SUJI LEE Assistant Professor
Dr. Suji Lee received her B.S. in Pharmacy and Ph.D. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, both from Ewha Womans University. Following her Ph.D., she conducted a postdoctoral fellowship at the Ewha Brain Institute. She subsequently served as an Assistant Professor at Dongduk Women's University and Seoul Women's University before joining the faculty at Ewha Womans University. Her research program focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying cognition, sleep, and stress responses. Her work draws on a multimodal methodology encompassing structural, functional, metabolic, and network neuroimaging (sMRI, fMRI, DTI, arterial spin labeling, and MRA), EEG, and Computerized Neurocognitive Testing — complemented by non-invasive neuromodulation techniques, including Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Direct Current Stimulation (DCS). One focus of her recent work is the neuroscience of sleep. Using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), she has examined how glutamate and GABA — the brain's principal excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters — vary across normal sleep, insomnia, and sleep restoration, findings that received international media coverage. Her research also explores how the brain changes along the continuum from normative stress through posttraumatic syndrome(PTS) to PTSD, leveraging machine learning and deep learning to analyze large-scale datasets. Dr. Lee has published more than twenty-five articles in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, Biological Psychiatry, Molecular Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine, and Sleep, and holds three patents arising from her work. She serves as Principal Investigator on grants funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), and as a co-investigator on a number of collaborative projects.
- suji.lee@ewha.ac.kr
- International Education Building #1201-2
- 02-3277-6708
- Office hours
- 월요일 15:00-17:00
- Research Interests
- Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Neuropharmacology
Research Record
- Astrocytic gamma-aminobutyric acid dysregulation as a therapeutic target for posttraumatic stress disorder Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2025, v.10 no.1, 240
- Genetic profile for dopamine signaling predicts brain functional reactivity to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 2023, v.273 no.1, 99-111
- Differential alterations in brain structural network organization during addiction between adolescents and adults Psychological Medicine, 2022
- Hippocampal subregional alterations and verbal fluency in the early stage of type 2 diabetes mellitus EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 2021, v.54 no.10, 7550-7559
- [학술지논문] Effects of white ginseng on reducing stress and tension by enhancing default mode network connectivity: A randomized, double-blinded placebo-controlled clinical trial JOURNAL OF GINSENG RESEARCH, 2025, v.49 no.6 , 725-733
- [학술지논문] Variations in Brain Glutamate and Glutamine Levels Throughout the Sleep-Wake Cycle BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, 2025, v.98 no.6 , 494-502
Courses
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2026-1st
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First-Year Seminar 강의 계획서 상세보기
- Subject No 11402Class No 02
- 1Year ( 1Credit , 1Hour) Mon 7~7 (I-EDU1201-2)
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Foundations of Brain and Cognitive Sciences 강의 계획서 상세보기
- Subject No 37584Class No 01
- 1Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour)
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Learning and Memory
- Subject No 37690Class No 01
- 3Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 2~2 (I-EDU1202) , Thu 3~3 (I-EDU1202)
- Language Changed
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Introduction to Brain and Cognitive Sciences 강의 계획서 상세보기
- Subject No G16000Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 4~5 (I-EDU-601)
- Professor Determined
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2023-1st
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Pathophysiology 강의 계획서 상세보기
- Subject No 37125Class No 01
- 4Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 2~2 (POSCO551) , Thu 2~2 (POSCO551)
- Major Requisite
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Pathophysiology
- Subject No 37125Class No 02
- 4Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 4~4 (POSCO551) , Thu 6~6 (POSCO551)
- Major Requisite
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Pathophysiology
- Subject No 37125Class No 03
- 4Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 3~3 (POSCO551) , Thu 3~3 (POSCO551)
- Major Requisite
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Academic Background
Ewha Womans University 이학박사(뇌·인지과학과)
Ewha Womans University 약학사(약학과)
External Awards
NIDA International Forum Travel Award (NIH / NIDA CPDD International Forum)2021-05-27
HOPE meetings with Nobel Laureates (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)2019-01-14