Underwood International College

Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Policy

• Doctorate of Law in Juridical Science, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
• Master of the Science of Law, Stanford Law School, Stanford 
• Master of Public Health, Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul
• Bachelor of Law, Seoul National University College of Law, Seoul

Profile

Sun Goo Lee’s research interests are in science and technology policy, with a special focus on public health issues. After obtaining her LLB, MPH, and JSM, she worked on HIV policy and tobacco regulation policy at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. At Georgetown University Law Center, she wrote her SJD dissertation on the effect of criminalization of HIV infection on HIV testing behavior. She also has experience as a judicial researcher at the Supreme Court of Korea conducting comparative research of common law and Korean law. As an assistant professor at Gachon University, she conducted research on toxic torts, use of health big data, and digital healthcare.

Education

Doctorate of Law in Juridical Science, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, 2013
Master of the Science of Law, Stanford Law School, Stanford, 2007
Master of Public Health Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul, 2007
Bachelor of Law, Seoul National University College of Law, Seoul, 2004

Courses and Current Research Areas

Introduction to Science, Technology, and Policy
Policy Analysis and Evaluation

Selected Publications

"Using Epidemiological Evidence to Prove Causation in Toxic Torts: Recent Cases of the Supreme Court of Korea," 146(1) Justice 256 (2015) (in Korean)

"Criminal law and HIV testing: Empirical analysis of how at-risk individuals respond to the law,
14(1) Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics 4 (2014)