Philip R. Lee Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, San Francisco
Women's Health Policy Researcher
Education
University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs, Austin, TX Anticipated 2023
Doctor of Philosophy (in progress), Public Policy
Special Training: Population Research Center Trainee
Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
2017
Master of Public Policy (MPP)
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
2011
Bachelor of Arts (with Honors), International Studies (Latin America), magna cum laude
Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
NICHD Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award Pre-doctoral Traineeship in Population Studies, UT Austin, 2019-2020 ($25,000)
Johns Hopkins MPP APPAM International Conference Scholarship, 2019 ($2,500)
The University of Texas at Austin, Office of Graduate Studies Diversity Recruitment Fellowship, 2017-2021
UT Office of Graduate Studies Professional Development Award, 2018, 2019
LBJ School of Public Affairs Barbara Jordan Professional Development Award, 2017, 2018, 2019
Health Policy and Management Departmental Master of Public Policy Tuition Scholarship, 2015-2017
Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Equity & Inclusion Fellowship Recipient, 2016
Winston Health Policy Scholarship, 2016-2017 ($10,000)
Mary M. and Benjamin M. Rubin Scholarship for Women, 2016 ($3,000)
Research Experience
Graduate Research Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin
2021-2022
Remote
PIs: Dr. Abigail Weitzman
Study: ERESS Project on Migrant Well-Being in Costa Rica
Graduate Research Assistant, The University of Texas System, Population Health
2019-2020
Austin, Texas
PIs: Dr. Eileen Nehme, Dr. Divya Patel
Study: Postpartum Access to Healthcare (PATH)
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin 2018-2019
Austin, Texas
PI: Dr. Liesl Nydegger
Study: LAYERS Study Exploring PrEP Adoption and Adherence among High Risk Black & Hispanic Women in Austin, TX
Research Assistant:, Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health 2016-2017
Baltimore, Maryland
PIs: Dr. Michele Decker, Dr. Charvonne Holliday
Projects: An Exploration of Community-level Influences on Male Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence; World Health Organization Violence Against Women Training Curricula (“Caring for women subjected to violence: A WHO curriculum for training health-care providers”)
Research Assistant, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health
2015-2016
Baltimore, Maryland
PI: Dr. Caitlin Kennedy
Project: World Health Organization Systematic Review for the Guidelines for Women Living with HIV
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Research Fellowships
Pre-doctoral Research Fellow, the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, the University of California San Diego
September-December 2022
San Diego, California
Grantee, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award
2021-2022
Mexico City, Mexico
Host institution: Public Administration Division, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE)
Project: Implementing Policies Addressing Violence Against Women in Mexico
NICHD Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award Pre-doctoral Traineeship in Population Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
2019-2020
Austin, Texas
Fulbright U.S. Student Research Grantee, Colombia Fulbright Commission, U.S. State Department
2014-2015
Bogotá, Colombia
Host institution: School of Government, The University of The Andes
Project: Colombia’s Sexual Violence Policies: An Exploration of Culture and Implementation
Refereed Poster Presentations
Morse S. (2019, April) Response to Sexual Assault in Bogota, Colombia: a Qualitative Evaluation of Health Providers’ Readiness and Role in Policy Implementation. Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
Holliday, C., Morse, S., Irvin, N., Green-Manning, A., Decker, M. (2016, September). Recruiting Male Perpetrators of Partner Violence to Discuss Community-based Experiences in Baltimore. Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research conference Research Participant Recruitment & Retention: “What is Working Across the Nation?” Baltimore, MD.
Morse, S., & Decker, M. (2016, March). Exploring the Gaps in the Implementation of Policies and Protocols to Support Survivors of Sexual Assault in Colombia: a Qualitative Evaluation. End Violence Against Women International, Washington D.C. Second place prize awarded.