Kami Kim, M.D.

Contributing Editor

• Szentivanyi Professor of Internal Medicine and Director, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
• Co-Director, Center for Global Health and Infectious Disease Research,
  University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
• Director of Research, Global Emerging Diseases Institute, Tampa General
  Hospital, Tampa, Florida

Area of Special Interest

• COVID clinical research
• Pathogenesis of toxoplasmosis and malaria, parasitic diseases of global significance.

Professional Recognitions & Appointments

• National Institutes of Health (NIH-NIAID) National Research Service Award, 1989-1992
• National Institutes of Health (NIH-NIAID) Clinical Investigator Award, 1993-1996
• National Institutes of Health (NIH-NIAID) Independent Scientist Award, 1997-2002
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund New Investigator Award in Molecular Parasitology, 1998-2002
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund New Initiatives in Malaria Research Award, 2001-2003
• Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation
• Elected Member, Association of American Physicians
• Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America
• Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology
• Chair, Advisory Committee, Advisory Burroughs Wellcome Postdoctoral Enrichment Program

Publication Highlights

Published over 100 articles in peer reviewed journals including:

• Real-world effectiveness of early remdesivir and sotrovimab in the highest-risk COVID-19 outpatients during the Omicron surge. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy – August 2022
• Genome-wide localization of histone variants in Toxoplasma gondii implicates variant exchange in stage-specific gene expression. BMC Genomics – February 2022
• 3D Printed Alternative to the Standard Synthetic Flocked Nasopharyngeal Swabs Used for COVID-19 testing. Clinical Infectious Diseases – September 2020
• Plasma cell-free DNA predicts pediatric cerebral malaria severity. JCI Insight – June 2020

 

Education

• Harvard University (A.B. Magna Cum Laude)
• Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons  (Medical School)
• Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (Residency)
• University of California San Francisco (Fellowship –Division of Infectious Diseases)
• San Francisco General Hospital, UCSF (Post Doctoral Fellowship – Parasitology Laboratory)
• Stanford University School of Medicine (Post Doctoral Fellowship - Department of Microbiology & Immunology)

Disclosures

• Nothing to disclose.