Katherine K. Kim, Ph.D., MPH, MBA, is a consumer health informaticist with expertise in digital health, data equity and community-engaged innovation models. Kim is an adjunct full professor at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine and Department of Public Health Sciences, and senior scientist for health at the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute. She is the CEO and founder of Health Tequity LLC, a platform for digital care coordination and data-driven, real-world impact.
She was previously principal of consumer health informatics at the MITRE Corp., a nonprofit operator of U.S. federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs), including the nation’s FFRDC for Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to improve the safety, stability and well-being of the nation. In addition, Kim has industry experience managing health care services in hospitals and medical groups as well as developing and launching health care technology solutions.
Kim is a fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics and a fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association. Her recent honors include the BEYA National IT Research Leadership Award, the Community Outcomes and Impact Award from the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, and the Sarah Mazelis Paper of the Year Award from the Society for Public Health Education. She serves as a board member of the Archstone Foundation. She received her Ph.D. at UC Davis, MPH and MBA at UC Berkeley, and B.A. at Harvard.
