Professor E-mail: hailkim@kaist.edu

Graduate School of Medical Science & Engineering (GSMSE) 

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 

JOB EXPERIENCE 

2022 – Director, Medical Scientist Training Program, KAIST 

2022 – Professor, GSMSE, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 

2021 – Director, KAIST Clinic Pappalardo Center, KAIST 

2021 – Adviser to KAIST President for physician scientist training 

2020 – Director, Biomedical Research Center, KAIST 

2023 – 2024 Chair, GSMSE, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 

2015 – 2022 Associate Professor, GSMSE, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 

2011 – 2015 Assistant Professor, GSMSE, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 

2006 – 2011 Postdoctoral Fellow, Diabetes Center, UCSF, USA 

2005 – 2006 Assistant Professor, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea 

2002 – 2005 Investigator, Armed Forces Medical Institute of Korea 

2001 – 2002 Research Fellow, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea 

1998 – 2001 Teaching and Research Assistant, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea 

EDUCATION 

Feb. 2002 Ph. D., Yonsei University 

Mar. 1998 M.D., Yonsei University College of Medicine 

AWARDS & HONORS

2023 Scientist of the Year selected by Journalists, Korea Science Journalist Association

2021 Masato Kasuga Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement, AASD

2011 Yonkang Medical Paper Academic Award, Yonkang Foundation, Korea

2010 – 2013 Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, USA

2009 Young Investigator Travel Grant Awards, 69th ADA Scientific Session, New Orleans, USA

2007 – 2009 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, USA

2004 Richard Wunsch Medical Prize for Young Investigator, Korean Academy of Medical Sciences