Dr. Katherine Kim is a health informatics researcher and expert in digital health, community engagement, and health equity. She has taught undergraduate and graduate students at University of California Davis School of Nursing and School of Medicine, UC Berkeley’s Biology Scholars Program, and San Francisco State University’s Health Equity Institute and departments of health education and biology.  She is also the creator of several professional development training programs for healthcare staff in hospitals and clinics.

Dr. Kim is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the UC Davis School of Medicine, Public Health Sciences Department. She is an elected fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association and has received numerous awards for community-engaged and participatory research related to technology and health. Dr. Kim has over 25 years of previous experience as a hospital and medical group 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 currently serves on the Board of Archstone Foundation which is dedicated to improving the health of older adults in California. She received a PhD at UC Davis, MPH/MBA at UC Berkeley, and BA at Harvard University.