Min Hee Kim, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Institute for Health Policy Studies
School of Medicine
I am a population health scholar and postdoctoral fellow at the UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. My overarching research seeks to bridge studies of social/environmental determinants of health and health service research to advance theoretical understanding of how health inequities are generated at the population level and inform policy and community-level interventions.
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My current research is organized around three lines of inquiry: 1) Examining the role of education policies for racial/ethnic integration and choice on health inequities among the US children and adults, 2) Understanding whether and how neighborhood disadvantage generates health inequities in a diverse population, including refugee population in Denmark, 3) Validating the measure of timely diagnosis of dementia and quantifying structural determinants (i.e., racial segregation and geographic distribution of health care resources) associated with racial disparities in delayed dementia diagnosis.
I work closely with Dr. Rita Hamad in the Social Policies for Health Equity Research Program (SPHERE). For the latter work, I work closely with mentors and colleagues in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, the Department of Neurology, and the Division of Geriatrics.
Education & Training
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- Ph.D. Social Work and Sociology University of Michigan 08/2019
- M.A. Sociology University of Michigan 08/2019
- M.A. Social Welfare Seoul National University 02/2009
- B.A. Social Welfare Chung-Ang University 08/2006
Interests
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- Life course and Aging
- Social determinants of health
- Policy evaluation
- Health disparities
Websites
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- Social Policies for Health Equity Research (SPHERE) Program (sphere.ucsf.edu)
Grants and Projects
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- Racial Disparities in Delayed Dementia Diagnosis: Structural Determinants and Validation of Timeliness Measures, National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging, 2022-2024
Publications (15)
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Binge DrinkingMichiganSocial EnvironmentCommunity Health ServicesPhysicians, Primary CareStress, PsychologicalSpousesResidence CharacteristicsHomebound PersonsSocial WorkSocial SegregationMedicaidHome Care ServicesActivities of Daily LivingCaregivers
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Neighborhood disadvantage and the risk of dementia and mortality among refugees to Denmark: A quasi-experimental study.
SSM - population health 2022 Kim MH, Foverskov E, Frøslev T, White JS, Glymour MM, Hainmueller J, Pedersen L, Sørensen HT, Hamad R -
The association of residential racial segregation with health among U.S. children: A nationwide longitudinal study.
SSM - population health 2022 Wang G, Schwartz GL, Kershaw KN, McGowan C, Kim MH, Hamad R -
The long shadow of residential racial segregation: Associations between childhood residential segregation trajectories and young adult health among Black US Americans.
Health & place 2022 Schwartz GL, Wang G, Kershaw KN, McGowan C, Kim MH, Hamad R -
School racial segregation and long-term cardiovascular health among Black adults in the US: A quasi-experimental study.
PLoS medicine 2022 Kim MH, Schwartz GL, White JS, Glymour MM, Reardon SF, Kershaw KN, Gomez SL, Collin DF, Inamdar PP, Wang G, Hamad R -
Neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage and psychiatric disorders among refugees: a population-based, quasi-experimental study in Denmark.
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 2022 Foverskov E, White JS, Norredam M, Frøslev T, Kim MH, Glymour MM, Pedersen L, Sørensen HT, Hamad R
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School Racial Segregation and the Health of Black Children.
Pediatrics 2022 Wang G, Schwartz GL, Kim MH, White JS, Glymour MM, Reardon S, Kershaw KN, Gomez SL, Inamdar PP, Hamad R -
Hospitalization Trajectories in Home- and Community-Based Services Recipients: The Influence of Physician and Social Care Density.
The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences 2021 Kim MH, Xiang X -
Urban Neighborhood Characteristics and the Spatial Distribution of Home and Community-Based Service Organizations in Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
Research on aging 2021 Kim MH, Clarke PJ, Dunkle RE -
Trajectories of Homebound Status in Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 65 and Older.
The Gerontologist 2020 Xiang X, Chen J, Kim M -
Closure of 'third places'? Exploring potential consequences for collective health and wellbeing.
Health & place 2019 Finlay J, Esposito M, Kim MH, Gomez-Lopez I, Clarke P -
Depressive Symptoms among Former Spousal Caregivers: Comparing Stressors, Resources, and Circumstances of Caregiving Cessation among Older Husbands and Wives.
Journal of gerontological social work 2019 Perone AK, Dunkle RE, Feld S, Shen HW, Kim MH, Pace GT -
Caregiver stressors and depressive symptoms among older husbands and wives in the United States.
Journal of women & aging 2016 Kim MH, Dunkle RE, Lehning AJ, Shen HW, Feld S, Perone AK -
Urban social and built environments and trajectories of decline in social engagement in vulnerable elders: findings from Detroit's Medicaid home and community-based waiver population.
Research on aging 2014 Kim M, Clarke P -
Does becoming an ADL spousal caregiver increase the caregiver's depressive symptoms?
Research on aging 2013 Dunkle RE, Feld S, Lehning AJ, Kim H, Shen HW, Kim MH -
Facilitators of home and community-based service use by urban African American elders.
Journal of aging and health 2013 Lehning AJ, Kim MH, Dunkle RE