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Prof. Lee Yong Gun

Assistant Professor

My scholarship centers on understanding the patterns and predictors of health-related human behaviors, with a particular focus on socially and structurally marginalized communities in the Global South. Currently, I study psycho-techno-social factors shaping HIV prevention among sexual and gender expansive communities in Indonesia and Kazakhstan. Through community-engaged clinical trials and behavioral surveys, my work aims to develop culturally responsive interventions that address health disparities and advance equitable wellbeing.

Publications

  • Vinogradov, V., Lee, Y. G. (corresponding author), Zhakupova, G., Mergenova, G., Davis, A., Paine, E. A., Reeder, K., Laughney, C. I., Sung, J., Primbetova, S., Terlikbayeva, A., Sugarman, J., & Wu, E. (2025). Social impacts of multi-city HIV research participation among sexual and gender expansive individuals in Kazakhstan. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 10-1097. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000003654
  • Lee, Y. G., Alessi, E. J., Lynn, M., Starks, T. J., & Robles, G. (2023). Everyday discrimination and HIV testing among partnered Latino/x sexual minority men in the United States: A stratified analysis by birth location. AIDS Education and Prevention, 35, 376-389. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2023.35.5.376
  • Wu, E., Lee, Y. G., Vinogradov, V., Kali, S., Yelkeyev, A., Goddard-Eckrich, D. A., Dasgupta, A., & Hess, L. (2023). Intervention adaptation and implementation method for real-world constraints and using new technologies. Research on Social Work Practice, 33, 562–570. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315221120605
  • Alessi, E. J., Lee, Y. G., Chikalogwe, V. P., Tarusarira, W., Raymond, H., Lynn, M., & Kahn, S. (2023). Pilot study of an arts- and theatre-based HIV prevention intervention for men who have sex with men and transgender women migrants in South Africa: Acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy. Health Education Research, cyad021. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyad021
  • Paine, E. A., Lee, Y. G., Mergenova, G., Vinogradov, V., Laughney, C. I., Davis, A., Terlikbayeva, A., Primbetova, S., Hunt, T., & Wu, E. (2023). Compounding vulnerabilities: Victimization and discrimination is associated with COVID-19 disruptions to HIV-related care among gay, bisexual, and other men and transgender and nonbinary people who have sex with men in Kazakhstan. AIDS Care, 35, 651-657. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2022.2148956
  • Lee, Y. G., Zhakupova, G., Vinogradov, V., Paine, E. A., Laughney, C. I., Reeder, K., Davis, A., Hunt, T., Mergenova, G., Primbetova, S., Terlikbayeva, A., & Wu, E. (2022). Polydrug use, sexual risk, and HIV testing among cisgender gay, bisexual, and other men and transgender and nonbinary individuals who have sex with men in Kazakhstan. AIDS Education and Prevention, 34, 413-426. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2022.34.5.413