Katherine Yun, M.D., M.H.S.
PolicyLab Faculty
Katherine Yun is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and an attending physician in both the Division of General Pediatrics and the Refugee Health Program at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Her primary interest is refugee and immigrant health, specifically the well-being of children in immigrant families in the United States. Her work has focused on the prevalence of chronic, non-communicable conditions and insurance coverage among refugees in the US, as well as differences in primary and dental care utilization by children in different types of immigrant families. She is concerned with equity in access to health care, including behavioral health services, and in documenting the impact of immigrant health policies on children and families.
Dr. Yun received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 2006 and completed her residency in pediatrics at Yale University in 2009. Between 2009-2011, she was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar and earned her Masters in Health Sciences Research from the Yale University School of Medicine. While at Yale, she was the supervising physician in the Yale-New Haven Hospital Pediatric Refugee Clinic, a co-recipient of Connecticut’s Myra M. Oliver Award for going “above the call of duty” to help refugees and immigrants.
Dr. Yun has also worked in Europe, where she supported research on the health impact of human trafficking, and Central Asia, where she taught middle school. She and her husband currently live in Philadelphia, PA.
Research Interests
Refugee and immigrant health
Health disparities
Access to health care
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Yun K, Fuentes-Afflick E, Curry L, Krumholz H, Desai M. Parental Immigration Status is Associated with Children’s Health Care Utilization: Findings from the 2003 New Immigrant Survey of US Legal Permanent Residents. Maternal and Child Health Journal. Epub January 2013.
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Yun K, Fuentes-Afflick E, Desai M. Prevalence of Chronic Disease and Insurance Coverage among Refugees in the United States. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. Epub April 30, 2012.
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Yun K, Hebrank K, Graber L, Sullivan M-C, Chen I, Gupta J. High Prevalence of Chronic Non-Communicable Conditions Among Adult Refugees: Implications for Practice and Policy. Journal of Community Health. Epub March 2012.
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