Dr. David Kim

Assistant Professor

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Biography

David D. Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Chicago. His interdisciplinary research integrates health economics, policy evaluation, and decision modeling to advance value-based healthcare decision-making. Kim's work focuses on defining and measuring the value of health interventions to guide policies that promote high-value care while discouraging low-value care. He has developed innovative analytical frameworks in economic evaluation and disease simulation models. His contributions include the Decision Framework for Assessing Transferability of Economic Evaluation and the Criteria for Health Economic Quality Evaluation (CHEQUE) tool. In terms of recognitions, his work has been published in leading journals such as JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, Health Affairs, and Medical Decision Making, and has received media coverage from major outlets including The New York Times and The Washington Post. Kim serves on the World Health Organization’s Guidelines Development Group for GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in obesity management, is a member of the Midwest Comparative Effectiveness Public Advisory Council at the Institute for Clinical Economic Review, and is an Associate Method Editor at Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Requirements for University of Chicago

Doctorate Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:104
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
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Specialization Notes

Department of Philosophy