Haerim Lee is a Ph.D. candidate and has been trained to study oncology symptom science. Her former training focused on biobehavioral mechanisms underlying chronic illness or symptoms among adults during a master's program. She earned her MSN (2017) with her thesis addressing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, self-management, and nutritional status among gynecologic cancer patients and BSN (2012) with a top honor (summa cum laude) at Seoul National University in South Korea. She was clinically trained in the Gynecology and Oncology unit at Asan Medical Center, South Korea. Her program of research seeks to understand biological, psychobehavioral, and sociocultural mechanisms underlying patient-reported outcomes during cancer survivorship and to improve cancer-and treatment-related symptoms and quality of life among cancer survivors, particularly women with gynecologic cancer.

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Manuscripts published in peer-reviewed journals:

1. Belcher, S. M., Lee, H., Nguyen, J., Curseen, K., Lal, A., Zarrabi, A. J., Gantz, L., Rosenzweig, M. Q., & Yeager, K. A. (Accepted with minor revision). Financial hardship and quality of life among patients with advanced cancer receiving outpatient palliative care: a pilot study. Cancer Nursing.
2. Yeager, K.A., Lee, H., Bai, J., Waldrop, D., & Paul, S. (In press). Congruence of pain perceptions between Black cancer patients and their family caregivers. Supportive Care in Cancer.
3. Lee, H., and Choi-Kwon, S. (2017). The relationships among chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV), non-pharmacological coping methods, and nutritional status in patients with gynecologic cancer. Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing, 47(6), 731-743. doi: 10.4040/jkan.2017.47.6.731. [in Korean]

Abstracts published in peer-reviewed journals

1. Lee, H., Patel, N., Lee, S., Burns, E., Yeager, K., (2021). The moderating role of perceived social support on symptoms and distress in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. Supportive Care in Cancer, 29(Suppl 1), S214-215. doi: 10.1007/s00520-021-06446-9
2. Lee, H., Bai, J., Waldrop-Valverde, D., Paul, S., and Yeager, K. A. (2020). Congruence of pain perceptions between African American cancer patients and their caregivers. Oncology Nursing Forum, 47(2), 6. doi: 10.1188/20.ONF.E57

Conference Presentations

1. Lee, H., Reilly, M., Bruner, D. W., Bai, J., Hu, Y-J., and Yeager, K. A. (Submitted). Obesity and patient-reported sexual health outcomes in gynecologic cancer survivors: A systematic review. The American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS) 2022 Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon.
2. Lee, H., Lee, S., Patel, N., Burns, E. J., and Yeager, K. A. (Submitted). Role of financial toxicity and social support in psychoneurological symptom burden among patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. The 47th Annual Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Congress, Anaheim, CA.
3. Lee, S., Lee, H., Rosenberger, D., Burns, E. J., and Yeager, K. A. (Submitted). COVID-19 concerns and impact on patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. The Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) 2022 Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
4. Lee, S., Lee, H., Patel, N., Burns, E. J., and Yeager, K. A. (2021, November 29-30). The moderating role of perceived social support on symptoms and distress in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia [e-Poster Presentation]. The Asian American and Pacific Islander Nurse Association (AAPINA) 2021 Emory – AAPINA International Nursing Research Conference, Virtual.
5. Lee, H., Patel, N., Lee, S., Burns, E., and Yeager, K. (2021, June 24-26). The moderating role of perceived social support on symptoms and distress in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia [e-Poster Presentation]. The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) and the International Society for Oral Oncology (ISOO) 2021 MASCC/ISOO Annual Meeting, Virtual.
6. Rosenberger, D., Lee, H., and Yeager, K. A. (2021, February 24-25). The influence of demographic factors on the financial and psychosocial impact of COVID-19 in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia [e-Poster Presentation]. The SNRS 2021 Annual Congress, Virtual.
7. Lee, H. and Choi-Kwon, S. (2021, February 4-5). The possibility of obesity misclassification in women with gynecologic cancer [e-Poster Presentation]. The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Cancer Research, and ONS Colloquium on Symptom Science Advances in Oncology Nursing, Virtual.
8. Lee, H., Bai, J., Waldrop-Valverde, D., Paul, S., and Yeager, K. A. (2020, September 8, 10, 15, and 17). Congruence of pain perceptions between African American cancer patients and their caregivers [Oral Presentation: Best of Research Abstracts]. The ONS Bridge TM Virtual Conference, Virtual.
9. Lee, H., Higgins, M. K., and Yeager, K. A. (2020, April). Racial disparities in cancer treatment for patients with uterine corpus cancer [e-Poster Presentation]. The 3rd NCI Symposium on Cancer Health Disparities, Maryland (Postponed to May 25-27, 2021, virtual due to COVID-19).
10. Lee, H., Bai, J., Waldrop-Valverde, D., Paul, S., and Yeager, K. A. (2020, March 18-20). The influence of depression and cognitive difficulties on congruence of pain perceptions between African American cancer patients taking opioids and their caregivers [Poster Presentation]. The SNRS 2020 Annual Congress, New Orleans, LA (Canceled due to COVID-19).
11. Ryu, J. G., Baek, J., Kim K. S., Ki, J., Lee, H., Yoo, M. J., and Choi-Kwon, S. (2019, January 17-18). Association of sleep disturbance, fatigue, job stress and exposure to blood and body fluid in shift-work nurses [Poster Presentation]. The 22nd East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS) 2019 Conference, Singapore.

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Her research interests primarily lie in the area of oncology symptom science, focusing on patient-reported outcomes during cancer survivorship and biobehavioral (e.g., obesity, nutrition, and the gut microbiome) and psychosocial (e.g., social determinants of health and cultural context) mechanisms underlying cancer-and treatment-related symptoms. Other interests include sexual health of cancer survivors, health disparities, and women's health.

The 2021 Global Korean Nurse Foundation in USA PhD/DNP Scholarship Award