Jacqueline H. J. Kim

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Assistant Professor In Residence, Medicine
School of Medicine
Member, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Affiliate, Population Health and Disease Prevention
Public Health
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2017, Psychology (Clinical Science)
M.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2013, Psychology (Clinical Science)
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 2008, Psychology
Phone: (949) 824-9216
Email: jhjkim@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
100 Theory
Suite 100
Mail Code: 4060
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
Asian American/Immigrant mental and physical health; (advanced/metastatic) cancer survivorship; trauma, stress & coping; internalizing/somatic symptoms; sociocultural contexts; culturally appropriate interventions; understudied populations
Appointments
NIH/NIMH T32 Postdoctoral Fellow in Biobehavioral Issues in Physical and Mental Health, UCLA Dept. of Psychology
NIH/NCI K99 Postdoctoral Scholar, UCLA Dept. of Psychology
Publications
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Lu, Q., Yeung, N., Tsai, W., Kim, J.H.J. (2023) The effects of culturally adapted expressive writing interventions on depressive and anxiety symptoms among Chinese American breast cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 161, 104244.

Kim, J.H.J., Lu, Q., & Stanton, A.L. (2021) Overcoming constraints of the model minority stereotype to advance Asian American health. American Psychologist, 76(4), 611-626.

Kim, J.H.J., Drake, B.L., Accortt, E.E., Pollin, I.S., Bairey Merz, C.N., & Stanton, A.L. (2021) Younger women living with chronic disease: comparative challenges, resiliencies, and needs in heart disease and breast cancer. Journal of Women’s Health.

Kim, J.H.J., Bright, E.E., Williamson, T.J., Krull, J.L., Weihs, K.L, & Stanton, A.L. (2021) Transitions in coping profiles after breast cancer diagnosis: Implications for depressive and physical symptoms. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 44(1), 1-17.

Kim, J.H.J., Tsai, W., Kodish, T., Trung, L.T., Lau, A.S., & Weiss, B. (2019). Cultural variation in temporal associations among somatic complaints, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in adolescence. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 124(2019), 109763.

Nagata, D.K., Kim, J.H.J., & Wu, K. (2019). The Japanese American wartime incarceration: Examining the scope of racial trauma. American Psychologist, 74(1), 36–48.

Kim, J.H.J., Nagata, D. K., & Akiyama, M. (2015). Japanese American reactions to World War II incarceration redress: Just world belief, locus of control, and coping. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 21(3).

Nagata, D.K., Kim, J.H.J, Nguyen, T.U. (2015). Processing cultural trauma: Intergenerational effects of the Japanese American incarceration. Journal of Social Issues, 71, 356–370.

Hartmann, W.E., Kim, E.S., Kim, J.H.J., Nguyen, T.U., Wendt, D.C., Nagata, D.K., Gone, J.P. (2013). In search of cultural diversity, revisited: Recent publication trends in cross-cultural and ethnic minority psychology. Review of General Psychology, 17(3), 243-254.
Grants
07/2020 – 08/2025 NIH/National Cancer Institute K99/R00 CA246058 (PI: Kim)
11/2022 – 11/2023 American Psychological Foundation (APF) Alice F. Chang Cancer Wellness Grant (Co-PIs: Kim & Nguyen)
02/2023 – 01/2024 NIH/National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities R01 MD015186-03S1 (Co-I: Kim, PI: Lee)
04/2023 – 04/2024 UCI School of Medicine New Investigator Faculty Research Grant (PI: Kim)
07/2023 – 06/2024 UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Anti-Cancer Challenge Early-Stage Investigator Award (PI: Kim)
07/2023 – 06/2024 UCI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science Campus-Community Research Incubator Award (Co-PIs: Kim & Nguyen)
Professional Societies
American Psychosomatic Society
Society of Behavioral Medicine
Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group
American Psychosocial Oncology Society
American Psychological Association
Other Experience
Clinical Psychology Intern
West Los Angeles VA Healthcare System 2016—2017
Last updated
07/11/2023