Curriculum

Specially appointed program faculty

Project Professor,
Graduate School of Public Policy,
Jung Su LEE

1) Education & Employment

Apr. 2017- Project Associate Professor, Dept. of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2007-2017 Associate Professor, Dept. of Health Promotion Science, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2003-2007 Lecturer, Dept. of Health Promotion Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
1997-2003 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Health Promotion Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
1993-1996 Research Associate, Dept. of International Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
1991-1993 Researcher, Research Institute of Food System, Tokyo, Japan
1988-1991 Ph.D., Dept. of Health Administration, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
1986-1988 MPH, Dept. of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

2) Research Fields

Epidemiology, Public Health, and Disease prevention of lifestyle-related diseases and Health promotion through daily lifestyle-behavior modification

3) Major Publications

  • Lee JS, Kawakubo K, Sato H, et al. Relationship between total and regional bone mineral density and menopause state, body composition and life style factors in overweight Japanese women. Int J Obese 25(6): 880-886, 2001.
  • Lee JS, Kawakubo K, Kobayashi Y, et al. Effects of ten year body weight variability on cardiovascular risk factors in Japanese middle-aged men and women. Int J Obese 25(7): 1063-1067, 2001.
  • Lee JS, Kawakubo K, Kashihara H, et al. Effect of long-term body weight change on the incidence of hypertension in Japanese men and women. Int J Obes Relat metab Disord 28(3): 391-395, 2004.
  • Amano Y, Kawakubo K, Lee JS, et al. Correlation between dietary glycemic index and cardiovascular disease risk factors among Japanese women. Eur J Clin Nutr 53: 473-478, 2004.
  • Lee JS, Kawakubo K, Inoue S, et al. Effect of β3-Adrenergic receptor gene polymorphism on body weight change in middle-aged, overweight women. Environ Health Prev Med 11(3): 69-74, 2006.
  • Lee JS, Kawakubo K, Kohri S, et al. Association between residents’ perception of the neighborhood’s environments and walking time in objectively different regions. Environ Health Prev Med 12: 3–10, 2007.
  • Amano Y, Sugiyama M, Lee JS, et al. Glycemic index-based nutrition education improves blood glucose control in Japanese adults: a randomized controlled trial. Diabetes Care 30(7): 1874-1876, 2007.
  • Lee JS, Kawakubo K, Mori K et al. Effective cutoff values of waist circumference detecting the clustering of cardiovascular risk factors of metabolic syndrome in Japanese men and women. Diabetes Vasc Dis Res 4(4): 340-345, 2007.
  • Nakade M, Lee JS, Kawakubo K, et al. Changes in food intake patterns associated with body weight loss during a 12 week health promotion program and a 9-month follow-up period in a Japanese population. Obesity Res Clin Pract 3:85-98, 2009.
  • Kondo K, Lee JS, Kawakubo K, et al. Association between daily physical activity and neighborhood environments. Environ Health Prev Med 14(3): 196-206, 2009.
  • Kashihara H, Lee JS, Kawakubo K, et al. Criteria of waist circumference according to CT-measured visceral fat area and the clustering of cardiovascular risk factors. Cir J 73(10): 1881-1886, 2009.
  • Lee JS, Kawakubo K, Mori K, et al. BMI specific waist circumference for detecting the clustering of cardiovascular risk factors in a Japanese population. J Atheroscler Thromb 17: 468-475, 2010.
  • Watanabe E, Lee JS, Kawakubo K. Influence of maternal employment and three-generation families on preschool children’s overweight and obesity in Japan. Int J Obese 35: 945-952, 2011.
  • Murakami K, Hashimoto H, Lee JS, et al. Distinct impact of education and income on habitual exercise: A cross-sectional analysis in a rural city in Japan. Soc Sci Med 73: 1683-1688, 2011.
  • Lee JS, Hayashi K, Mishra G, et al. Independent association between age at natural menopause and hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus: Japan Nurses’ Health Study. J Atheroscler Thromb 20 (2): 161-169, 2013.
  • Chen T, Lee JS, Kawakubo K, et al. Features of perceived neighborhood environment associated with daily walking time or habitual exercise: differences across gender, age, and employment status in a community-dwelling population of Japan. Environ Health Prev Med 18: 368-376, 2013.
  • Tajima M, Lee JS, Watanabe E, et al. Association between the changes of twelve lifestyle behaviors and the development of metabolic syndrome during one year among workers in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Cir J 78(5): 1152-1159, 2014.
  • Lee JS, Mishra G, Hayashi K, et al. Combined eating behaviors and overweight: Eating quickly, late evening meals, and skipping breakfast. Eating Behaviors 21: 84-88, 2016.
  • Watanabe E, Lee JS, Mori K, et al. Clustering patterns of obesity-related multiple lifestyle behaviours and their associations with overweight and family environments: a cross-sectional study in Japanese preschool children. BMJ Open 6:e012773, 2016.

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