Yun Han
Assistant Research Scientist
Internal Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
1415 Washington Heights, Suite 3645, SPH I
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
[email protected]

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Yun Han
Assistant Research Scientist
  • About
  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Research Overview
  • Recent Publications
  • About

    Yun Han is a research faculty member in the Department of Internal Medicine’s Nephrology division and at the Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center (KECC) at the University of Michigan. Her research interests encompass health services and outcomes research for chronic diseases, with a specific emphasis on pharmacoepidemiology, quality of care, and social determinants of health (SDOH) in the context of kidney disease. These works are prompted by a variety type of large and complex real-world data such as national disease registries, claims data, and electronic medical records data.

    Qualifications
    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow
      University of Michigan, Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, 2020
    • Ph.D., Social and Administrative Sciences (in pharmacy)
      University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, 2017
    • M.S., Health Services
      University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 2012
    • B.S., Applied Pharmacy
      Peking University, Beijing, 2010
    • B.S., Economics (dual degree)
      Peking University, Beijing, 2010
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    Research Overview

    Health services and outcomes research, public health surveillance, pharmacoepidemiology, quality of care, and social determinants of health (SDOH), spatial analysis

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Assessing acute kidney injury risk after COVID vaccination and infection in a large cohort study.
      Pan Y, Han Y, Zhou C, Zheng J, Zhao L, Ye X, He Y, N3C Consortium . NPJ Vaccines, 2024 Nov 8; 9 (1): 213 DOI:10.1038/s41541-024-00964-3
      PMID: 39516206
    • Journal Article
      Health Insurance Status since the Affordable Care Act among US Adults with and without CKD
      Kiryakos J, Veinot TC, Han Y, Herman WH, Morgenstern H, Miyamoto Y, Saran R, Bragg-Gresham JL. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2024 Oct; 35 (10S): 10.1681/asn.20246dfym7gc DOI:10.1681/asn.20246dfym7gc
    • Journal Article
      Assessing trends and variability in outpatient dual testing for chronic kidney disease with urine albumin and serum creatinine, 2009-2018: a retrospective cohort study in the Veterans Health Administration System.
      Bhave NM, Han Y, Steffick D, Bragg-Gresham J, Zivin K, Burrows NR, Pavkov ME, Tuot D, Powe NR, Saran R. BMJ Open, 2024 Feb 12; 14 (2): e073136 DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073136
      PMID: 38346884
    • Journal Article
      Incorporating Social Determinants of Health in the Prediction of Chronic Kidney Disease Progression in a National Cohort of US Veterans
      Singh K, Bragg-Gresham J, Han Y, Gillespie B, Weitzel W, Crowley S, Saran R. the Fortune Journal of Health Sciences,
    • Journal Article
      Mapping the Overlap of Poverty Level and Prevalence of Diagnosed Chronic Kidney Disease Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States.
      Han Y, Xu F, Morgenstern H, Bragg-Gresham J, Gillespie BW, Steffick D, Herman WH, Pavkov ME, Veinot T, Saran R. Prev Chronic Dis, 2024 Apr 11; 21: E23 DOI:10.5888/pcd21.230286
      PMID: 38603519
    • Preprint
      Incorporating Social Determinants of Health in the Prediction of Chronic Kidney Disease Progression in a National Cohort of US Veterans
      Singh K, Bragg-Gresham J, Han Y, Gillespie B, Weitzel W, Crowley S, Saran R. medRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2023.07.14.23292677
    • Presentation
      Social and Environmental Determinants of Health – Upstream Drivers of Disparities in Kidney Disease
      Han Y. 2023 Jun 26;
    • Presentation
      Social and Environmental Determinants of Health – Upstream Drivers of Disparities in Kidney Disease
      Han Y. 2023 Jun 26;