Dr. Baik holds a PhD degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison (Major in Nursing and Minor in Preventive Medicine). Dr. Baik, with her multidisciplinary team, has been involved in health services and patient outcomes research in depression care and depression comorbidities. Building upon her NIH funded research on depression care in primary care, her recent research interests are in the effect of depression comorbidities on patient outcomes and self-management. The long-term goal of her research focuses on designing and implementing self-management interventions for patients with depression comorbidities while empowering those affected by depression and depression comorbidities. Dr. Baik has taught many courses over the past 17 years. Currently, she teaches the Healthcare Policy (Master’s), the Evidence-based Practice Research (Master’s), and the Qualitative Research Method, Advanced (PhD).