Faculty

Bessie Young

Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Medicine - Nephrology
Associate Dean, School of Medicine


Education

MPH Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2001
MD Medicine, University of Washington, 1987
BS Chemistry, Pacific Lutheran University, 1983

Contact


Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
1660 S. Columbian Way S. RDU 111A
Seattle, WA 98108
WA

Research Interests

  • Racial and ethnic differences: Chronic Kidney Disease, Dialysis outcomes, diabetes
  • Diabetic nephropathy: Racial and ethnic differences in access to care, quality of care, progression of care, progression/survival, and other outcomes
  • APOL1 and kidney disease

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Prediction of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality using race and race-free estimated glomerular filtration rate in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study.
(2024)
Front Med (Lausanne) 11(): 1432965
Wang H, Cai J, Fan H, Diamantidis CJ, Young BA, Bidulescu A

Medical Mistrust Among Black Patients with Serious Illness: A Mixed Methods Study.
(2024 Nov)
J Gen Intern Med 39(14): 2747-2754
Cueva KL, Marshall AR, Snyder CR, Young BA, Brown CE

A methylation risk score for chronic kidney disease: a HyperGEN study.
(2024 Aug 1)
Sci Rep 14(1): 17757
Jones AC, Patki A, Srinivasasainagendra V, Hidalgo BA, Tiwari HK, Limdi NA, Armstrong ND, Chaudhary NS, Minniefield B, Absher D, Arnett DK, Lange LA, Lange EM, Young BA, Diamantidis CJ, Rich SS, Mychaleckyj JC, Rotter JI, Taylor KD, Kramer HJ, Tracy RP, Durda P, Kasela S, Lappalinen T, Liu Y, Johnson WC, Van Den Berg DJ, Franceschini N, Liu S, Mouton CP, Bhatti P, Horvath S, Whitsel EA, Irvin MR

Single-Ancestry versus Multi-Ancestry Polygenic Risk Scores for CKD in Black American Populations.
(2024 Nov 1)
J Am Soc Nephrol 35(11): 1558-1569
Jones AC, Patki A, Srinivasasainagendra V, Tiwari HK, Armstrong ND, Chaudhary NS, Limdi NA, Hidalgo BA, Davis B, Cimino JJ, Khan A, Kiryluk K, Lange LA, Lange EM, Arnett DK, Young BA, Diamantidis CJ, Franceschini N, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Mychaleckyj JC, Kramer HJ, Chen YI, Psaty BM, Brody JA, de Boer IH, Bansal N, Bis JC, Irvin MR

Assessing Strategies for Inclusion of Marginalized Communities in Clinical Trials-What's the Plan?
(2024 Jun 3)
JAMA Netw Open 7(6): e2413927
Young BA

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