Professional Experience

Dr. Anna Yu Lee is a public health specialist, educator, and mental health consultant, not a psychotherapist. She is the founder and leading consultant at Concierge Mental Health, where she draws from over 20 years of international public health research, university teaching, clinical and counseling settings in hospitals, private clinics, and outpatient centers to offer professional consultations and personal support to organizations, groups, and individuals facing a wide range of life challenges. In her practice she works collaboratively with a wide range of medical and mental health providers to provide services for people experiencing a wide range of personal and professional challenges.

Dr. Yu Lee currently serves as President of the Southern California Chapter of the American Statistical Association, and as Adj. Professor in the School of Community & Global Health at Claremont Graduate University. She has also taught in the Marriage & Family Therapy program in the USC Rossier School of Education, in Azusa Pacific University’s Masters of Science in Biostatistics program, UG Dept. of Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, and UG Dept. of Psychology.

Education

PhD, Claremont Graduate University, 2020

School of Community & Global Health, Health Prom. Sci., Concentration: Biostatistics

MPH, Claremont Graduate University, 2015

School of Community & Global Health, Public Health

MA, Pepperdine University, 2010

Graduate School of Education & Psychology, Psychology

BA, New York University, 2007

College of Arts & Sciences, History

Interdisciplinary Contributions

Dr. Yu Lee’s education and training are in multicultural psychology, public health, and biostatistics, and her professional experience spans the fields of journalism, counseling, residential care management, health promotion, and undergraduate/graduate instruction, with contributions including the planning, delivering, and evaluation of workshops, health initiatives, group activities, and interventions for individuals and groups disadvantaged by poverty, domestic violence, physical/psychological abuse, disability, isolation, and homelessness.

While her academic scholarship has primarily focused on multicultural perceptions and treatment of stigmatized health behaviors, she has also produced research on human emotions, eating behaviors, obesity, substance use, cognitive health, memory, and statistical science.

Dr. Yu Lee’s publications have appeared in journals of public health, social and behavioral health, and statistical education, as well as a reference text on substance and behavioral addictions published by the Cambridge University Press. On the subjects of her publications, she has presented to academic, clinical, and industry audiences in multiple countries in North America, Western Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East.