Clark Lee JD, PhD, MPH, CPH

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department of Behavioral and Community Health
University of Maryland School of Public Health (College Park, Md.)
2024

Master of Public Health (MPH)
Department of Behavioral and Community Health
University of Maryland School of Public Health (College Park, Md.)
2014

Juris Doctor (JD) & Certificate in Health Law
Law and Health Care Program
University of Maryland School of Law (Baltimore, Md.)
2006

Bachelor of Arts (AB), cum laude
Neurobiology (Biology Track, Mind/Brain/Behavior Program)
Harvard College (Cambridge, Mass.)
2003

Biography

Clark J. Lee joined the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine in July 2021 and is currently a researcher at the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH) in Bethesda, Md. Previously a Senior Law and Policy Analyst (Research Associate) for the Center for Health and Homeland Security and an Associate Member of the Center for Health Outcomes Research, both at the University of Maryland - Baltimore, Dr. Lee has nearly 20 years of experience as a researcher and scholar in the fields of public health and safety, traffic safety, and emergency preparedness. He also has over 15 years of experience as a public health emergency planner and preparedness consultant.

A lawyer and public health professional by training, Dr. Lee has studied the application of laws, public policies, and other interventions based on behavioral change theories to promote public health and safety, with a particular focus on how legal, policy, and messaging interventions can address the public health and safety hazards posed by societal sleepiness and drowsy driving. More recently, Dr. Lee has been interested in adopting and applying quantitative and qualitative research methods to evaluate and improve programs relating to public health, health care, and general emergency preparedness, response, and management. In addition, Dr. Lee is interested in developing fatigue management and preparedness capabilities for emergency response providers.

Originally from Needham, Mass., Dr. Lee received his Bachelor’s degree in neurobiology from Harvard College, his Juris Doctor degree and Certificate in Health Law from the University of Maryland School of Law, and his Master of Public Health and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in behavioral and community health from the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Dr. Lee is a member of the Institutional Review Board for the Maryland Department of Health (serving as Vice-Chair as of July 2021), the Steering Committee for the Public Health Extreme Events Research (PHEER) network, the American Public Health Association, the Sleep Research Society, the Board of Directors for Start School Later, Inc., and the Gamma Zeta Chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health. He is a former Notes and Comments Editor for the Journal of Health Care Law and Policy and has been a reviewer for several academic journals, including Health Security, Sleep Health, SLEEP Advances, Accident Analysis and Prevention, Transportation Research Part F, Traffic Injury Prevention, Safety Science, Public Health Reports, Journal of Public Affairs, Neuroethics, and Psychology, Health & Medicine.

Dr. Lee is licensed to practice law in the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia and is certified in public health by the National Board of Public Health Examiners.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

2023 - Present: Executive Board/Steering Committee Member (3-Year Term), Public Health Extreme Events Research Network (PHEER)

2021 - Present: National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Pilot Program, National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

2014 - Present: Writing Fellow, Graduate School Writing Center, University of Maryland, College Park

2007 - Present: Vice-Chair (July 2021 - June 2025) & Member, Institutional Review Board, Maryland Department of Health

2010 - 2020: Public Health Emergency Preparedness Consultant, Montgomery County (Md.) Dept. of Health and Human Services

2006 - 2008: Governor's Policy Fellow, State of Maryland (Post-Doctoral Fellowship)

2006: Burton Award for Legal Achievement

Representative Bibliography

Lee, C. J., Kimball, M. M., Deussing, E. C., & Kirsch, T. D. (2023). Use of Information Technology Systems for Regional Health Care Information-Sharing and Coordination During Large-Scale Medical Surge Events. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 18, e1. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2023.218

Kirsch, T. D., Lee, C. J., King, D. B., Adeniji, A. A., Sethi, R., & Deussing, E. C. (2023). Validation of Opportunities to Strengthen the National Disaster Medical System: The Military-Civilian NDMS Interoperability Study Quantitative Step. Health Security, 21(4), 310–318. https://doi.org/10.1089/hs.2023.0051

Lee, C. J., Allard, R. J., Adeniji, A. A., Quintanilla, N., & Kirsch, T. D. (2022). The National Disaster Medical System and Military Combat Readiness - A Scoping Review. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 93(2S), S136-S146. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000003703

Kirsch, T. D., Lee, C. J., Kimball, M. M., Gill, K. B., Sison, A. R., Sizemore, W. L., Adeniji, A. A., Klimczak, V. L., & Deussing, E. C. (2022). Opportunities to Strengthen the National Disaster Medical System: The Military-Civilian NDMS Interoperability Study. Health Security, 20(4), 339–347. https://doi.org/10.1089/hs.2021.0221

Lee, C. J., Nolan, D. M., Lockley, S. W., & Pattison, B. (2017). Law-based arguments and messages to advocate for later school start time policies in the United States. Sleep Health, 3(6), 486-497. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2017.09.003

Lee, C. J., Geiger-Brown, J., & Beck, K. H. (2016). Intention and willingness to drive drowsy among university students: An application of an extended theory of planned behavior model. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 93, 113-123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2016.05.002

Lee, C. J., Rose. P. P., & Stoddard, E. (2013). Enhancing Communication Between Scientists, Government Officials, and the Lay Public: Advancing Science and Protecting the Public’s Welfare through Better Multi-Stakeholder Interfacing. Annals of Health Law, 22(2), 246-280. http://www.annalsofhealthlaw.com/annalsofhealthlaw/vol_22_special_edition#pg58

Lee, C. J. (2011). Addressing emergency response provider fatigue in emergency response preparedness, management, policy making, and research. Journal of Emergency Management, 9(5), 19-29.

Lee, C. J. (2006). Comment, Federal Regulation of Hospital Resident Work Hours: Enforcement with Real Teeth, Journal of Health Care Law and Policy, 9(1), 162-216. http://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/student_pubs/2/

Lockley, S. W., Cronin, J. W., Evans, E. E., Cade, B. E., Lee, C. J., Landrigan, C. P., . . . Czeisler, C. A. (2004). Effect of Reducing Interns’ Weekly Work Hours on Sleep and Attentional Failures, New England Journal of Medicine, 351(18), 1829-1837. http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa041404