workers' injuries or illnesses and contributing factors: a systematic review.
  BMC public health 2023 Kyung M, Lee SJ, Dancu C, Hong O
• The effect of COVID-19 on workplace violence in California's hospitals: An interrupted time series analysis.
  Journal of advanced nursing 2023 Odes R, Lee SJ, Hong O, Jun J

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• Job satisfaction and job security as moderators in the relationships among job demands, musculoskeletal symptoms, and work performance.
  International archives of occupational and environmental health 2023 Kwon S, de Castro AB, Herting JR, Lee SJ, Johnson K, Bao S
• Evaluation of an Ecological Model for Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders.
  ANS. Advances in nursing science 2022 Kyung M, Wagner L, Lee SJ, Hong O
• Real-time racial discrimination, affective states, salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase in Black adults.
  PloS one 2022 Nam S, Jeon S, Lee SJ, Ash G, Nelson LE, Granger DA
• Differences in employment, job characteristics, and work-related perceptions by sociodemographic factors among registered nurses of diverse race/ethnicity.
  Nursing outlook 2022 Nam S, Kwon S, Lee SJ
• Filing a Workers' Compensation Claim for Low Back Pain and Associated Factors: Analysis of 2015 National Health Interview Survey.
  Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2022 Kyung M, Lee SJ, Collman N, Domeracki S, Hong O
• Safe patient handling legislation and musculoskeletal disorders among California healthcare workers: Analysis of workers' compensation data, 2007-2016.
  American journal of industrial medicine 2022 Lee SJ, Lee JH, Harrison R
• Interaction between physical demands and job strain on musculoskeletal symptoms and work performance.
  Ergonomics 2022 Kwon S, Lee SJ, Bao S, de Castro AB, Herting JR, Johnson K
• Mobile Medical Clinics in the United States Post-Affordable Care Act: An Integrative Review.
  Population health management 2022 Coaston A, Lee SJ, Johnson J, Hardy-Peterson M, Weiss S, Stephens C
• Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Perceptions of Health, Work Environment and Experiences of Work-Related Symptoms Among Cleaning Workers.
  Journal of immigrant and minority health 2022 Kyung M, Collman N, Domeracki S, Hong O, Lee SJ
• Systematic Review of the Influence of Physical Work Environment on Office Workers' Physical Activity Behavior.
  Workplace health & safety 2022 Michalchuk VF, Lee SJ, Waters CM, Hong OS, Fukuoka Y
• Identifying an Optimal Cut-Off Point for Musculoskeletal Pain in the Upper Extremities to Prevent Lowered Work Performance.
  Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2021 Kwon S, Lee SJ, de Castro AB, Herting JR, Bao S, Johnson K
• Depression, Healthcare Utilization, Missed Work, and Health Behaviors Among US Young Workers: Data From the 2015 National Health Interview Survey.
  Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2021 Leung CY, Lee SJ
• Gender differences in experience and reporting of acute symptoms among cleaning staff.
  American journal of industrial medicine 2021 Lee SJ, Kyung M, Leung C, Hong O
• Impact of California Safe Patient Handling Legislation: Health Care Workers' Perspectives.
  Workplace health & safety 2021 Lee SJ, Stock L, Michalchuk V, Adesoye K, Mullen K
• Safe patient handling legislation and changes in programs, practices, perceptions, and experience of musculoskeletal disorders by hospital characteristics: A repeated cross-sectional survey study.
  International journal of nursing studies 2020 Lee SJ, Kang KJ, Lee JH
• Assessing the prevalence of meeting physical activity recommendations among U.S. healthcare workers: Data from the 2015 National Health Interview Survey.
  Archives of environmental & occupational health 2020 Song M, Nam S, Buss J, Lee SJ
• Comparison of lift use, perceptions, and musculoskeletal symptoms between ceiling lifts and floor-based lifts in patient handling.
  Applied ergonomics 2019 Lee SJ, Rempel D
• Work-Related Perceptions, Injuries, and Musculoskeletal Symptoms: Comparison Between U.S.-Educated and Foreign-Educated Nurses.
  Workplace health & safety 2019 Kim KM, Lee SJ
• Impact of California's safe patient handling legislation on musculoskeletal injury prevention among nurses.
  American journal of industrial medicine 2018 Lee SJ, Lee JH, Harrison R
• Development of Quantitative Research Skills Competencies to Improve Doctor of Philosophy Nursing Student Training.
  The Journal of nursing education 2018 Thompson LM, Zablotska LB, Chen JL, Jong S, Alkon A, Lee SJ, Vlahov D
• Relationships of Musculoskeletal Symptoms, Sociodemographics, and Body Mass Index With Leisure-Time Physical Activity Among Nurses.
  Workplace health & safety 2018 Nam S, Song M, Lee SJ
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Farmers: A Systematic Review.
  Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2017 Fontana L, Lee SJ, Capitanelli I, Re A, Maniscalco M, Mauriello MC, Iavicoli I
• Associations of Organizational Safety Practices and Culture With Physical Workload, Perceptions About Work, and Work-Related Injury and Symptoms Among Hospital Nurses.
  The Journal of nursing administration 2017 Lee SJ, Lee JH
• Safe patient handling behaviors and lift use among hospital nurses: A cross-sectional study.
  International journal of nursing studies 2017 Lee SJ, Lee JH
• Occupational factors associated with obesity and leisure-time physical activity among nurses: A cross sectional study.
  International journal of nursing studies 2016 Chin DL, Nam S, Lee SJ
• Musculoskeletal Symptoms in Nurses in the Early Implementation Phase of California's Safe Patient Handling Legislation.
  Research in nursing & health 2015 Lee SJ, Lee JH, Gershon RR
• Cleaning and disinfecting environmental surfaces in health care: Toward an integrated framework for infection and occupational illness prevention.
  American journal of infection control 2015 Quinn MM, Henneberger PK, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), National Occupational Research Agenda, Braun B, Delclos GL, Fagan K, Huang V, Knaack JL, Kusek L, Lee SJ, Le …
• Psychosocial work factors in new or recurrent injuries among hospital workers: a prospective study.
  International archives of occupational and environmental health 2015 Lee SJ, You D, Gillen M, Blanc PD
• Acute symptoms associated with chemical exposures and safe work practices among hospital and campus cleaning workers: a pilot study.
  American journal of industrial medicine 2014 Lee SJ, Nam B, Harrison R, Hong O
• Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among agricultural workers in the United States: an analysis of the National Health Interview Survey, 2004-2008.
  Journal of agromedicine 2014 Lee SJ, Tak S, Alterman T, Calvert GM
• Job stress and work-related musculoskeletal symptoms among intensive care unit nurses: a comparison between job demand-control and effort-reward imbalance models.
  American journal of industrial medicine 2013 Lee SJ, Lee JH, Gillen M, Krause N
• Evaluating a standardized measure of healthcare personnel influenza vaccination.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2013 Lindley MC, Lorick SA, Geevarughese A, Lee SJ, Makvandi M, Miller BL, Nace DA, Smith C, Ahmed F
• Musculoskeletal pain among critical-care nurses by availability and use of patient lifting equipment: an analysis of cross-sectional survey data.
  International journal of nursing studies 2013 Lee SJ, Faucett J, Gillen M, Krause N
• Reliability and validity of a standardized measure of influenza vaccination coverage among healthcare personnel.
  Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2013 Libby TE, Lindley MC, Lorick SA, MacCannell T, Lee SJ, Smith C, Geevarughese A, Makvandi M, Nace DA, Ahmed F
• Influenza vaccination among health care personnel in California: 2010-2011 influenza season.
  American journal of infection control 2013 Lee SJ, Harrison R, Rosenberg J, McLendon P, Boston E, Lindley MC
• Risk perception of musculoskeletal injury among critical care nurses.
  Nursing research 2013 Lee SJ, Faucett J, Gillen M, Krause N, Landry L
• Gender differences in acute pesticide-related illnesses and injuries among farmworkers in the United States, 1998-2007.
  American journal of industrial medicine 2012 Kasner EJ, Keralis JM, Mehler L, Beckman J, Bonnar-Prado J, Lee SJ, Diebolt-Brown B, Mulay P, Lackovic M, Waltz J, Schwartz A, Mitchell Y, Moraga-McHaley S, Roisman R, Gergely R, Calvert GM
• Lung cancer risk among construction workers in California, 1988-2007.
  American journal of industrial medicine 2012 Calvert GM, Luckhaupt S, Lee SJ, Cress R, Schumacher P, Shen R, Tak S, Deapen D
• Acute pesticide illnesses associated with off-target pesticide drift from agricultural applications: 11 States, 1998-2006.
  Environmental health perspectives 2011 Lee SJ, Mehler L, Beckman J, Diebolt-Brown B, Prado J, Lackovic M, Waltz J, Mulay P, Schwartz A, Mitchell Y, Moraga-McHaley S, Gergely R, Calvert GM
• Investigation of an outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A virus (H1N1) infections among healthcare personnel in a Chicago hospital.
  Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2011 Magill SS, Black SR, Wise ME, Kallen AJ, Lee SJ, Gardner T, Husain F, Srinivasan A, Gerber SI, Jhung M
• Factors associated with safe patient handling behaviors among critical care nurses.
  American journal of industrial medicine 2010 Lee SJ, Faucett J, Gillen M, Krause N, Landry L
• Acute illnesses associated with exposure to fipronil--surveillance data from 11 states in the United States, 2001-2007.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2010 Lee SJ, Mulay P, Diebolt-Brown B, Lackovic MJ, Mehler LN, Beckman J, Waltz J, Prado JB, Mitchell YA, Higgins SA, Schwartz A, Calvert GM
• Acute antimicrobial pesticide-related illnesses among workers in health-care facilities - California, Louisiana, Michigan, and Texas, 2002-2007.
  MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2010 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Background and current status of drug utilization review in the developed countries
  Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 1999 Park BJ, Lee SJ
• Compliance with low-salt diet and related factors in essential hypertension patients
  The Journal of Korean Adult Nursing Academic Society 1999 Lee SJ, Song M