Promoting opportunities for science faculty at HMS
Carla Kim, PhD, Professor of Genetics and the BCH Professor of Pediatrics in the Field of Regenerative Medicine at Harvard Medical School, serves as the Director, Career Enhancement for Faculty in Science at HMS. In this role, Dr. Kim works within the Office for Clinical and Academic Affairs and in collaboration with faculty, academic leaders, Faculty Leaders in Science (FLiS), and other HMS affiliated groups with a shared mission of promoting opportunities for science faculty at HMS to flourish in their careers.
Dr. Kim’s laboratory at Boston Children’s Hospital has pioneered the use of stem cell biology approaches for the study of adult lung progenitor cells and lung cancer. Her work has contributed to a better understanding of stem cell biology in the lung, development of innovative approaches for examining the cellular and molecular basis of cancer, pulmonary disease and aging, and identification of new therapeutic avenues for lung cancer. Her scientific work has been recognized by numerous honors and awards; Dr. Kim has received the William Rippe Distinguished Award in Lung Cancer Research in 2015, has been recognized with an Outstanding Investigator Award (NIH R35) in 2020, and is the incumbent of the BCH Professorship of Pediatrics in the Field of Regenerative Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Among her other scientific leadership roles, Dr. Kim serves as a Co-Leader of the Lung Cancer Program in the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center and as a member of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute Executive Committee.
In addition to her notable scientific achievements, Dr. Kim has worked energetically to advance career success among HMS trainees and early career faculty. She is a prodigious and generous mentor, for which she was recently recognized with the HMS Biological and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Mentoring Award. She has served on the BCH Basic Translational Research Executive Committee and currently serves as Director of Basic Science Career Development in the Office of Faculty Development at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Kim has also been a highly valued and engaged member of FLiS and the FLiS advisory committee. The support of faculty career enhancement among her peers and the next generation of scientists has been a throughline in Dr. Kim’s work. As such, her HMS role as director is a logical extension of its scope and we are fortunate that she leads efforts and programming to enhance the careers of science faculty at HMS.