OUR TEAM
Dokyoon Kim, PhD (Principal Investigator)
Dr. Dokyoon Kim is an Associate Professor of Informatics in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. He also serves as the Director of the Center for AI-Driven Translational Informatics (CATI) and holds the role of Associate Director of Informatics at Penn Immune Health. His primary focus is on the integration of multi-modal data, encompassing 'omics data, environmental data, imaging, and phenotype data from Electronic Health Records (EHR). Through the use of artificial intelligence (AI), he advances the fields of precision medicine and translational informatics.
Young Ah Lee, MD, PhD (Visiting Faculty)
Dr. Lee is a professor of pediatrics at Seoul National University Children’s Hospital and Seoul National University College of Medicine, specializing in pediatric endocrinology and metabolism. She has established and currently oversees several pediatric endocrine research cohorts, including the EDC (Environment and Development of Children) cohort, the OUTSPREAD (Multicenter Network for Ideal Outcomes of Rare Pediatric Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases) cohort, and the KONCORD (Korean Nationwide Collaborative Registry for Pediatric Diabetes) cohort.
Seohyun Lee, PhD (Visiting Faculty)
Seohyun Lee is an Assistant Professor at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo, Japan. Her research focuses on computational genomics, epigenomics, and artificial intelligence, with a particular interest in understanding gene regulation and disease through epigenomic data.
Jaehyun Joo, PhD (Senior Bioinformatician)
His primary focus is biomedical data science, leveraging large and complex datasets to address health challenges through statistical and machine learning methods. He is interested in bioinformatics approaches to effectively explore large-scale health data, investigate the underlying mechanisms and risks of health outcomes, and apply these insights to advance precision medicine.
Meg Tanjutco (Administrative Coordinator)
Meg is the Education Program Manager at the Penn Institute for Biomedical Informatics, where she has overseen academic operations and educational programs since 2019. She manages the Master’s and Certificate programs and previously supported IBI through event coordination, communications, and cross-departmental collaboration. Meg is now expanding her role to include administrative support for the Kim Lab and the Center for AI-Driven Translational Informatics (CATI).
Dong-gi Lee, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Dr. Dong-gi Lee joined the Kim Lab in September 2022. His research interests include graph-based machine learning algorithms and applying them in fields of biomedical informatics. He is also interested in polygenic risk score (PRS), imaging genetics, and integrating multi-omics/multi-modal data for predicting the personalized risk of diseases, especially dementia-related diseases.
Jonghyun Lee, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Jonghyun Lee has joined the Kim Lab as a postdoctoral fellow since March 2024. He is interested in machine learning algorithms and real-world applicable methodologies for the biomedical field. His recent research interests include digital pathology-based models and multi-modality data integration, such as vision-language models and digital pathology-genomics.
Rasika Venkatesh, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Rasika Venkatesh is a T32 Postdoctoral Fellow. She was a PhD student from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB). She is co-advised by Dr. Marylyn Ritchie. She received her BS in Biotechnology, specializing in Bioinformatics from the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on developing and applying machine learning methods to integrate multimodal data (multi-omics, imaging, and clinical data) for patient stratification and prediction of complex diseases.
Jaesik Kim, MS, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Jaesik Kim is a Postdoctoral Fellow and was a graduate student from the Graduate Group in Bioengineering. He is interested in biomedical informatics, machine learning, deep learning, polygenic risk score (PRS), omics data integration, vision representation learning, and biomedical language representation.
Manu Shivakumar, MS (Graduate Student)
Manu Shivakumar is a graduate student from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB) and has joined the Kim lab in July, 2022. He was previously a bioinformatician in the lab. He is interested in biomedical informatics, cancer genomics, disease-disease networks and risk prediction.
Matthew Lee (Graduate Student)
Matthew Lee is a graduate student from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB) and has joined the Kim lab in July, 2022. He has been co-mentored by Dr. John Wherry. His research interests include but are not limited to, deep and machine learning, multi-modality (omics, imaging, clinical) data integration, precision medicine, and translational informatics. He is interested in harnessing the potential of technology, to tackle complex issues in medicine and improve the health and/or wellness of patients.
Yidi Huang (Graduate Student)
Yidi Huang is a graduate student from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB) and has joined the Kim lab in July, 2023. He previously received his BS in Computer Science and Systems Biology and MS in Computer Science from Case Western Reserve University. He is broadly interested in evidence generation from real-world data and clinical machine learning.
Lina Takemaru (Graduate Student)
Lina is a PhD student from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB). She has been co-mentored by Dr. Derek Oldridge at CHOP. She received her BS in Biometry and Statistics and her MPS in Applied Statistics from Cornell University. She is interested in applying machine learning methods and developing data analytics tools to multi-modal data to advance immunotherapy and precision oncology.
Thomas Westbrook (Graduate Student)
Thomas Westbrook is a graduate student from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB). He is interested in multi-omic data integration and how it can be used to understand mechanisms and risks for human disease.
Akira Nair (Graduate Student)
Akira is a graduate student from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB) and has joined the Kim lab for a rotation since spring 2025. He received his BS in Computer Science at Brown University. He aims to leverage deep learning and multimodal data to accelerate our understanding of human biology, with the ultimate goal of effectively treating and preventing disease in clinical settings.
Chang-Uk Jeong (Graduate Student)
Chang-Uk Jeong has joined the Kim Lab as a data associate at the Center for AI-driven Translational Informatics (CATI) in July 2024 is now a graduate student from Bioengineering. He is interested in translational bioinformatics, omics data integration, AI-driven approaches to drug discovery, and the application of category theory alongside machine learning methods to deepen the understanding of genetics and advance medical science.
Miranda Song (MD/PhD Graduate Student)
Miranda is an MD/PhD student from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB). She is interested in developing integrative approaches to leverage multi-omic and clinical data towards precision medicine.
Amber Rhee, MHS (Graduate Student)
Amber Rhee is a graduate student in the Graduate Group in Epidemiology and Biostatistics (GGEB), co-mentored by John T. Farrar. As an epidemiologist, she is interested in the concept of "precision public health", as it pertains to chronic pain. She aims to utilize multimodal data to identify points of public intervention for chronic pain management and prevention.
Byounghan Lee (Visiting Graduate Student)
Byounghan Lee has joined the Kim Lab as a visiting graduate student. His research focuses on developing agentic systems and building robust guardrails that can navigate various real-world constraints, ensuring the safe and reliable deployment of large language models in critical domains, including healthcare. He is also interested in bias mitigation to build trustworthy AI systems.
Charles Zheng (Master's Graduate Student)
Charles is a Master's student in Bioengineering (BE) at Penn, co-mentored by Dr. Li Shen. In his free time, he enjoys researching multi-omic approaches to study the molecular mechanisms of diseases, and applying machine learning models for drug repurposing and target discovery. When forced offline, he goes bouldering or swimming.
ALUMNI
Jason E. Miller, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Dr. Miller is now a senior scientist statistical geneticist at Merck.
Wonjun Ji, MD (Visiting Scientist)
Dr. Ji is now a clinical assistant professor at the division of respiratory and critical care medicine at the Asan Medical Center.
Lisa (Gahyun) Bang, MS (Bioinformatics Analyst)
Lisa is now a bioinformatics analyst at Geisinger.
Eun Kyung Choe, MD, PhD (Visiting Faculty)
Dr. Choe is a now professor at the Division of Colorectal Surgery and General Surgery at Healthcare System Gangnam Center of Seoul National University Hospital and also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Department of Surgery at College of Medicine at Seoul National University.
So Yeon Kim, PhD (Visiting Graduate Student)
Dr. Kim is now an assistant professor at the Department of Artificial Intelligence at Ajou University.
SeungYub Han (Rotating Graduate Student)
SeungYub is now a graduate student in the Dr. Junhyong Kim's lab at Penn.
Ji Won Park, MD, PhD (Visiting Faculty)
Dr. Park is now a clinical associate professor at the Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery at Seoul National University Hospital.
Seung Mi Lee, MD, PhD (Visiting Faculty)
Dr. Lee is now a clinical associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Seoul National University Hospital.
Jae-Seung Yun, MD, PhD (Visiting Faculty)
Dr. Jae-Seung Yun is an associate professor of Internal Medicine at the Catholic University of Korea.
Nari Kim (Undergraduate Researcher)
Nari Kim is now an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania.
Kevin Shen (High School Researcher)
Kevin Shen is now a junior from Harriton High School.
Jie Hao, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Dr. Jie Hao finished her postdoc training and is now an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Medical Information at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.
Rachit Kumar (Rotating Graduate Student)
Rachit Kumar is an MD-PhD student affiliated with the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB).
Anni Moore (Rotating Graduate Student)
Anni Moore is a graduate student from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB).
Max Dudek (Rotating Graduate Student)
Max Dudek is a graduate student from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB).
Soojin Cha, PhD (Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow)
Dr. Cha is a Research Assistant Professor at Hanyang University.
Garam Lee, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Dr. Lee is a Research Assistant Professor at Seoul National University Hospital.
Alexis Garófalo (Rotating Graduate Student)
Alexis Garófalo is a graduate student from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB).
Jenna Ballard (Rotating Graduate Student)
Jenna Ballard is a graduate student from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB).
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Anastasia Lucas (Rotating Graduate Student)
Anastasia Lucas is a graduate student from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB).
Rasika Venkatesh (Rotating Graduate Student)
Rasika Venkatesh is a graduate student from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB).
Youngchan Lee, MD, PhD (Visiting Faculty)
Dr. Youngchan Lee is now an Associate Professor of Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at Kyung Hee University.
Kiwon Moon, MD, PhD (Visiting Faculty)
Dr. Kiwon Moon is now a Professor of Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital in Korea.
Gukjin Lee, MD, PhD (Visiting Faculty)
Dr. Gukjin Lee is now an Assistant Professor of Department of Internal Medicine, Bucheon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea.
Vivek Sriram, PhD (Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Fellow)
Dr. Vivek Sriram graduated from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB) and is now a Clinical Data Scientist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
Lexi Li (Rotating Graduate Student)
Lexi Li is a graduate student from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB).
Seokho Jeong, MA (Visiting Graduate Student)
Seokho Jeong is a PhD Candidate in the School of Data Science at Seoul National University (SNU) under the guidance of Dr. Seunggeun Lee.
Brenda Xiao, PhD (Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Fellow)
Dr. Brenda Xiao graduated from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB) and is a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford.
Sang-Hyuk Jung, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Dr. Sang-Hyuk Jung is an Associate Professor at Kwangwon National University College of Medicine.
Dana Caputo (Administrative Coordinator)
Dana is now an Administrative Coordinator at the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy at Penn Medicine.
Roberto Ligeralde (Undergraduate Student)
Roberto Ligeralde is now an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania.
Sophie Kearney (Rotating Graduate Student)
Sophie Kearney is a graduate student in the Genomics and Computational Biology program.
Yudong Liu (Rotating Graduate Student)
Yudong Liu is a rotating Ph.D. student in the Genomics & Computational Biology graduate group.
Nia Abdurezak (Rotating Graduate Student)
Nia Abdurezak is a graduate student in the Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB) graduate group.
Jacob Leiby, PhD (Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Fellow)
Dr. Jake Leiby graduated from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB) and works at Tempus AI.
Yonghyun Nam, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow & Research Associate)
Dr. Yonghyun Nam is now a Research Assistant Professor at Penn Medicine.
Yanggyun Kim, MD, PhD (Visiting Associate Professor)
Dr. Yanggyun Kim is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Gangdong Kyung Hee University Hospital in Korea, specializing in nephrology.
Dong Wook Kwak, MD, PhD (Visiting Associate Professor)
Dr. Dong Wook Kwak is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Ajou University Hospital in Korea, specializing in maternal-fetal medicine.
Jeongha Wie, MD, PhD (Visiting Associate Professor)
Dr. Jeong ha Wie is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, affiliated with the Catholic University of Korea.
Karl Keat (Graduate Student)
Dr. Karl Keat is now a postdoc fellow at Penn Medicine.
Diane Fassett (Administrative Coordinator)
Diane Fassett is an executive assistant to Dr. Bogdan Pasaniuc.
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Erica Suh (Graduate Student)
Erica Suh was a graduate student from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB).
Jakob Woerner (Graduate Student)
Jakob Woerner is now a Statistical Genetics Postdoc at Pfizer.
Jaeun Jung (Graduate Student)
Jaeun Jung is a graduate student from the Graduate Group in Bioengineering (BE).
Braden Eberhard (Rotating Graduate Student)
Braden Eberhard is a graduate student from the Graduate Group in Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB).
Junhyeong Lee (Visiting graduate Student)
Junhyeong Lee was a visiting graduate student in Seungguen Lee (Shawn)'s lab.
Alan Wu (Master's graduate Student)
Alan Wu was a Master’s student at Penn studying data science.