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David D. Kim, PhD, is an assistant professor of medicine and public health sciences at the University of Chicago. Previously, he served as an assistant professor and program director of the cost-effectiveness analysis registry at the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health at Tufts Medical Center. As a health economist, Dr. Kim's primary focus centers around measuring the value of health interventions and providing guidance for value-based health care decisions. His extensive research encompasses three key areas: (1) evaluating long-term health, equity and economic impact of health interventions using simulation modeling; (2) measuring the use and consequences of low-value care; (3) enhancing methodology in economic evaluation and research prioritization. He has written several pieces highlighting the gap between guideline recommendations and actual practice in cost-effectiveness analysis with future directions for improvement. Dr. Kim is a member of the Task Force on Cost-Effectiveness, the American Heart Association Food is Medicine Initiative, the Midwest Comparative Effectiveness Public Advisory Council (CEPAC) of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, and the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines Development Group on GLP-1 receptor agonists.