Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
267.359.6052
bklee@drexel.edu
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Degrees
PhD, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins UniversityMHS, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins UniversityAB, Biological Anthropology, Harvard College
Bio
Dr. Lee received his PhD and MHS degrees in Epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins University, and graduated cum laude with an AB in Biological Anthropology from Harvard College. His research interests include the epidemiology of neurological development, maintenance and decline. Current topics include maternal medication use during pregnancy and child neurodevelopmental outcomes; and neurodegeneration in persons with neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Lee is PI of the NIH-funded LEGENNDS study - Linking Epidemiology and Genetics of Neurodevelopmental and Neurodegenerative Disorders. In addition to his etiological research, Dr. Lee is interested in epidemiological methods including causal inference methodology, data mining and machine learning algorithms.
Research Interests
- Data Analysis Methods
- Maternal and Child Health
- Mental health and Behavioral health
- Neurodevelopment and Neurologic disorders
Publications
Recent Key Publications:
Schendel D, Ejkskov L, Overgaard M, Jinwala Z, Kim V, Parner E, Kalkbrenner AE, Ladd-Acosta C, Fallin MD, Xie S, Mortensen PB, Lee BK. 3-generation family histories of mental, neurologic, cardiometabolic, birth defect, asthma, allergy, and autoimmune conditions associated with autism: an open-source catalogue of findings. Autism Research. 2024 Sep 16. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39283002
Forbes H, Madley-Dowd P, Ahlqvist VH, Campbell J, Davies NM, Liebling R, Lyall K, Newschaffer C, Rast J, Tomson T, Zhong C, Magnusson C, Rai D, Lee BK. First-trimester use of antiseizure medications and the risk of miscarriage: a population-based cohort study. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 2024 May 22:jnnp-2023-333149. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38777577
Ahlqvist VH, Sjöqvist H, Dalman C, Karlsson H, Stephansson O, Johansson S, Magnusson C, Gardner RM, Lee BK. Acetaminophen use during pregnancy and children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability. JAMA, 2024;331(14):1205-1214. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38592388
Ahlqvist VH, Dardani C, Madley-Dowd P, Forbes H, Rast JE, Zhong C, Gardner RM, Dalman C, Lyall K, Newschaffer CJ, Tomson T, Berglind D, Davies NM, Lee BK, Magnusson C, Rai D. Psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy: population co-occurrence, genetic correlations and causal effects. General Psychiatry, 2024; 37: e101201. https://gpsych.bmj.com/content/37/1/e101201
Levine SZ, Rotstein A, Kodesh A, Sandin S, Lee BK, Weinstein G, Beeri MS, Reichenberg A. Adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and the risk of incident dementia in middle-aged and older adults: a national cohort study. JAMA Network Open. 2023 Oct 2;6(10):e2338088. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37847497
Ahlqvist VH, Madley-Dowd P, Ly A, Rast JE, Lundberg M, Jonsson-Bachmann E, Berglind D, Rai D, Magnusson C, Lee BK. Bias amplification of unobserved confounding in pharmacoepidemiological studies using indication-based sampling. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2023 Mar 15. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36919941
Rast JE, Tao S, Schott W, Shea LL, Brodkin ES, Kerns CM, Leonard CE, Murray MJ, Lee BK. Psychotropic medication use in children and youth with autism enrolled in Medicaid. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2023 Dec 18. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38113012
See Dr. Lee's complete list of publications on Google Scholar
Courses
Spring PBHL 834 Advanced Epidemiology 2: Methodologic Challenges