- Factors that influence health promotion and management behaviors related to HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Cancer, and Violence.
- Serving undeserved populations including people living with HIV, seeking PrEP, and ethnic minority populations.
SuKyung Kim, PhD, CRNP, WHNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Assistant Professor
Research & Clinical Interests
EDUCATIONS
- Postdoctoral Certificate, University of Pennsylvania, Nursing (2016)
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Nursing (2015)
- Graduate Certificate, University of Pennsylvania, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studay (2015)
- MSN, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Women's Health Nurse Practitioner (2011)
Most Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
- The Potential of Human Papillomavirus Self-Collection Testing to Improve Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women Living With HIV
- Evaluating Now I Know mHealth intervention promoting HPV vaccine completion among young women attending federally supported clinics
- Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Promote HPV Uptake Among Young Women Who Attend Subsidized Clinics
LICENSURE
- Registered Nurse, Pennsylvania
- Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Pennsylvania
CERTICATION
- Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, National Credentialing Center
FUNDING
- 2025, PI, Yale University, Research Education Institutes for Diverse Scholars(REIDS) fellowship, HPV screening and vaccination among women living with HIV through community-based implementation science.
- 2025, Clinical Sub-Investigator, BioNTech SE, Phase I, randomized, observer-blinded, 3-part, dose escalation and expanded safety and dose evaluation trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of an investigational prophylactic vaccine for the prevention of genital lesions caused by HSV-2 and potentially HSV-1.
- 2024, Co-PI, University of Pennsylvania, A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Testing Multi-level Theory-Based Communication Strategies to Increase HPV Vaccination in Primary Care.
Selected AWARDS & HONORS
- 2015, Ann Wolbert Burgess Endowed Student Award, University of Pennsylvania
- 2014, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
Professional Memberships
- National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties
- National Association of Nurse Practitioner in Women’s Health
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Engineering Medicine & Biology Society (IEEE EMBS)
- Eastern Nursing Research Society
- Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
- Sigma Theta Tau Delta Rho Chapter