Faculty

Bessie Young Mielcarek

Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Medicine - Nephrology
Adjunct Professor, Health Systems and Population Health
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)

Removal of race from estimation of kidney function.
(2022 Jan 10)
Nat Rev Nephrol
Young BA
Therapeutic Inertia and Racial Differences in Blood Pressure Control-Time to Get Moving.
(2022 Jan 4)
JAMA Netw Open 5(1): e2143008
Rivara MB, Bansal N, Young B
APOL1, Sickle Cell Trait, and CKD in the Jackson Heart Study.
(2021 Nov-Dec)
Kidney Med 3(6): 962-973.e1
Young BA, Wilson JG, Reiner A, Kestenbaum B, Franceschini N, Bansal N, Correa A, Himmelfarb J, Katz R
Limited Evidence for Use of a Black Race Modifier in eGFR Calculations: A Systematic Review.
(2021 Dec 20)
Clin Chem
Marzinke MA, Greene DN, Bossuyt PM, Chambliss AB, Cirrincione LR, McCudden CR, Melanson SEF, Noguez JH, Patel K, Radix AE, Takwoingi Y, Winston-McPherson G, Young BA, Hoenig MP
Stakeholder Perspectives on Returning Nonactionable Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) Genetic Results to African American Research Participants.
(2022 Feb-Apr)
J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics 17(1-2): 4-14
West KM, Cavanaugh KL, Blacksher E, Fullerton SM, Umeukeje EM, Young B, Burke W
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