Dr. Andrew Wooyoung Kim is a biological anthropologist and human biologist.
Dr. Kim is an Assistant Professor in Biological Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley and holds a PhD in anthropology from Northwestern University. He is a former postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Global Health at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, USA. He is also an Honorary Researcher at the Department of Paediatrics at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Dr. Kim’s research integrates biological, epidemiological, and anthropological approaches to understand how social oppression becomes embodied and produces health inequities in historically marginalized communities. His current work traces the biosocial mechanisms underlining the intergenerational mental health effects of violence from apartheid in Soweto and Johannesburg, South Africa. Through a collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of the Witwatersrand and the South African Depression and Anxiety Group, he is also leading a study on the perceptions, experiences, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 in tertiary psychiatric hospitals in Johannesburg. His research is currently supported by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation.
Education
2016-2020 Ph.D./M.A. Anthropology (Biological)
Northwestern University (Evanston, IL, USA)
Graduate Certificate in Society, Biology, and Health
Committee: Christopher Kuzawa (Chair), Thomas McDade, Emma Adam, Shane Norris
2011 – 2015 B.S. Anthropology & Human Biology
Emory University (Atlanta, GA, USA)
Minor in Global Development
Appointments
01/22 — Present Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
12/20 — 12/21 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Chester Pierce Division of Global Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital & Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
12/20 — Present Honorary Researcher, South Africa Medical Research Council Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
07/19 – Present Research Fellow, The South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG), Johannesburg, South Africa
07/19 – 08/21 National Institutes of Health Fogarty Global Health Fellow, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA
03/19 – 12/20 Graduate Fellow, Program in Global Health Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
08/18 – 12/20 Honorary Associate Researcher, South Africa Medical Research Council Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Grants & Funding
2/22 – current Grants, Innovation and Product Development Award. “Characterising Long-COVID in a large urban sample of South African adults.” South African Medical Research Council ($775, 114) (Role: Co-I)
3/20 – current Global Health Catalyzer Research Fund, Institute for Global Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University ($25,000)
9/19 – current Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research ($14,325)
http://www.wennergren.org/grantees/kim-andrew-wooyoung
9/19 – current Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, Biological Anthropology Program, National Science Foundation ($29,434)
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1849265
9/19 – 8/21 HBNU Fogarty Global Training Program Fellowship, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health ($39,451)
9/19 – 12/19 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows Travel and Research Grant, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation ($5,000)
6/18 – 8/18 Predoctoral Research Dissertation Grant, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ($3,000)
6/17 – 8/17 Graduate Student Enhancement Grant, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ($1,350)
Awards
2016-2020 Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation (NSF-GRFP) ($34,000 stipend and $12,000 cost of education allowance for three years)
2014-2020 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, Social Science Research Council, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ($12,000)
2019 William S. Pollitzer Student Travel Award, 88th Annual Meeting for the American Association of Biological Anthropologists, Cleveland, OH ($500)
2018 Oshinsky-McKern Award for Best Student Podium Presentation, 46th Annual Meeting for the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology, London, ON ($370)
2017 Student Member Travel Award, Human Biology Association ($500)
2011 1st Place and Best in Category: Behavior and Social Sciences, 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Society for Science & the Public ($8,000)
2011 Dudley R. Herschbach Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar Award, 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Society for Science & the Public
2011 Psi Chi: International Honor Society in Psychology Research Award, 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Society for Science & the Public ($400)
2011 Scholar, Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation ($10,000)
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