Youngran Kim
Assistant Professor
Management, Policy & Community Health
713/500-9000
Reuel Stallones Building
1200 Pressler Street, Houston, TX 77030
About
Youngran Kim, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management, Policy & Community Health and an affiliated faculty member of the Center for Health Care Data. She earned her PhD in Health Services Research and Health Economics from the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in 2020, with a minor in Biostatistics. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Neurology at McGovern Medical School before joining the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health faculty. As a health services researcher, she conducts population-level studies on healthcare utilization, costs, and health outcomes to improve access to care, optimize care delivery, and enhance population health. Her research primarily leverages real-world data, including large secondary databases such as Medicaid and Medicare claims, hospital discharge records, and electronic health records (EHRs). With this expertise and research focus, she has established a strong record of interdisciplinary collaboration with clinicians, data scientists, and other stakeholders. Dr. Kim’s research spans dementia and aging, stroke systems of care, pharmacoepidemiology, cancer risk and treatment, and mental health. She has published in JAMA Neurology, JAMA Network Open, Stroke, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, The Journal of Pediatrics, Medical Care, and Medical Care Research & Review, among other leading journals. Her work has been supported by grants from the SNIS Foundation/Joe Niekro Aneurysm and AVM Foundation, the Texas Alzheimer’s Research & Care Consortium (TARCC), the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium (TCMHCC), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).