Frances F. Lee-Lin, Ph.D., R.N.
Associate Professor
Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing
Portland Campus
3455 SW US Veterans Hospital Road, SN-5N
Portland, Ore. 97239
Phone: 503 494-3725
E-mail: leelinf@ohsu.edu
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Dr. Frances Lee-Lin has been in cancer nursing since 1986, functioning as a clinical nurse, oncology educator, clinical nurse specialist, nurse manager, assistant director, senior research nurse, and academic faculty member. She received the Outstanding Baccalaureate Faculty Award in 2005 and the Most Inspirational Faculty Award in 2010.
The driving force behind her passion for her research is a desire to reduce cancer health disparities and to improve the health of Asian Americans. Despite the widespread availability of cancer screening, disparities in cancer screening rates persist among Asian Americans. Her Master's thesis from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) studied the informational needs of newly diagnosed Chinese American cancer patients. Her doctoral work at the University of Utah focused on the knowledge, beliefs, and practices related to mammography and Pap smear screening among Chinese American women. The work received the dissertation award from the University of Utah in 2006. Beginning in 2009, her American Cancer Society (ACS) grant sought to improve mammography-screening rates for Chinese American women. She is also a co-investigator of a National Cancer Institute study on improving colorectal screening among Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Americans using a culture-based educational intervention within a community center environment. The recently funded Komen project focuses on improving the capability of communities to implement evidence-based interventions to increase mammography-screening rates. She has demonstrated a consistent progression in building an innovative research program to improve health of Asian Americans.
Education
01/03-08/06 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah - Ph.D. in Cancer Nursing Research
09/86-09/88 University of California, Los Angeles, California - M.N., Oncology specialty
09/82-12/85 San Jose State University, San Jose, California - B.S. in Nursing
Professional Organizations
Sigma Theta TauOncology Nursing Society
National League for Nursing
Asian Pacific Islander (API) Health Network group in Portland, Oregon
Honors and Awards (within the past five years)
2011 - Translational Health Disparities Summer Institute, Sponsored by National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), NIH
2010 - Most Inspirational Faculty Award, Student Nurse Association of Portland (SNAP), School of Nursing, Oregon Health & Science University
2006 - Outstanding Dissertation Award, College of Nursing, University of Utah
GRANTS IN PROGRESS
Frances Lee-Lin (Co-investigator, FTE 8% Year 1 and 15% Years 2-3; Lisa Domenico, PI). “Translating Evidence-based Intervention Strategies for Improving mammography Screening Rates into Community Tactics,” Komen Foundation. 6/1/2010-6/30/2013.
Frances Lee-Lin (Principal Investigator, FTE 60% over 5 years). “Targeted Breast Health Education Program (TBHEP) for Chinese Americans.” American Cancer Society Mentored Research Scholar Award. 1/2009-12/2013.
Frances Lee-Lin (Co-investigator, FTE 6% over 2 years; David Lieberman, PI). “Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Asian Community Center.” NIH, NCI R21. 1/2008-1/2011
Publications (within the past five years)
Articles
Lee-Lin, F., Menon, U., Leo, M.C., and Pedhiwala, N. (Under review). Feasibility of a Targeted Breast Health Education Intervention for Chinese American Immigrant Women.
Lee-Lin, F., Menon, U., and Nail, L. (Under review). What do Chinese American immigrant women think about breast cancer? Findings from Focus Groups.
Lee-Lin, F., Menon, U., Pett, M., Nail, L., Lee, S., & Mooney, K. (2008). Measuring Breast Cancer and Mammography Screening Beliefs among Chinese American Immigrants. Western Journal of Nursing Research (WJNR), 30(7), 852-868.Lee-Lin, F., Pett, M., Menon, U., Lee, S., Nail, L., Mooney, K., & J., Itano. (2007). Cervical Cancer Beliefs and Pap Smear Testing Practices among Chinese-American Immigrants. Oncology Nursing Forum, 34(6), 1203-1209.
Lee-Lin, F., Menon, U., Pett, M., Nail, L., Lee, S., & Mooney, K. (2007). Breast Cancer Beliefs and Mammography Screening Practices among Chinese-American Immigrants. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN), 36(3), 212-221.
Chapters in Textbooks
Nail, L. & Lee-Lin, F. (2010). Alopecia chapter in A guide to Oncology Symptom Management. Oncology Nursing Society Publishing Division.
