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Katherine Kim, PhD, MPH, MBA, FAMIA

Dr. Katherine Kim is a health informatics researcher and expert in digital health and community engagement. Dr. Kim is Principal, Consumer Health Informatics at the MITRE Corporation, a non-profit organization that works with government and private sectors to improve the safety, stability, and well-being of our nation. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of California Davis in the School of Medicine, Public Health Sciences Department.

At MITRE, Dr. Kim currently leads ACTIVATE, a comprehensive model for equitable and sustainable digital health for underserved and rural communities. The ACTIVATE program provides technology and assistance to develop virtual care, remote patient monitoring, and digital health literacy that engages patients and improves health outcomes.  She also serves as the Clinical Lead for MITRE’s Age Better LabTM, a connector and collaborator with academia, government, and industry for aging research and digital health solutions.

Dr. Kim is an elected fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association and Chair, Consumer Health Informatics Working Group.  She has received numerous awards for community-engaged and participatory research related to technology and health. Dr. Kim has over 25 years of previous experience as a hospital and medical group manager, an entrepreneur--CEO of a venture-funded startup, leader of a technology incubator, and founder of a consulting firm—and in software product development with Oracle. She received a PhD at UC Davis, MPH/MBA at UC Berkeley, and BA at Harvard.

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