Cerina Lee

Biographic Data

ID5410449
NAMECerina Lee
GIVEN NAMESCerina
FAMILY NAMELee
SIGNATURELEE C
AFFILIATIONSJohns Hopkins University
ORCID0000-0001-6465-8686
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR13
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Influence of the Covid-19 pandemic on chronic disease management among indigenous people in Canada

    Open AccessCerina Lee, Allison Soprovich et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Introduction In Canada, little is known about how the Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has influenced Indigenous people with chronic disease. Even without the additional burden of the pandemic, many Indigenous communities lack access to high-quality health care and preventive measures. This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on chronic disease management (CDM) and healthcare access and utilization by describing the CDM experienc…

  • Opioid Initiation in Older Patients with Chronic Pain Who Received Authorized Cannabis Prescription

    Émilie Fontaine, Jihane El-Mourad et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2026

    BACKGROUND: Cannabis is being increasingly used to treat chronic pain, with studies suggesting that concurrent use with opioids may reduce the need for opioid medications. However, specific to opioid-naïve patients, the effects of cannabis exposure on opioid initiation are not well known. OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between the authorized prescription of cannabis and opioid initiation in older patients with chronic pain. STUDY DESIGN: We…

  • Long Covid and its associations with burnout, anxiety, and depression among U. S. healthcare workers in the United States

    Open AccessThanh‐Huyen T Vu, Thanh-Huyen T Vu et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background Data on Long COVID and its associations with burnout, anxiety and depression among healthcare workers (HCW) in the United States (U. S.) is limited. Methods This study utilized cross-sectional data from the final survey conducted in July 2023, which was part of a longitudinal cohort study assessing COVID-19-related burnout and wellbeing among healthcare workers (HCWs) in a large tertiary academic healthcare system in the Chicago area. …

  • Leadership tasks in public health

    Open AccessCerina Lee, Anthony Dissen et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Introduction Public health leadership plays a crucial role in shaping effective health policies and practices. The National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE) conducts a job task analysis (JTA) survey every 5–7 years to update the Certified in Public Health (CPH) examination. The objective of this study is to examine the JTA findings on leadership tasks in public health practice. Methods In April 2022, through the collaboration of expert pa…

  • Substance use patterns among individuals with problematic pornography use

    Open AccessCerina Lee, Elizabeth C Danielson et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Pornography consumption is a highly prevalent behavior in developed countries, with studies indicating that up to 70% of men and 40% of women have viewed pornography within the past year. Substance use in individuals with problematic pornography use (PPU) is an area that warrants further investigation due to the potential for its compounded negative effects including risk for addiction and potential negative effects on mental and emotional health…

  • Psychometric properties of an Adapted Climate Change Coping Scale in a sample of Canadian adolescents

    Open AccessGina Martins, Gina Martin et al.ARTICLEWellbeing Space and Society2025

    A 16-item Adapted Climate Change Coping Scale (CCCS-A) operationalizes coping with thoughts and feelings about climate change into four dimensions. • The dimensions of coping in the CCCS-A were: de-emphasizing, distracting, problem-focused coping, and meaning-focused coping. • The CCCS-A is evidenced as being a reliable and valid instrument. Climate change is a threat to the health and wellbeing of adolescents. Many adolescents express concern, w…

  • The Association of Medical Cannabis Use with Pain Levels and Opioid Use in Illinois’ Opioid Alternative Pilot Program

    Cerina Lee, Julie Bobitt et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2024

    Objective The state of Illinois’ Opioid Alternative Pilot Program (OAPP) is the first and only official harm-reduction program in the US to address the opioid crisis via facilitation of safe and legal access to medical cannabis. This study evaluates the association of medical cannabis use with pain level and frequency of opioid use in the first cohort of OAPP participants in 2019.Methods A survey was sent OAPP enrollees between February and July …

  • Benzodiazepine use in medical cannabis authorization adult patients from 2013 to 2021

    Open AccessCerina Lee, Cerina Dubois et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Medical cannabis authorization had little to no effect on benzodiazepine usage among patients prescribed regular benzodiazepine treatment in Alberta, Canada. • Further clinical research is needed to investigate the potential impact of medical cannabis as an alternative to benzodiazepine medication

  • Incidence and Predictors of Cannabis-Related Poisoning and Mental and Behavioral Disorders among Patients with Medical Cannabis Authorization

    Arsene Zongo, Cerina Lee et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2022

    OBJECTIVE: As medical cannabis use increases in North America, establishing its safety profile is a priority. The objective of this study was to assess rates of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations due to poisoning by cannabis, and cannabis-related mental health disorders among medically authorized cannabis patients in Ontario, Canada, between 2014 and 2017. METHODS: This is a retrospective cohort study of patients who received m…

  • Appropriateness of Covid-19 public health guidelines for an Alberta First Nations community

    Open AccessAllison Soprovich, Lisa A Wozniak et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2022References: 9

  • Opioid use in medical cannabis authorization adult patients from 2013 to 2018

    Open AccessCerina Lee, Mu Lin et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    This short-term study found that medical cannabis authorization showed intermediate effects on opioid use, which was dependent on initial opioid use. Greater observations of changes in OME appear to be in those patients who were on a high dosage of opioids (OME > 100); however, continued surveillance of patients utilizing both opioids and medical cannabis is warranted by clinicians to understand the long-term potential benefits and any harms of o…

  • Changes in patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) scores in adults with medical authorization for cannabis

    Open AccessJessica M Round, Cerina Lee et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    Although the majority showed no clinically important changes in PHQ-9 scores, a number of patients showed improvement or deteriorations in PHQ-9 scores. Future studies should focus on the parallel use of screening questionnaires to control for PHQ-9 sensitivity and to explore potential factors that may have attributed to the improvement in scores pre- and post- 3-6 month time period

  • Cohort study of medical cannabis authorisation and healthcare utilisation in 2014–2017 in Ontario, Canada

    Dean T Eurich, Cerina Lee et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2020Cited by: 1References: 25

    BACKGROUND: The impact of medical cannabis on healthcare utilisation between 2014 and 2017 in Ontario, Canada. With cannabis legalisation in Canada and some states in the USA, high-quality longitudinal cohort research studies are of urgent need to assess the impact of cannabis use on healthcare utilisation. METHODS: A matched cohort study of 9925 medical cannabis authorised adult patients (inhaled (smoked or vaporised) or orally consumed (oils)) …