Youngran Kim

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About

Youngran Kim, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Management, Policy & Community Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health (UTSPH) and an affiliated member of the Center for Health Care Data. As a health services researcher, Dr. Kim’s research interests focus on improving efficiency in health care delivery and reducing disparities in health and health care. She studies topics related to optimization of stroke care, management of neurological disorders, and improving the access to and quality of care among newborns, pregnant women, and the elderly population. Dr. Kim has collaborated with clinicians on various projects by evaluating clinical interventions, designing and conducting retrospective epidemiologic studies, and facilitating multidisciplinary collaborative research efforts. Her expertise is in quantitative analyses leveraging big data generated from public databases, electronic health records, Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance claims to answer questions that lie at the intersection of health care policy, management, and clinical care delivery. Dr. Kim received her Ph.D. in health services research/health economics from UTSPH in 2020 with a minor in biostatistics and breadth in quantitative methods and was a postdoctoral fellow in McGovern Medical School’s Department of Neurology prior to joining the faculty at UTSPH. She has published in JAMA Neurology, JAMA Network Open, Stroke, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, the Journal of Pediatrics, Medical Care, Medical Care Research & Review, and other journals.

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Center Affiliation

Center for Healthcare Data

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Research Interests

• Behavioral/Mental Health
• Big Data/Data Science
• Cardiovascular and Chronic Diseases
• Health Equity
• Health Services/Outcomes Research
• Management and Health Policy
• Maternal and Child Health
• Social Determinants of Health