Bessie Young University of WashingtonUnited States

Bessie Young, MD, MPH, FACP (she/her/hers) is Vice Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and Medical Director for the UW Office of Healthcare Equity, and Professor in the Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine at the University of Washington. She is currently engaged in health justice medical education, quality improvement, and research on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion issues particularly in those with kidney disease. Young has focus much of her career on improving access and quality of care for those with diabetes, hypertension, and kidney disease. Her research concentrates on evaluating risk factors for development and progression of kidney disease in BIPOC communities, genetic testing for APOL1-associated kidney disease in African Americans, education for kidney disease and kidney replacement therapies, and evaluating the intersection of health disparities and health equity issues in medicine. She is a member of the University of Washington’s Kidney Research Institute (KRI) and the Veterans Affairs Center for Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care (COIN) and founding director of the University of Washington Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Center for Transformational Research (UW JEDI-CTR).