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 Areas

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)

Assessing the effect of social and environmental burdens on kidney disease.
(2025 Apr 3)
Nat Rev Nephrol
Ozieh MN, Young BA
Systemic interventions towards kidney health equity in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
(2025 Mar 6)
Nat Rev Nephrol
Mokiao RH, Deen JF, Fretts AM, Young BA
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
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