Moonju Lee, PhD, MSN, RN

Clinical Associate Professor

Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence

Moonju Lee, PhD, MSN, RN, is a Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence at Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. In this role, she leads efforts to advance inclusive education and practice across the school, working to cultivate a healthy, equitable environment for students, faculty, and staff.

Dr. Lee earned her BSN from Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea, her MSN from the University of Virginia School of Nursing with a concentration in Community and Public Health Nursing and Leadership, and her PhD in Nursing from the University of Arizona College of Nursing, with a concentration in Health Equity and Cancer.
   
Dr. Lee's program of research focuses on cancer health and early detection, health disparities, healthcare access, health literacy, and community engagement and capacity building among underserved and minority populations, with particular attention to immigrant and refugee communities.
   
A committed community-engaged scholar, Dr. Lee founded the San Antonio Korean American Health School, a grassroots initiative delivering monthly bilingual health education lectures, community health columns in ethnic media, and screening events to an immigrant population facing significant language and cultural barriers to care. She extended this model to low-income Hispanic and refugee communities, adapting the same approach of culturally grounded, trust-based outreach to new populations. Her contributions have been recognized with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Award from the Republic of Korea and recognition as one of the Best 25 Nurses of South-Central Texas.

Research Interests

Health equity, access to care, health literacy, cancer health and early detection, and community engagement and capacity building among underserved and minority populations