Jane Kim, PhD

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Dean for Academic Affairs; K.T. Li Professor of Health Economics; Professor of Health Decision Science in the Department of Health Policy and Management and the Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard T.H. Chan School

Jane Kim focuses her research on the development and application of mathematical modeling methods to evaluate health policy issues, with a strong interest in women’s health. She has led the evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of prevention strategies against cervical cancer and other HPV-related diseases for informed decision making globally, working closely with the National Cancer Institute, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Health Organization, and most recently, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on cervical cancer screening guidelines. She was the recipient of the Association of Schools of Public Health/Pfizer Young Investigator’s Research Award and has won awards for teaching, for mentoring, and for presentations at scientific meetings. Kim holds a master’s degree in health policy and management from the Harvard Chan School (2001) and a PhD in health policy and decision sciences from Harvard University (2005).

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