Ina
Lee,
MS
Third Year Medical Student
Vanderbilt University
Ina Lee is a second-year medical student at Vanderbilt School of Medicine. She earned her BS in Biology from Stanford and her MS in Laboratory Animal Sciences from Stanford School of Medicine. She is interested in otolaryngology. She participated in the Vanderbilt Program of Interprofessional Learning, which combines approaches from medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work, and counseling to inform student training and patient care.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Head and neck cancers (HNC) and treatment affect quality of life and predispose patients with HNC to mental health disorders (MHDs) (Lee et al., 2019). These patients have an increased risk of in-hospital medical, certain surgical, and total complications, as well as increased costs (Gao et al., 2021, Jeffery et al., 2019). Addressing these mental health comorbidities in patients with HNC may reduce costs, improve resource efficiency, and better patient outcomes. However, few studies have measured the impact of interventions on those with HNC. We hypothesized that by screening for depression…