Eunice Lee, an associate professor at the UCLA School of Nursing, has been inducted a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Fellows are nursing leaders in education, management, practice and research.
Lee has made an influential contribution to nursing and cancer control through her sustained program of research and her scholarship in the area of cancer screening and early detection. Specifically, her community-centered work in cancer screening among disadvantaged Korean Americans is a novel and effective community program. Korean-American women, while having a lower incidence of breast cancer than Caucasians or African Americans, have one of the highest mortality rates from breast cancer among Asian-American immigrants.
Lee was the first to develop and test a spouse-based educational program for Koreans designed to increase mammography use among Korean-American women. This unique program leverages culturally-appropriate educational messaging that capitalizes on the inclusion of male spouses who are very often the decision-makers in Korean households.
Her leadership is also evident through her active role in the Global Nursing Foundation, for which she chairs the national Scholarship Committee and is the president elect of the California chapter.
