Dr. Lee is a Senior Policy Fellow with the Connecticut Voices for Children and a Lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine (Department of Epidemiology and Public Health). At Connecticut Voices, her work entails health services research and policy analysis, with a focus on health and health care of low-income families and children.

Prior to joining Connecticut Voices in November 2003, Dr. Lee was the Assistant Director of the Children's Health Council, the independent oversight council established by the Connecticut General Assembly in 1995 to monitor the impact of Medicaid managed care on children's health care and to ensure access to health care services for all children in Connecticut. She is a member of the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy, the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, the American Public Health Association, and the American College of Nurse-Midwives.

Dr. Lee is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Nursing, is certified as a nurse-midwife by the American College of Nurse-Midwives. She taught nurse-midwifery at the Yale University School of Nursing and practiced in a variety of clinical settings. In 1995, Dr. Lee received a PhD in epidemiology from Yale University, with a focus on maternal and child health policy.

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Publications

April 2010	HUSKY Program Enrollment Dynamics: Coverage Continuity, Gaps in Coverage and Retention
April 2010	Avoiding Past Mistakes: HUSKY B Premiums Would Leave Thousands of Children Uninsured
April 2010	Independent Performance Monitoring in the HUSKY Program: Ensuring Accountability for Scarce State Dollars
April 2010	How National Health Care Reform Will Affect Eligibility and Affordability for Families with Children in Connecticut's HUSKY Program
February 2010	The HUSKY Program Budget in Context: An Analysis of the Governor's FY 2011 Budget Proposal
January 2010	How National Health Care Reform May Affect Families in Connecticut's HUSKY Program
December 2009	Governor's Proposed Budget Cuts Would Shift Costs onto HUSKY Families and Providers and Result in Thousands of Children Losing Health Coverage
October 2009	Uninsured Children in Connecticut: 2008
September 2009	Health Insurance in Connecticut: Summary of 2008 U.S. Census Data
July 2009	Behavioral Health Care for New Mothers in HUSKY A
June 2009	Asthma and Asthma-Related Health Care for Children Enrolled in HUSKY A: 2007
June 2009	Births to Mothers with HUSKY Program and Medicaid Coverage: 2007
June 2009	Health Care for Children and Adults Newly Enrolled in HUSKY A: 2007
May 2009	The Federal CHIP and Stimulus Laws: Opportunities for Improving the Health of Connecticut Children and Families
April 2009	Emergency Care for Children in HUSKY A: 2007
April 2009	Maintaining Health Insurance Coverage After Losing Employment: The COBRA Subsidy under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009
March 2009	How is the HUSKY Program Performing?
February 2009	Ensuring Accountability and Access to Care in the HUSKY Program Through Independent Performance Monitoring
January 2009	Emergency Care for New Mothers and Pregnant Women in HUSKY A
December 2008	Preventive Care For Children in HUSKY A: 2007
October 2008	Improving Health Insurance Coverage Among Young Adults
October 2008	Dental Care for New Mothers in HUSKY A
September 2008	Uninsured Children in Connecticut: 2007
September 2008	Births to Mothers with HUSKY Program and Medicaid Coverage: 2006
August 2008	Counting the Uninsured
August 2008	Health Care for Children and Adults Newly Enrolled in HUSKY A
July 2008	Trends in New Enrollment in the HUSKY Program: 2006-2007
May 2008	Caring for Mothers: Pregnancy Spacing and Birth Outcomes, 2005
April 2008	Opportunities for Improving Care for Families in the HUSKY Program
April 2008	Asthma and Asthma-Related Health Care for Children Enrolled in HUSKY A: 2006
April 2008	Medicaid Provider Reimbursement: Recent Changes to Pediatric, Obstetric, and Other Selected Fees
February 2008	Avoid Gaps in Children's Health Coverage: Restore "Continuous Eligibility" in HUSKY
February 2008	Emergency Care for Children in HUSKY A: 2006
February 2008	Uninsured Children in Connecticut: 2006
February 2008	Smoking Cessation Treatment Needed for HUSKY Members
November 2007	Access to Primary Care For Hartford Children in HUSKY A: 2005
November 2007	Preventive Care For Children in HUSKY A: 2006
May 2007	Births to Mothers With Medicaid Coverage: Smoking During Pregnancy, 2005
May 2007	Births to Mothers with Medicaid Coverage by Town, 2005
April 2007	Ensuring Access to Care for Children and Parents in HUSKY A: Alternatives to Managed Care
April 2007	Births to Mothers with Medicaid Coverage: 2005
March 2007	Ambulatory Care Utilization by Children Enrolled in HUSKY A in 2005
March 2007	Emergency Care for Children in HUSKY A: CY 2005
March 2007	Access to Care in the HUSKY Program: Achieving Our Goals for Well Child Care
March 2007	Access to Care in the HUSKY Program: Achieving Our Goals for Dental Care
March 2007	Child Health and Health Care Disparities in HUSKY A in 2005
March 2007	The HUSKY Program Budget in Context: An Analysis of the Governor's Proposed FY 08 Budget
February 2007	Births to Mothers in HUSKY A: Birth Outcomes, 2004
February 2007	Ensuring Health Care Coverage for All Pregnant Women and Their Babies
February 2007	Uninsured Children in Connecticut: 2005
January 2007	Asthma and Asthma-Related Health Care For Children Enrolled in HUSKY A: 2005
January 2007	Births to Mothers in HUSKY A: Smoking During Pregnancy, 2004
December 2006	Births to Mothers in HUSKY A: Prenatal Care, 2004
December 2006	Births to Mothers in Medicaid by Town, 2004
November 2006	Covering Connecticut's Children: How Policy Changes Affect HUSKY Program Enrollment
October 2006	Dental Care for Children In HUSKY A, 2005
September 2006	The Impact of Pregnancy-Related and Maternal Factors on Well-Baby Care in HUSKY A For Babies Born in 2003
March 2006	Child Health and Health Care Disparities in HUSKY A in 2004
February 2006	Emergency Care for Children in HUSKY A: CY 2004
December 2005	Asthma and Asthma-Related Health Care in Children Enrolled in HUSKY A: 2004
September 2005	Uninsured Children in Connecticut: 2004
September 2005	Ambulatory Care Utilization by Children Enrolled in HUSKY A in 2004
September 2005	Dental Care for Children in HUSKY A: 2004
August 2005	Births to Mothers in HUSKY A: Smoking During Pregnancy, 2002
July 2005	Births to Mothers in HUSKY A: Prenatal Care, 2002
July 2005	Births to Mothers in HUSKY A by Town, 2002
July 2005	Births to Mothers in HUSKY A: Birth Outcomes, 2002
June 2005	Child Health and Health Care Disparities in HUSKY A in 2003
May 2005	Emergency Care of Children in HUSKY A: CY 2003
April 2005	HUSKY A Provides Dental Care For More Children in 2003
March 2005	Asthma and Asthma-Related Health Care in Children Enrolled in HUSKY A: 2003
January 2005	Ambulatory Care Utilization by Children Enrolled in HUSKY A in 2003
October 2004	Uninsured Children in Connecticut: 2003
October 2004	Health and Health Care Disparities in HUSKY A: Impact of Coverage
October 2004	Do the Health Needs of Children Newly Enrolled in HUSKY A Differ by Race and Ethnicity?
April 2004	Families at Risk: Key Findings
March 2004	Cost of Proposed Medicaid and HUSKY A Changes to the Connecticut Economy
January 2004	Impact of Co-payments and Reduced Benefits on Children Enrolled in HUSKY A