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Faculty Profile

Jung Han Kim

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Education
PhD., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 1996

M.S., Dongduck Women’s University, Seoul, Korea, 1987

B.S., Dongduck Women’s University, Seoul, Korea, 1985

 

Professional Experience
2001–Present Assistant Professor, Nutrition Department, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Adjunct: Center of Excellence for Genomics and Bioinformatics
Genome Science and Technology Graduate School

1996–2001 Postdoctoral Associate, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME

1992–1996 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

1988–1991 Lecturer, Dongduck Women’s University, Seoul, Korea

1987–1989 Lecturer, Sang-Ji Junior College, Andong, Korea

1987 Research Assistant, Bioengineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea

1985–1987 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dongduck Women’s University, Seoul, Korea

Honors
2003 Faculty Achievement Award for Research/Creative Endeavor
College of Education, Health and Human Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

1998-2000 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, American Heart Association, Northeast Affiliate

1998 Finalist for Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Life Sciences Research Foundation

1996 Chancellor’s Citation for Extraordinary Professional Promise, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

1996 Graduate Student Research Award, The American Institute of Nutrition Sponsored by the Procter and Gamble Company

1996 Outstanding Graduate Research Award, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

1995 Graduate Student Research Award, The American Institute of Nutrition Sponsored by the Procter and Gamble Company

1995 Outstanding Graduate Research Award, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Professional Memberships
American Society of Nutritional Sciences

Endocrinology

American Diabetes Association

American Heart Association

Publications
1. R. T. Bronson, L. R. Donahue, R. Samples, J. H. Kim, and J. K. Naggert: Mice with mutations in the mahogany gene, Atrn, have cerebral vacuolization. J Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 2001, 60 (7): 724-730.

2. J. H. Kim and J. K. Naggert: Prohormone processing and disorders of energy homeostasis. In Nutrition and Gene Expression, pp 177-204, CRC Press 2001.

3. J. H. Kim, S. Sen, C. S. Avery, E. Simpson, P. Chandler, G. Churchill, P. M. Nishina, and J. K. Naggert: Genetic analysis of a new mouse model for non-insulin dependent diabetes. Genomics 2001, 74 (3): 273-286.

4. S. Kim, S. Urs, F. Massiera, P. Wortmann, R. Joshi, Y. R. Heo, B. Andersen, H. Kobayashi, M. Teboul, G. Ailhaud, A. Quignard-Boulange, A. Fukamizu, B. H. Jones, J. H. Kim, N. Moustaid-Moussa: Effects of High-Fat Diet, Angiotensinogen (agt) gene inactivation, and targeted expression to adipose tissue on lipid metabolism and renal gene expression. Horm Metab Res 2002, 34 (11-12): 721-725.

5. J. H. Kim, P. N. Taylor, D. Young, S. Y. Karst, P. M. Nishina, and J. K. Naggert: New leptin receptor mutations in mice: Leprdb-rtnd, Leprdb-dmpg, and Leprdb-rlpy. J Nutr 2003, 133 (5): 1265-1271.

6. J. H. Kim: Quantitative trait loci for obesity and type 2 diabetes in rodents. In Genomics and Proteomics in Nutrition, pp 15-48, Marcel Dekker 2004.

7. J. H. Kim, T. P. Stewart, W. Zhang, H.Y. Kim, P. M. Nishina, J. K. Naggert: The Type 2 diabetes mouse model TallyHo carries an obesity gene on chromosome 6 that exaggerates dietary obesity. Physiological Genomics 2005, 22 (2):171-181.

Funding
2004-07 Research Award, American Diabetes Association.
“Metabolic and Genomic Characterization of Early-Onset Hypertriglyceridemia in a New Mouse Model of NIDDM, TallyHo”. Principal Investigator. Total Award: $300,000.

2002-06 National Research Program of the American Heart Association. “Molecular basis of genetic susceptibility to diet induced obesity in tabw2 (TallyHo associated body weight 2) mice”. Principal Investigator. Total Award: $ 260,000.

2005 Scholarly Activity and Research Incentive Funds. “Measurement of the blood lipid profiles in a diabetic mouse model, TALLYHO. Principal Investigator. Total Award: $1,200.

2003-04 Professional Development Award, Office of the Provost, The University of Tennessee
“Large-scale gene expression array analysis for the high fat diet induced obesity in tabw2 mice”. Principal Investigator. Total Award: $5,000.

2003-04 Catalyst Grant, CEHHS, The University of Tennessee
“Metabolic characterization of the early-onset hypertriglyceridemia and its genetic and genomic analyses in a new NIDDM model, TallyHo mouse”.

Principal Investigator. Total Award: $25,000.
2002 BCMB, University of Tennessee. “Identification of candidate genes for the high fat diet responsible obesity in plump mice”. Principal Investigator. Total Award: $7,800.

 

Contact the Department of Nutrition

1215 W. Cumberland Ave.
229 Jessie Harris Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-1920

Brenda Hart
bhart57@utk.edu

Phone: (865) 974-5445
Fax: (865) 974-3491