Dr. Kim’s research focuses on the use of information technology such as mobile, social, and distributed systems to improve care coordination, community health, and stakeholder-engaged research. Her current research spans cancer, obesity, and heart disease with particular focus on health equity. She is on the leadership team of Patient-centered SCAlable National Network for Effectiveness Research, a stakeholder-governed, distributed clinical data research network for 34M patients. Dr. Kim has over 20 years of previous experience as a hospital and clinic 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.