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Rebecca E. Lee, PhD Director, Texas Obesity Research Center Associate Professor, Health and Human Performance University of Houston Dr. Rebecca Lee's research is anchored in an ecological framework that incorporates environmental and individual determinants of physical activity, dietary habits and obesity prevention in ethnic minority and underserved populations. Her work combines theory and techniques drawn from behavioral medicine, community psychology, geography, policy science, social ecology and social marketing. Dr. Lee is the Principal Investigator on two grants funded to examine the obesogenic capacity of public housing developments and neighborhoods in Kansas City, KS and MO. Dr. Lee is a co-investigator on Dr. Carlos Poston's NIH-funded grant to examine area of residence and obesity in Kansas City neighborhoods and a co-investigator on Dr. Terry Huang's AHA funded grant to examine correlates and biomarkers of obesity in college students. Dr. Lee is also the director of The Obesity Research Center.
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