Youngran Kim

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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/health economics from UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in 2020, with a minor in biostatistics, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Neurology at McGovern Medical School before joining the faculty at UTHealth Houston. As a health services researcher, she conducts population-level studies on healthcare utilization, costs, and health outcomes to promote equitable healthcare access, improve healthcare 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 (EHR). With this expertise and research focus, she has built a strong record of interdisciplinary collaboration with clinicians, data scientists, and other stakeholders. Dr. Kim’s research spans stroke care, mental and behavioral health among children and adolescents, breast cancer treatment, and Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD). 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).

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Center Affiliation

Center for Healthcare Data

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Research Interests

• Behavioral/Mental Health
• Big Data/Data Science
• Cancer
• Cardiovascular and Chronic Diseases
• Health Equity
• Health Services/Outcomes Research
• Injury and Violence
• Maternal and Child Health