Kelly Young-Wolff, PhD, MPH

Kelly Young-Wolff, PhD, MPH is a licensed clinical psychologist and research scientist at KPNC’s Division of Research. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco; Consulting Assistant Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine; and Associate Professor, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine. Dr. Young-Wolff’s research interests include investigating how stress and trauma and health-related policies shape disparities in the onset and course of substance use and psychiatric disorders among vulnerable populations, including pregnant individuals and adolescents. Dr. Young-Wolff helped to lead several pilot studies that evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of ACE screening for pregnant individuals in several medical centers in KPNC. This research contributed to the decision to universally screen all KPNC pregnant patients for ACEs as part of standard prenatal care.