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School of Public Health & Social Policy

Laura Lee

Laura Lee

Assistant teaching professor, limited term

Public Health and Social Policy

Contact:
Office: HSD B202e
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Credentials:
BMSc (UWO), MSc (QMU), PhD (UBC)
Area(s) of expertise:
Child and youth health and wellbeing; Global health; Child and youth participation and protection; Youth sexual and reproductive health and rights; HIV/AIDS; Gender and health inequities; Psychosocial wellbeing of children; Community-based and participatory action research methodologies; Social suffering and structural violence; Participatory program planning and evaluation

Background

Laura Lee, PhD, is a public health scholar and educator specializing in gender equity and health, child protection, and participatory research with marginalized youth in East Africa and globally. Her work focuses on translating research into practical program and policy guidance, collaborating with NGOs, UN agencies, and community partners to strengthen evidence-informed practice and health and social policy. At UVic, she teaches various topics in public health and global health, bringing extensive field experience and a commitment to equity-centered, applied learning in the classroom.

Select publications

Hazenberg, L., Lee, L., Paterson-Young, C., Karlidag-Dennis, E.., Maher, M., Wright, L. H.V. (2026). From Participants to Co-Researchers: Youth Leading Arts-Based Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) in Peacebuilding. In, A. Breed, S. Huxley, T. Prentki, E. Agbe (Eds.) Children, Youth and Participatory Arts for Peacebuilding: Lessons from Kyrgyzstan, Rwanda, Indonesia and Nepal Second Edition. UK: Routledge.

Paterson-Young, C., Adhikari, J., Lee, L., Maher, M., & Wright, L. H. V. (2024). Creating ownership: Strengths and tensions in co-production with children, young people, and adults across contexts. Childhood, 31(3), 329-348. 

Ngabonziza, E., Adhikari, J., Nyiringabo, L., Wright, L., Lee, L. (2024). Youth advisory: what does Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) mean to young people. In Breed, A., Marambio, H-U., Pells, K., Timalsina, R. (Eds.) . Routledge, New York.

Manion, K., Wright, L.H.V., Currie, V, Lee, L. (2023). Creative and Participatory Methods for Bolstering. Violence Prevention with Young People in Schools in Southeast Europe through Shifting Social and Gender Norms. Special Issue: New Questions of Children’s Rights. Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics, 9(2), 72-88. 

Lee, L. and Lulie, B. (2023). . The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

Pontalti, K., Lee, L. M. and Williams, T. (2022).  Geneva: The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action.

Lee, L. M., Wright, L. H. V., Machado, C., Niyogi, O., Singh, P., Shields, S., & Hope, K. (2022). Online Intergenerational Participatory Research: Ingredients for Meaningful Relationships and Participation. Journal of Participatory Research Methodologies, 3(3), Youth-themed Special Issue). https://doi.org/10.35844/001c.38764

Closson, K., L. Lee, J. J. Dietrich, M. E. Beksinska, S. Hornschuh, P. Smith, J. A. Smit, T. Ndung'u, M. Brockman, G. Gray and A. Kaida (2021). "Gender and Power Dynamics of Social Relationships Shape Willingness to Participate in Biomedical HIV Prevention Research Among South African Adolescents and Young Adults." Frontiers in Reproductive Health 3(12), .