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Hedwig Eugenie Lee

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Sociology
Sociology
PO Box 90088, Durham, NC 27710-0088
2200 West Main Street, Suite 700, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Grants


The Health Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment and Foster Care From Adolescence Into Mid-Life

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2027

NextGenPop -- Recruiting the Next Generation of Scholars into Population Research

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo Investigator · Awarded by University of Wisconsin - Madison · 2021 - 2026

Health disparity of survival advantage: the case of non-Hispanic black preterm births

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Irvine · 2022 - 2026

DNA methylation in context: Racial inequities in social adversity and vulnerability to the health impact of air pollution

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Regents of the University of Michigan · 2021 - 2025

External Relationships


  • Russell Sage Foundation
  • Scholars Strategy Network (SSN)
  • Spencer Foundation

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