e-Bulletin August 2025

Promotion of Professor Youngwon Kim
Celebrating a Remarkable Career Milestone

We are pleased to announce the promotion of Professor Youngwon Kim to Associate Professor, effective July 2025. This well-deserved recognition reflects his remarkable contributions to research, teaching and academic service.

Since joining our School in 2019, Professor Kim has been pursuing his vision that creating new knowledge can improve health for millions. He has advanced the field of physical activity epidemiology through his research on how modifying daily activity patterns can help prevent chronic diseases. His work integrates genetic and wearable technology to develop personalised risk prediction models. He believes that combining personalised genetic disease risk feedback with wearable devices offers more impactful motivation for behaviour change. Furthermore, his work has enhanced methods in physical activity measurement across diverse populations.

Professor Kim’s scholarly impact is demonstrated by his publication record, with over 80 papers as first or corresponding author in top-tier journals such as the Journal of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and BMC Medicine. He further contributes to the academic community as an editorial board member of the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.

In terms of teaching, Professor Kim has taught several Kinesiology courses, including the popular Common Core course ‘Be Fit! Be Active!’. He is deeply committed to mentorship, having guided numerous students and early-career researchers across various programmes, including our MBBS curriculum, where he serves as a research supervisor, Enrichment Year mentor, and e-lecturer.

The School extends our hearty congratulations to Professor Youngwon Kim on this significant milestone in his career.