Dr Ki Wook Kim

Dr Ki Wook Kim

Senior Lecturer
Science
School of Biotech & Biomolecular Science

Dr Ki Wook Kim is a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) International Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Clinical Medicine (Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health) within the Faculty of Medicine and Health, based at the Prince of Wales Hospital. Dr Kim completed his undergraduate degree, Honours and PhD in Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University of Sydney, for which he investigated the roles and interactions of various microRNAs and RNA silencing component p...

E-mail
k.w.kim@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 3114, L3 East, Bioscience South E26 UNSW Kensington Upper Campus

2021 – present
UNSW Medicine Elevate Program (Cohort leader; support A to B academic promotion of ECAs within the Medicine & Health Faculty)
2021 – 2022
UNSW SWCH Research Advisory Committee: ECA representative for the Paediatrics Discipline (competitive selection)
2021 – present
NSW Health Pathology Research Forum Organising Group (responsible for securing plenary speaker: world-leading virologist Prof. Ian Lipkin)
2021 – present
Australian Diabetes Society Expert Reference Group (for Research Advisory)
2021 – present
UNSW MEDIC Cultural Diversity Working Group (Interim Cultural Diversity Co-Champion July 2022 to Jan 2023)
2021 – present
NSW Health Pathology East Sustainability Site Champion (Green Team)
2020 – present
UNSW Medicine Early Career Academic Network Committee (Chair 2020/2021)
2020 – present
UNSW SWCH Paediatric Infectious Diseases Strategy Committee
2020 – present
UNSW SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Response Research Group
2018 – present
ENDIA Study Research Symposium Organising Committee
2018 – present
ENDIA Study QC Working Group
2017 – present
Randwick Paediatrics Research Committee (Sydney Children’s Hospital Network)
2018 – 2019
JDRF Future Research Leaders Study Steering Committee
2015, 2016, 2023
UNSW & POWH Virology Research Laboratory Seminar Series Organiser

  • 2021 – present
    2021 – 2022
    UNSW Medicine Elevate Program (Cohort leader; support A to B academic promotion of ECAs within the Medicine & Health Faculty)
    UNSW SWCH Research Advisory Committee: ECA representative for the Paediatrics Discipline (competitive selection)
  • 2021 – present
    2021 – present
    UNSW Medicine Elevate Program (Cohort leader; support A to B academic promotion of ECAs within the Medicine & Health Faculty)
    NSW Health Pathology Research Forum Organising Group (responsible for securing plenary speaker: world-leading virologist Prof. Ian Lipkin)
  • 2021 – present
    2021 – present
    UNSW Medicine Elevate Program (Cohort leader; support A to B academic promotion of ECAs within the Medicine & Health Faculty)
    Australian Diabetes Society Expert Reference Group (for Research Advisory)
  • 2021 – present
    2021 – present
    UNSW Medicine Elevate Program (Cohort leader; support A to B academic promotion of ECAs within the Medicine & Health Faculty)
    UNSW MEDIC Cultural Diversity Working Group (Interim Cultural Diversity Co-Champion July 2022 to Jan 2023)
  • 2021 – present
    2021 – present
    UNSW Medicine Elevate Program (Cohort leader; support A to B academic promotion of ECAs within the Medicine & Health Faculty)
    NSW Health Pathology East Sustainability Site Champion (Green Team)
  • 2021 – present
    2020 – present
    UNSW Medicine Elevate Program (Cohort leader; support A to B academic promotion of ECAs within the Medicine & Health Faculty)
    UNSW Medicine Early Career Academic Network Committee (Chair 2020/2021)
  • 2021 – present
    2020 – present
    UNSW Medicine Elevate Program (Cohort leader; support A to B academic promotion of ECAs within the Medicine & Health Faculty)
    UNSW SWCH Paediatric Infectious Diseases Strategy Committee
  • 2021 – present
    2020 – present
    UNSW Medicine Elevate Program (Cohort leader; support A to B academic promotion of ECAs within the Medicine & Health Faculty)
    UNSW SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Response Research Group
  • 2021 – present
    2018 – present
    UNSW Medicine Elevate Program (Cohort leader; support A to B academic promotion of ECAs within the Medicine & Health Faculty)
    ENDIA Study Research Symposium Organising Committee
  • 2021 – present
    2018 – present
    UNSW Medicine Elevate Program (Cohort leader; support A to B academic promotion of ECAs within the Medicine & Health Faculty)
    ENDIA Study QC Working Group
  • 2021 – present
    2017 – present
    UNSW Medicine Elevate Program (Cohort leader; support A to B academic promotion of ECAs within the Medicine & Health Faculty)
    Randwick Paediatrics Research Committee (Sydney Children’s Hospital Network)
  • 2021 – present
    2018 – 2019
    UNSW Medicine Elevate Program (Cohort leader; support A to B academic promotion of ECAs within the Medicine & Health Faculty)
    JDRF Future Research Leaders Study Steering Committee
  • 2021 – present
    2015, 2016, 2023
    UNSW Medicine Elevate Program (Cohort leader; support A to B academic promotion of ECAs within the Medicine & Health Faculty)
    UNSW & POWH Virology Research Laboratory Seminar Series Organiser

My Research Supervision

In 2022:

  • 3 x PhD candidates (2 x School of Clinical Medicine; 1 x School of Medical Sciences)
  • 1 x 4th Year Medical Honours student (2 x committed in 2023)

My Teaching

  • Research-led teaching within the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health
  • Guest Lecturer and meet the scientists panellist for MICR3061 (BABS)
  • 13 Honours/ILP students supervised to completion (100% 1st Class/Distinction ILP)
  • UNSW Career Discovery Mentoring Program Mentor