Representative Publications

Publications (* served as a corresponding author)

Lee, H.S.*, Baxter, T., Griffith, T., Reibz, K., & Park, S. (2023). Interpersonal distance regulation and psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparison between the USA and Korea. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 103529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103529
 
Baxter, T., Shenoy, S., Lee, H.S., Griffith, T., Rivas-Baxter, A., & Park, S. (2022). Unequal outcomes: the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and wellbeing among Hispanic/Latinos with varying degrees of ‘belonging’. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. , 00207640221140285, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640221140285
 
Lee, H.S., Torregrossa, L., Shenoy, S., & Park, S. (2022). Embodiment of emotion in schizophrenia in the context of culture. Psychiatry Research Communications, 2(4), 100072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psycom.2022.100072
 
Lee, H.S.*, Rast, C., Shenoy, S., Derek, D., Woodman, G.F., & Park, S. (2022). A meta-analytic review of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on general psychopathology symptoms of schizophrenia; immediate improvement followed by a return to baseline. Psychiatry Research, 310, 114471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114471
 
Lee, H.S., Griffith, T., & Park, S. (2021). Bodily Self-Disturbances in schizophrenia; a comparative study of South Korea and the U.S.A. Psychopathology, 54, 262-273. https://doi.org/10.1159/000517933

Lee, H.S., Hong, S.J., Baxter T., Scott, J., Shenoy, S., Buck, L.E., Bodenheimer, R.E., & Park, S. (2021) Altered peripersonal space and the bodily self in schizophrenia; a virtual reality study. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 47(4), 927–937. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbab024
 
Oh, H., Jang, S.K., Lee, H.S., Lee, E.B., & Choi, K.H. (2021) Personality traits in individuals with the dual diagnosis of psychosis and substance use disorders: a comprehensive review and meta-analysis. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2020.1839827
 
Lee, H.S., Dean, D., Baxter, T., Griffith, T., & Park, S. (2020). Deterioration of mental health despite successful control of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea. Psychiatry research, 113570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113570
 
Dean, D.J., Tso, I.F., Giersch, A., Lee, H.S., Baxter, T., Griffith, T., Song, L., & Park, S. (2020). Cross-cultural comparisons of psychosocial distress in the USA, South Korea, France, and Hong Kong during the initial phase of COVID-19. Psychiatry Research, 113593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113593
 
Lee, H.S., Corbera, S. Poltorak, A., Park, K.H., Assaf, M., Bell, M., Wexler, B., Cho, Y.I., Jung, S.H., Brocke, S., & Choi, K.H. (2018). Measuring Theory of Mind in schizophrenia research: cross-cultural validation. Schizophrenia Research, 201, 187-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2018.06.022          
 
Lee, H.S., Jang, S.K., Lee., G.Y., Park, S.C., Medalia, A., & Choi, K.H. (2017). Informationally administered reward enhances intrinsic motivation in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 256, 290-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.06.049
 
Jang, S.K., Kim, S.J., Kim, C.Y., Lee, H.S., & Choi, K.H. (2016). Attentional processing of emotional faces in schizophrenia: an eye-tracking study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 125(7), 894-906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.06.049

Manuscripts under review & in preparation

Lee, H.S., & Park, S. (In Preparation). Altered representation of personal space in psychopathology: a review of interpersonal distance and peripersonal space.
 
Lee, H.S., Buck, L.E., Baxter, T., Shenoy, S., Bodenheimer, R.E., & Park, S. (In Preparation). Perceived social threat in a virtual reality (VR) environment affects peripersonal space in schizophrenia.
 
Rbeiz, K., Sangimino, M., Lee, H.S., Kim, M., & Park, S. (In Preparation). Investigating the traits and emotions of ‘neutral’ avatars and the implications for virtual reality
 
Yang, J., Lee, H.S., Sangimino, M., & Park, S. (In Preparation). Interoception and emotional embodiment in musicians

Conference Presentations

Lee, H.S., Sangimino, M., Li, Y., Martin, CG., Sarkar, N., Chang, C., & Park, S. (September, 2023). Simulation-based social skills training in virtual reality (VR) reduces negative symptoms and bodily self-disturbance in schizophrenia. Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP), Saint Louis, USA.
 
Lee, H.S., & Park, S. (May, 2023). Altered personal space in schizophrenia: a scoping review of peripersonal space and interpersonal distance. Oral presentation for the 2023 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Toronto, Canada.
 
Lee, H.S., Sangimino, M., Baxter, T., Rbeiz, K., Ullal, A., Wade, J., Sakar, N., & Park, S. (May, 2023). Novel measures of social cognition captures improvement following virtual reality social skills training in schizophrenia. Poster presentation for the 2023 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Toronto, Canada.
 
Rbeiz, K., Lee, H.S., Baxter, T., Sangimino, M., Bruni, P., Felsenheimer, A., Babbitt, K., Jelsma, O., Kim, M., Li, M., Peres, A., Yang, J., & Park, S. (May, 2023). An automated linguistic analysis of first-person accounts of psychosis. Poster presentation for the 2023 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Toronto, Canada.
 
Sangimino, M., Lee, H.S., Baxter, T., Griffith, T., & Park, S. (September, 2022). Trauma is associated with psychosis-risk and felt presence in the general population. Poster presentation for Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP), Philadelphia, USA.
 
Lee, H.S., Buck, L.E., Baxter, T., Shenoy, S., Bodenheimer, R.E., & Park, S. (April, 2022). Effects of perceived social threat on self-other boundary in schizophrenia: a virtual reality (VR) study of peripersonal space. Poster presentation for the 2021 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Florence, Italy.
 
Lee, H.S., Martinez, C., Shenoy, S., Derek, D., Woodman, G.F., & Park, S. (April, 2021). A meta-analytic review of the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on clinical symptoms of schizophrenia with a focus on the general psychopathology scale. Poster presentation for the 2021 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), virtual.
 
Lee, H.S., Torregrossa, L., Benson, T., & Park, S. (April, 2021). Abnormal bodily self experiences in schizophrenia; a comparative study of South Korea and USA. Poster presentation for the 2021 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), virtual.
 
Griffith, T., Baxter, T., Lee, H.S., Kim, I., Shenoy, S., & Park, S. (April, 2021). Ethnic disparities in psychosis proneness and mental health risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presentation for the 2021 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), virtual.
 
Felsenheimer, A., Rapp, A., Baxter, T., Griffith, T., Lee, H.S., & Park, S. (April, 2021). ‘They’ are not always friends: Social (de-)connectedness in narratives, social contacts and loneliness and its longitudinal impact on schizotypal traits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presentation for the 2021 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), virtual.
 
Baxter, T., Lee, H.S., Torregrossa, L., Kim, S., & Park, S. (April, 2020). An exploratory study of automated linguistic analysis of social narratives in schizophrenia. Poster presentation for the 2020 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Florence, Italy.
 
Lee, H.S., Torregrossa, L., Ichinose, M., Adery, L., Nichols, H., Wade, J., Bian, D., Granholm, E., Sarkar, N., & Park, S. (April, 2019). The predictors and mediators of improvement following virtual reality based social skill training. Poster presentation for the 2019 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Orlando, USA
 
Hong, S.J., Buck, L.E., Lee, H.S., Prada, A.K., Bodenheimer, R.E., & Park, S. (April, 2019). Altered peripersonal space boundaries in schizophrenia: a virtual reality study. Poster presentation for the 2019 congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Orlando, USA
 
Lee, H.S., Yoon, S.W., Suh, J.W., & Choi, K.H. (April, 2018). Effects of visual emotional contents in sense of agency in schizophrenia. Poster presentation at the 2018 Spring Conference of Korean Clinical Psychology Association (KCPA), Jeju island, South Korea.
 
Lee, H.S., Corbera, S. Poltorak, A., Park, K.H., Assaf, M., Bell, M., Wexler, B., & Choi, K.H. (March, 2017). Measuring implicit theory of mind in schizophrenia research: cross-cultural validation. Poster presentation at the 16th International Congress of Schizophrenia Research (ICOSR), San Diego, USA
 
Jang, S.K., Lee, H.S., Bahk, Y.C., & Choi, K.H. (November, 2015). Linking trait motivation and anhedonia in schizophrenia: the mediating role of state anxiety. Poster presentation at the 12th Congress of the World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR), Seoul, South Korea.
 
Lee, H.S., & Choi, K.H. (August, 2015). Validation of the intrinsic motivation and perceived competence scales for schizophrenia research. Poster presentation at the 2015 annual conference of Korean Psychology Association, Seoul, South Korea.
 
Lee, H.S., Jang, S.K., Lee., G.Y., Park, S.C., Medalia, A., & Choi, K.H. (March, 2015). The role of reward contingency on intrinsic motivation for cognitive game task in schizophrenia. Oral presentation at the 1st annual meeting for Cognitive Enhancement in Psychiatric Disorders (CEPD), Tokyo, Japan.

Honors

Early Career Award Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) 2023

Summer Research Award (SRS) The college of Arts & Sciences, Vanderbilt 2022

Graduate School Travel Grant, Vanderbilt Graduate School 2022

Warren Lambert Travel Award, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center 2021

Best Graduate Presenter Award, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center 2021

Science Day Data Blitz, selected for oral presentation, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center 2021, 2023

Poster Award Finalist   Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) 2021 

William F. Hodges Teaching Assistant Award   Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University 2020

Gayle Fambrough Fellowship Award   Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University 2019, 2020

Best Poster Presentation Award   Korean Clinical Psychology Association (KCPA) 2018

Research Promotion Scholarship for Graduate Student   Department of Psychology, Korea University 2017

Brain Korea 21 PLUS Scholarship   The Korean National Research Foundation 2015

Alumni Recommendation Award   Alumni association, Korea University, 2013