Kayoung Lee, Ph.D. candidate from South Korea, receives Karl C.K. Ma fellowship
Kayoung Lee is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, in the department of systems, populations, and leadership. She is a recipient of the Karl C.K. Ma Endowed Graduate Scholarship fund, an endowment intended to support careers in public service by providing student funding to graduate students in the Schools of Nursing, Education and Social Work.
Lee has a background as a nurse in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit at Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, South Korea.
She says: "Throughout my nursing education, I have learned the importance of holistic health care, which not only focuses on eliminating pathological factors, but also considers the environmental or societal impacts on health. My research interests are injury prevention and environmental safety for older people with heart failure."
Many heart failure patients have symptoms that predispose them to falls, and fall-related injuries often make performing daily activities difficult, which increases risk of long-term care admission and healthcare costs.
