Research

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Published or in press articles (*Corresponding author)

1. Lee, H., Operario, D., Agénor, M., Yi, H., Choo, S., Kim, S. S*. (2022). Internalized homophobia and HIV testing among Korean gay and bisexual men: A study in a high-income country with pervasive HIV/AIDS stigma. AIDS Care.

2. Choo, S., Lee, H., Yi, H., Kim, S. S*. (2022). Expectation of rejection and its association with healthcare avoidance and delay among 2,172 Korean lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults: a national cross-sectional survey. LGBT Health. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2021.0269.

3. Kim, R., Yoon, J., Kim, J., Lee, H., Park, J., Kim, S. S*. (2022). Association between intimate partner violence and suicidal ideation among women and men in South Korea: Nationally representative longitudinal study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. doi: 10.1177/08862605221080137.

4. Lee, H., Operario, D., Restar, J. A., Choo, S., Kim, R., Eom, Y. J., Yi, H., Kim, S. S*. (2022). Gender identity change efforts are associated with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and suicide attempts in South Korean transgender adults. Transgender Health. doi: 10.1089/trgh.2021.0171.

5. Yi, H., Lee, H., Choo, S., Kim, R., Eom, Y., Kim, S. S*. (2022). Importance of Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Information in Nationally Representative Surveys of South Korea. [국가 대표성 있는 설문조사에서의 성소수자 정체성 측정 필요성: 국내외 현황 검토와 측정 문항 제안]. Journal of Critical Social Welfare, 74, 175-208. doi: 10.47042/ACSW.2022.2.74.175. [in Korean]

6. Park, J†., Lee, H†., Choi, B., Kim, J., Yoon, J., Yi, H., Choo, S., Kim, S. S*. (2022). Adolescent bullying victimization at secondary school and adulthood suicidality and depressive symptoms among 2,163 lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in Korea. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. doi: 10.1177/10105395211073283. (†co-first author)

7. Lee, H., Restar, J. A., Operario, D., Choo, S., Streed Jr, C. G., Yi, H., Kim, R., Eom, Y. J., Kim, S. S*. (2021). Transgender-specific COVID-19-related stressors and their association with depressive symptoms among transgender adults: A nationwide cross-sectional survey in South Korea. International Journal of Transgender Health. doi: 10.1080/26895269.2021.1989357.

8. Choi, B., Park, J., Lee, H., Kim, S. S*. (2021). Association between labor union presence and return to work after occupational injury or illness: A nationally representative longitudinal study in South Korea. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. doi: 10.1002/ajim.23296.

9. Lee, H., Yi, H., Rider, N., Operario, D., Choo, S., Kim, R., Eom, Y., Kim, S. S*. (2021). Transgender Adults' Public Bathroom-Related Stressors and their Association with Depressive Symptoms: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study in South Korea. LGBT Health. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2021.0007.

10. Choi, B., Kim, J., Yoon, J., Lee, H., Kim, S. S*. (2021). Health disparities among workers with standing jobs and limited restroom access: A cosmetics saleswomen study in South Korea. International Journal of Health Services. doi: 10.1177/00207314211025490.

11. Lee, H., Streed Jr, C. G., Yi, H., Choo, S., Kim, S. S*. (2021). Sexual Orientation Change Efforts, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidality Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in South Korea. LGBT Health. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2020.0501.

12. Lee, H., Operario, D., Yi, H., Choo, S., Kim, J-H., Kim, S. S*. (2021). Does Discrimination Affect Whether Transgender People Avoid or Delay Healthcare?: A Nationwide Cross‑sectional Survey in South Korea. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. doi: 10.1007/s10903-021-01193-9.

13. Lee, H., Park, J., Choi, B., Yi, H., & Kim, S. S*. (2021). Association between Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among 2,162 Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults in South Korea: Does Community Connectedness Modify the Association?. Journal of Homosexuality, 68(1):70-87. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2019.1624456.

14. Sung, H., Kim, J., Kim, J., Punnett, L., Lee, H., Kim, S. S*. (2020). Association between extremely long working hours and musculoskeletal symptoms: A nationwide survey of medical residents in South Korea. Journal of Occupational Health, 62(1), e12125. doi: 10.1002/1348-9585.12125.

15. Lee, H., Tomita, K., Habarth, J., Operario, D., Yi, H., Choo, S., Kim, S. S*. (2020). Internalized transphobia and mental health among transgender adults: A nationwide cross-sectional survey in South Korea. International Journal of Transgender Health, 21(2), 182-193. doi: 10.1080/26895269.2020.1745113.

16. Lee, H., Operario, D., van den Berg, J. J., Yi, H., Choo, S., Kim, S. S*. (2020). Health disparities among transgender adults in South Korea. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 32(2-3), 103-110. doi: 10.1177/1010539520912594.

17. Lee, H., Operario, D., Yi, H., Choo, S., & Kim, S. S*. (2019). Internalized Homophobia, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidal Ideation Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults in South Korea: An Age-Stratified Analysis. LGBT Health, 6(8), 393-399. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2019.0108.

18. Lee, H., Park, J., Choi, B., Yi, H., & Kim, S. S*. (2018). Experiences of and barriers to transition-related healthcare among Korean transgender adults: focus on gender identity disorder diagnosis, hormone therapy, and sex reassignment surgery. Epidemiology and Health, 40. doi: 10.4178/epih.e2018005.

19. Yi, H., Lee, H., Park, J., Choi, B., & Kim, S. S*. (2017). Health disparities between lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults and the general population in South Korea: Rainbow Connection Project I. Epidemiology and Health, 39. doi: 10.4178/epih.e2017046.

20. Lee, H., Son, I., Yoon, J., & Kim, S. S*. (2017). Lookism hurts: appearance discrimination and self-rated health in South Korea. International Journal for Equity in Health, 16(1), 204. doi: 10.1186/s12939-017-0678-8.

21. Son, I., Lee, H*., Park, J., Kim, S. S. (2017). Social stigma and medical marginalization in healthcare service among transgender people in South Korea. [트랜스젠더의 의료적 트랜지션과 의료서비스 이용: 사회적 낙인과 의료적 주변화]. Korean Journal of Sociology, 51, 155-189. [in Korean]

22. Yi, H., Lee, H., Yoon, J., Park, J., Kim, S. S*. (2015). Transgender people’s access to health care in Korea. [한국 트랜스젠더 의료접근성에 대한 시론]. Health and Social Welfare Review, 35(4), 64-94. [in Korean]

23. Lee, H., Park, J., Kim, S. S*. (2014). LGBTQI Health Research in South Korea: A systematic review. [한국 성소수자 건강 연구: 체계적 문헌고찰]. Health and Social Science, 36, 43-76. [in Korean]


Articles under review or submitted for publication (*Corresponding author, †co-first author)

1. Eom, Y., Lee, H., Kim, R., Choo, S., Yi, H., Kim, S. S*. Discrimination Keeps Transgender People Awake: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey of 584 Transgender Adults in South Korea. (Under review)

1. Yi, H., Lee, H., Kim, S. S*. Role of family support in the association between homophobic victimization and depressive symptoms: A nationwide study of South Korean lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults. (Under review)

2. Choo, S., Kim, R., Lee, H., Yi, H., Kim, S. S*. Is discrimination detrimental to the sleep of gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals?: a nationwide cross-sectional survey of 2,192 LGB adults in South Korea. (Under review)


PRESENTATIONS

International & national presentations (Peer-reviewed)

1. July 2021. “Transgender specific COVID 19 related stressors and their association with depressive symptoms among transgender adults: A nationwide cross-sectional survey in South Korea.” 2021 Academic symposium of the Korea Inequality Research Network. (Oral, Korean)

2. Nov 2019. “Does discrimination affect whether transgender people avoid or delay healthcare?: A nationwide cross-sectional survey in South Korea.” The American Public Health Association's 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo. Philadelphia, USA. (Oral, English)

3. Sep 2019. “Experiences of and barriers to transition-related healthcare among Korean transgender adults.” The 37th Gay and Lesbian Medical Association Annual Conference on LGBTQ Health. New Orleans, USA. (Poster, English)

4. Apr 2019. “Experiences of and barriers to transition-related healthcare among Korean transgender adults.” 2019 National Transgender Health Summit. San Francisco, USA. (Poster, English)

5. Apr 2019. “Health disparities between transgender adults and the general population in South Korea: Rainbow Connection Project II.” 2019 National Transgender Health Summit. San Francisco, USA. (Poster, English)

6. Apr 2019. “What are the barriers to transition-related healthcare in Korea? A nationwide study of 278 Korean transgender adults.” Brown University School of Public Health, Public Health Research Day. Providence, USA. (Poster, English)

7. Nov 2018. “Transgender health study in South Korea: Rainbow Connection Project II.” The 3rd Academic conference of Brain Korea 21 Plus Program in Embodiment: Health-society interaction, Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate school of Korea University. Seoul, South Korea. (Oral, Korean)

8. May 2017. “Social stigma and medical marginalization in healthcare service among transgender people in South Korea.” The Korean Society for Equity in Health. Seoul, South Korea. (Poster, Korean)

9. Apr 2017. “Discrimination based on sexual orientation and its relationship with depressive symptoms & suicidal ideation among 2,194 LGB adults in South Korea.” National LGBTQ Health Conference. Chicago, USA. (Poster, English)

10. Jul 2016. “Mapping LGBTQI health studies in Korea: A Systematic Review of research until 2013.” International Congress of Psychology. Yokohama, Japan. (Oral, English)

11. Jul 2016. “Lookism hurts: Appearance discrimination and its association with poor self-rated health among emerging adulthood in South Korea.” International Congress of Psychology. Yokohama, Japan. (Oral, English)

12. Jun 2015. “Association between appearance discrimination and poor self-rated health among young adults in South Korea: A longitudinal cohort study.” Annual meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research. Denver, Colorado. (Poster, English)

13. May 2015. “Association between appearance discrimination and poor self-rated health among young adults in South Korea: A longitudinal cohort study.” Health Policy Forum/Academy of Critical Health Policy. Seoul, South Korea. (Oral, Korean)

14. May 2014. “LGBTQI health research in South Korea: A Systematic review.” Health Policy Forum/Academy of Critical Health Policy. Seoul, South Korea. (Oral, Korean)

Community-based presentations, guest lectures, & seminars

1. Dec 2021. “Hate and discrimination against sexual and gender minority individuals in South Korea.” The Humanities Association of Korea & Korean National Commission for UNESCO. Seoul, South Korea.

2. Jul 2021. “Transgender adults’ gender-affirming healthcare and access to healthcare services in South Korea.” Seoul National University College of Medicine. Seoul, South Korea. (Undergraduate-level seminar).

3. Jul 2021. “Health disparities of sexual and gender minority adults in South Korea: Based on the minority stress model.” Seoul National University College of Medicine. Seoul, South Korea. (Undergraduate-level seminar).

4. Mar 2021. “Sexual and gender minority health research in South Korea: The Rainbow Connection Project I, II, and III.” Seoul National University College of Medicine. Seoul, South Korea. (Undergraduate-level guest lecture).

5. Mar 2021. “Transgender specific COVID 19 related stressors and their association with depressive symptoms among transgender adults: A nationwide cross sectional survey in South Korea.” Junior Scholars Network of LGBTIQ Research. Seoul, South Korea.

6. Sep 2018. “Transgender health study in South Korea: Rainbow Connection Project II.” Roundtable on Queering Feminism & Gendering Queer at The Institute of Gender and Sexuality. Seoul, South Korea.

7. August 2018. “Sexual and gender minority health research in South Korea: The Rainbow Connection Project I, II, and III.” Journal Club of Graduate school of Sociology in Korea University. Seoul, South Korea.

8. May 2018. “Sexual and gender minority health research in South Korea: The Rainbow Connection Project I, II, and III.” Korea Healthcare Workers Union in Korean Confederation of Trade Unions. Seoul, South Korea.

9. Feb 2018. “Barriers to Transition-related Healthcare among Korean Transgender Adults: Focused on Gender Identity Disorder Diagnosis, Hormone Therapy, and Sex Reassignment Surgery.” 2018 Sexual and Gender Minority Rights Forum. Seoul, South Korea.

10. Nov 2017. “Introduction to Rainbow Connection Project I: Korean Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual (LGB) Adults’ Health Study.” The Williams Institute. Los Angeles, USA.

11. Nov 2017. “Introduction to Rainbow Connection Project I: Korean Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual (LGB) Adults’ Health Study.” The Fenway Institute. Boston, USA.

12. Feb 2017. “Introduction to Rainbow Connection Project II: Study on the Health of Korean Transgender People.” 2017 Sexual and Gender Minority Rights Forum. Seoul, South Korea.

13. Feb 2014. “LGBTQI health research in South Korea: A Systematic review.” 2014 Sexual and Gender Minority Rights Forum. Seoul, South Korea.

BOOK

1. Kim, S. S., Park, J., Lee, H., Yi, H., Choi, B. (2018). Unconditionally You – Experiences of Discrimination and Health of Korean Transgender People. [오롯한 당신 – 트랜스젠더, 차별과 건강]. Seoul: Soombook. ISBN: 9791186452301. [in Korean]

2. Research group for LGBT studies (Co-writer). (2019). Rainbow needs more diverse colors [무지개는 더 많은 빛깔을 원한다 – 성소수자 혐오를 넘어 인권의 확장으로]. Seoul: Changbi Publishers. ISBN: 9788936486488. [in Korean]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

  1. Researcher. July 2021-October 2021. A study on making a guidebook of gender-affirming surgery for transgender people and their family. Seoul, South Korea: Parents and Families of LGBTAIQ People in Korea (PFLAG Korea).

  2. Researcher. May 2021-October 2021. A study on domestic implementation of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Seoul, South Korea: Korean National Commission for UNESCO.

  3. Researcher. Mar 2021-Feb 2022. Rainbow Connection Project III: A longitudinal cohort study with Korean transgender adults. South Korea: Rainbow Connection Project III.

  4. Researcher. May-Nov 2020. A study on hate and discrimination against transgender individuals in South Korea. Seoul, South Korea: National Human Rights Commission of Korea.

  5. Project Manager. Mar 2017-Feb 2018. Rainbow Connection Project II, Korean transgender adults’ health study. (http://www.rainbowconnection.kr/rcp-ii-1). Seoul, South Korea: Rainbow Connection Project II.

  6. Research Assistant. Jun-Oct 2017. Policy considerations for strengthening women safety according to life cycle(II): With emphasis on the safety of women in public places. Seoul, South Korea: Korean Women’s Development Institute.

  7. Researcher. Mar 2016-Feb 2017. Rainbow Connection Project I, Korean lesbian, gay, & bisexual adults' health study. (http://www.rainbowconnection.kr/rcp-i-1). Seoul, South Korea: Rainbow Connection Project I.

  8. Research Assistant. Aug 2016-Mar 2017. Evaluation on the responses of the Seoul metropolitan government to MERS in 2015. Seoul, South Korea: The Seoul Institute.

  9. Research Assistant. Jan-Jul 2016. Study for the Sewol Ferry Disaster student survivors. Seoul, South Korea: Special Investigation Committee for the Sewol Ferry Disaster.

  10. Consultant. Nov 2015. Sexual and gender minority rights in National Action Plan for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. Seoul, South Korea: Korean Women’s Development Institute.

  11. Researcher. Oct 2014-Mar 2015. Fundamental research of medical guideline for improving LGBT health. Seoul, South Korea: Beyond the Rainbow Foundation.

  12. Researcher. Jun 2014-Jan 2015. Access to healthcare of Korean transgender people. Seoul, South Korea: People’s Health Institute.