Katherine Yun, MD, MHS
Locations: Pediatric Primary Care, South Philadelphia
About Katherine Yun, MD, MHS
Katherine Yun, MD, MHS, received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 2006 and completed her residency in pediatrics at Yale University in 2009. Between 2009-2011, she was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar and earned her Master’s in Health Sciences Research from Yale University. While at Yale, she was the supervising physician in the Yale-New Haven Hospital Pediatric Refugee Clinic, a co-recipient of Connecticut’s Myra M. Oliver Award for going “above the call of duty” to help refugees and immigrants.
Dr. Yun is currently an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and an attending physician in the Division of General Pediatrics and the Refugee Child Health Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her primary interest is refugee and immigrant health, specifically the well-being of children in immigrant families in the United States. Her work has focused on access to care for children and families with limited English proficiency, community-based healthcare navigation, the prevalence of non-communicable conditions and insurance coverage among refugees in the U.S., and the use of clinical decision support to promote evidence-based, guideline-directed immigrant healthcare. She is concerned with access to healthcare, understanding the impact of health policies on immigrant children and families, and training the next generation of pediatricians on multilingual child health research and practice.
Titles
Attending Physician
Fellowship Director, Academic General Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Awards and Honors
2025, Carole Marcus Mid-Career Award to Promote Career Development and Mentoring in Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2021, Excellence in Community Engagement Award (Refugee Child Health Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia), Pennsylvania Statewide Refugee Resettlement Consultation
2019, Golden Door Award (Refugee Child Health Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia), HIAS-PA
2018, Best Research Abstract, Health Equity Week, PennMedicine
2014, Nominee: Joanne Decker Memorial Work/Family Mentoring Award, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2010, Myra M. Oliver Award, Connecticut Immigrant and Refugee Coalition, Awarded to the Yale-New Haven Hospital Refugee Clinics
2008, Martha Brochin Award, Yale Pediatric Residency
2007, Physician Scholar in International Health, Yale/Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholars Program
2006, Presidential Scholarship for Careers in Primary Care, Harvard Medical School
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
International
2015-present, North American Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers
- 2019-2022, Research, Evaluation & Ethics Committee
National
2006-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
- 2014-2019, Executive Committee, Section on International Child Health
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial Positions
2016-present, peer review, Health Services Research
2016-present, peer review, BMC Public Health
2016-present, peer review, Maternal & Child Health Journal
2015-present, peer review, Pediatrics
2013-present, peer review, Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health
2012-present, peer review, American Journal of Public Health
2010-present, peer review, PLoS Medicine
Academic and Institutional Committees
2019-present, Faculty Committee, PolicyLab
2015-present, Pilot Grant Review Committee, Global Health Center
2013-present, Pilot Grant Review Committee, Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness
Education & training
Graduate Degree
MHS - Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Medical Degree
MD - Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
Internship
Pediatrics - Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital, New Haven, CT
Residency
Pediatrics - Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, New Haven, CT
Fellowship
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT