Ph.D. New York University, N.Y. M.A. University of California, Berkeley. B.A. National Taiwan University, Taiwan, China. Regents Professor, 2011-present. George Lynn Cross Research Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 1990-Present. Director, Center for American Indian Health Research, 1994-present. Dean, College of Public Health, 1994-2002. Associate Dean for Research, College of Public Health, 1992-94. Fellow, American Statistical Association, 1996. Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 1985-1990. RESEARCH INTERESTS: Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and eye disease。 American Indian health。 Prevention research。 Current major research projects : Cardiovascular Disease in American Indians (Strong Heart Study – strongheart.ouhsc.edu) - A multicenter longitudinal study (since 1988) of heart disease and its risk factors in 13 American Indian tribes and communities, funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) . Role: P.I. of the Oklahoma Center and Coordinating Center。 The Strong Heart Stroke Study – A study of assessing vascular cognitive impairment in American Indians, funded by NHLBI/NIH. Role: Co-I. Papers ： Xu J, Lee ET, Devereux R, Umans JG, Best LG, Paranilam J, Howard, BV. Differences in risk factors for coronary heart disease among diabetic and nondiabetic individuals from a population with high rates of diabetes: The Strong Heart Study. J. Clin. Endo. & Metabolism. 2012, 97(10): 3766-3774. Lee ET, Jobe JB, Yeh J, Ali T, Rhoades ER, Knehans AW, Willis DJ, Johnson MR, Zhang Y, Poolaw B, Rogers B. A cardiovascular risk reduction program for American Indians with metabolic syndrome: The Balance Study. J. of Primary Prevention (JOPP).Published first online, Sept. 2, 2012. DOI 10.1007/s10935-012-0273-0. Blackett P, Khan S, Wang W, Alaupovic P, Lee ET. Sex differences in HDL, apoC-III in American Indian youth. Biology of Sex Differences. 2012, 3:18.