Joe Lee

Joe Lee is a lecturer and field study coordinator in the Asian American & Asian Diaspora Studies Program of the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Joe teaches a lecture on “Advanicng Health Equity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities” and a related field study, and serves as faculty and co-coordinator for the Certificate in Asian American Community Health. The courses and certificate were developed in collaboration with the Asian American & Pacific Islander Health Research Group and local community health center partners.

Outside of his academic commitments, Joe serves as the Founder and Principal Consultant of Community Health Synergy, a queer-owned national consulting firm dedicated to advancing health equity through community-centered capacity building. Through Community Health Synergy, Joe offers expertise on strategic planning and implementation, cross-sector partnership engagement, coalition building, social determinants of health data oversight, federal and state grants management, health policy analysis, training and facilitation, and workforce development.

In the span of his 15-year career, Joe has supported Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), FQHC Look-Alikes, community-based organizations, County agencies, Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans, and national training organizations across the continental U.S., Hawai’i, U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands, and Freely Associated States. Joe has previously held positions at the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, Community Health Center Network, LifeLong Medical Care, City of Berkeley, Transform Health, and Kaiser Permanente.

Joe has a BA in Interdisciplinary Field Studies from UC Berkeley and an MS in Healthcare Administration and Interprofessional Leadership from UCSF.