Bessie Young, MPH, MD, BS

Associate Professor, Nephrology
Adjunct Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Services

Core Investigator, Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center (ERIC)

Contact Information
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
ERIC (152-E)
Seattle, WA 98109
Tel: 206-277-3586
youngb@uw.edu

http://depts.washington.edu/nephron/directory/bios/young.html

Affiliations
PhD Program in Health Services

Research Interests

• Home hemodialysis: New technologies, survival, cardiac arrest, and quality of life
• Racial and ethnic differences: Dialysis outcomes, diabetes, CKD
• Diabetic nephropathy: Racial and ethnic differences in access to care, quality of care, progression of care, progression/survival, and other outcomes
• Glomerulonephritis: Mechanisms, outcomes, predictors of progression

Education
MPH, Epidemiology, University of Washington, SPH 2001
MD, Medicine (MD), University of Washington 1987
BS, Chemistry, Pacific Lutheran University 1983

Links
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