Dr Y.G. Lee

yglee@hku.hk
(852) 3917 1185
CJT-506

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Prof. Lee Yong Gun

Assistant Professor

Yong Gun (YG) Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at The University of Hong Kong. His scholarship centers on addressing health disparities and emphasizes collaboration with directly affected individuals. Working toward these goals, he conducts community-inclusive research that critically examines health service utilization among socially and structurally marginalized groups. His current work focuses on HIV prevention among sexual and gender expansive people and aims to provide the basis for scaling up HIV preventive interventions harnessing digital technologies and community assets (e.g., partners, peers).

Publications

  • 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