Nicole Kahn, PhD, MEd

Dr. Nicole Kahn is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Adolescent Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington and an investigator in the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute. She received her PhD in maternal and child health from the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2018, after which she worked at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine where she led projects focused on adolescent health behavior programs for the U.S. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and online tools to promote emotional well-being and resilience in response to the COVID-19 pandemic for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Since joining Seattle Children’s and the University of Washington in 2021, her research has focused on working with adolescents, parents/caregivers, and other partners to strengthen health information technology systems and promote equitable access to care for diverse adolescents.