Biography
Dr. Kim received his B.S. in Chemistry with Honors from Haverford College in 2001 and his M.D. from the University of Washington School of Medicine 2007. He was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Research Scholar from 2004-2006 at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the laboratory of Dr. Stephen Katz. Dr. Kim then completed his residency in dermatology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and became a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology in 2011. He was Instructor of Dermatology from 2011-2014 and was a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. David Artis from 2010-2014 at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kim also received a Master of Science in Translational Research (M.T.R.) from the University of Pennsylvania in 2014. He started as Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in 2014 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2019 with tenure. He is currently the Sol and Clara Kest Professor of Dermatology, Vice Chair of Research, and Site Chair of Mount Sinai West and Morningside in the Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also Director of the Mark Lebwohl Center for Neuroinflammation and Sensation that is overseen by the Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology, Precision Immunology Institute, and the Friedman Brain Institute at Mount Sinai.
Awards
2021
American Skin Association Research Achievement Award in Discovery
Stephen I Katz, MD, PhD, International Lectureship Award, Society for Investigative Dermatology
2019
International League of Dermatological Societies Young Dermatologist Achievement Award
American Dermatological Association Young Leadership Award
2016
St. Louis Business Journal’s 40 under 40 Class of 2016
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award
2014
American Academy of Dermatology Young Investigator Award
American Society for Clinical Investigation Young Physician-Scientist Award
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists Finalist
2013
1st Prize Johnson-Beerman Award, College of Physicians, Section on Dermatology
2007
Alpha Omega Alpha
2005
National Cancer Institute Cancer Research Training Award
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Training Fellowship for Medical Students
2001
Colin F. MacKay Prize in Chemistry
Editorial History
2021
Board of Reviewing Editors, eLife
Scientific Advisory Board, Cell Reports Medicine
Section Editor, Journal of Immunology
Review Editor, Frontiers in Immunology
Reviewed for Cell, Immunity, JCI, JID, NEJM, The Lancet, Nature Medicine, Neuron, PNAS, Science Immunology
2020
Scientific Advisory Board, Cell Reports Medicine
Section Editor, Journal of Immunology
Review Editor, Frontiers in Immunology
Reviewed for Cell, Cell Reports, Immunity, JACI, JAMA Dermatology, JAAD, JID, JCI, MED, NEJM, The Lancet, Neuron, PNAS, Science, Science Immunology
2019
Reviewed for Cell, Cell Reports, Immunity, JACI, JAMA Dermatology, JAAD, JID, JCI, NEJM, Nature Medicine, Neuron, PNAS, Science, Science Translational Medicine, Trends in Immunology, Trends in Neuroscience
2018
Reviewed for Immunity, JCI Insight, JID, Nature Immunology, Nature Medicine, NEJM, PNAS, Science Translational Medicine
Review Editor, NK and Innate Lymphoid Cell Biology, Frontiers in Immunology
Co-Editor, Research Techniques Made Simple, Journal of Investigative Dermatology
2017
Reviewed for Cell
Reviewed for Nature Immunology
Reviewed for New England Journal of Medicine
Reviewed for Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Review Editor, NK and Innate Lymphoid Cell Biology, Frontiers in Immunology
Co-Editor, Research Techniques Made Simple, Journal of Investigative Dermatology
2016
Reviewed for European Journal of Dermatology
Reviewed for Nature Medicine
Reviewed for Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Reviewed for Scientific Reports
Reviewed for Plos One
Reviewed for Nature Medicine
Reviewed for Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
2015
Reviewed for Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Reviewed for Genome Research
Reviewed for Plos One
Reviewed for Journal of Investigative Dermatology
2014
Reviewed for Nature Medicine
Reviewed for Journal of Investigative Dermatology
2013
Reviewed for Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Study Sections and Award Committees
2021
NIH/NIAMS AMS Study Section, Standing Member
NIH/NIAMS ZAR1 NCB (M1) 1 Ancillary Studies Review Meeting, 03-24-2021
2020
NIH/NIAMS AMS Study Section, Standing Member
NIH/IRG Musculoskeletal, Oral, Skin, Rheumatology, Orthopedic, Rehab R43/R44 Review, ad hoc member 3/16/2020
NIH/NIAMS 2020-10 Mechanistic Ancillary Studies (RFA-AR-20-001 and RFA-AR-20-002), ad hoc
NIH/NIAID Immune Tolerance Network (UM1 Clinical Trial Required RFA-AI-19-068)
2019
NIH/NIAMS Musculoskeletal, Oral, Skin, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Sciences AREA (R15) Review Study Section, ad hoc member
NIH/NIAID Hypersensitivity, Allergies and Mucosal Immunology Study Section, ad hoc member, 10/17/2019-10/18/2019
NIH/IRG Musculoskeletal, Oral, Skin, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Sciences R15 Review, ad hoc member, 11/13/2019
2018
Université de Strasbourg Institut d’Etudes Avancées Fellowship, ad hoc reviewer
NIH/NIAMS, ACTS Study Section, ad hoc member
American Academy of Dermatology Young Investigator Award Selection Committee
2017
NIH/NIAMS Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Special Emphasis Panel, AMSC Study Section, ad hoc member
NIH/NIAMS Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Special Grants Review Committee, AMS Study Section, ad hoc member
American Academy of Dermatology Young Investigator Award Selection Committee
The Myositis Association
Wellcome Trust, Collaborative Award in Science, Infection and Immuno-biology, ad hoc reviewer
2016
Medical Research Council (MRC) Human Immunology Unit (HIU) at the University of Oxford, ad hoc member