Erin Chung, MD, MS
Clinician Researcher Acting Assistant Professor of Health Metrics Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Dr. Chung is an Acting Assistant Professor of Health Metrics Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. On the Neonatal and Child Health (NCH) team, her research supports ongoing work for the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study to quantify the burden of health loss for child health conditions—including neonatal conditions related to prematurity and child growth failure—and the development of novel methods to understand the connections among maternal and child health conditions and to better define and identify vulnerable sub-populations. Her prior work with Causes of Death, Shocks, Intermediate Causes, and Antimicrobial Resistance (CSIAMR) team involved the estimation of the global burden of sepsis and antimicrobial resistance. She received an MS in Epidemiology from the University of Washington. She is interested in the application of diagnostic stewardship and health economics to decision-making in infectious diseases. Her clinical time includes inpatient Infectious Disease consultations at Seattle Children’s Hospital.