Jee Hyun Kim

Jee Hyun Kim
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
InstitutionsFlorey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Jee Hyun Kim is an Australian behavioral neuroscientist whose work focuses on emotional learning and memory during childhood and adolescence. She is a professor, ARC future fellow, and head of the Molecular Psychiatry Laboratory at the Deakin University School of Medicine, Australia[1]

Kim is an active science communicator, and has given public lectures at TEDx Melbourne,[2] Australian Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Victorian Science Week, City of Melbourne (Melbourne Conversations),[3] and the Wheeler Centre.[4] She has also interviewed for ABC Radio,[5] Radio New Zealand,[6] SBS TV, Channel 10 (The Project),[7] and was featured on ABC Catalyst.[8]

Research

Kim's research has demonstrated that the acquisition and retrieval of fear memories is different across childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and that fear memories are able to be erased early in life. Kim's research uses rodent models that closely resemble human behaviors to understand the neurobiological basis of those behaviors. Specifically, her work investigates the role of memory and forgetting in the development and treatment of two major mental disorders across childhood and adolescence: anxiety disorder and substance use disorder.[citation needed]

To study anxiety, the Kim laboratory employs a classical conditioning paradigm based on the work of Ivan Pavlov known as fear conditioning. Despite originating 100 years ago, this model is widely used by modern scientists to uncover the neural mechanisms of fear and anxiety. To investigate substance abuse the Kim laboratory uses an operant conditioning paradigm based on the work of B. F. Skinner known as intravenous self-administration. Kim's research especially focuses on extinction, a form of inhibitory learning that forms the basis of exposure-based therapies for both anxiety and addiction disorders.[citation needed]

Kim has over 70 original publications to date, and her work has been cited in other publications over 2700 times.[9]

Career

Kim completed her undergraduate degree at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in 2004, graduating with the University Medal in Psychology. She completed her PhD in psychology in 2008 at UNSW, during which time she published six original scientific articles.[10][11][12][13][14][15] After graduating, Kim worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at UNSW, and then the University of Michigan. Kim then gained a position as a Senior Research Officer at the Florey Institute, before becoming head of the Developmental Psychobiology Laboratory at the institute.

Editorial activity

Community service

Kim is a vocal advocate for Women in Science, and has served on the committee for the Florey Committee for Equality is Science (EqIS).[16] Kim was acknowledged for her role as a proponent for women in science in Kate White's book, Building effective career paths for women in science research: a case study of an Australian science research institute.[17]

Kim is also a board member for the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology and has been a symposium organiser and chair at several international scientific conferences.[citation needed] Kim is the treasurer of Biological Psychiatry Australia.[18]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Jee Hyun Kim". www.deakin.edu.au. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Living Without Fear: Dr Jee Hyun Kim". YouTube. TEDxMelbourne. 30 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Science City - Has Melbourne got what it takes?". YouTube. Melbourne Conversations. City of Melbourne. 9 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Forget About It! The Science and Psychology of Memory". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Jee Hyun Kim studies the science and mysteries of memory". Conversations with Richard Fidler. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Jee Hyun Kim - Neuroscientist specialising in memory". Radio New Zealand National. 5 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Memory by Dr. Jee Hyun Kim". YouTube. The Project Channel 10. 24 September 2014.
  8. ^ Memory Matters, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 18 September 2018, retrieved 8 September 2019
  9. ^ "Jee Hyun Kim". Google Scholar. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  10. ^ Kim, Jee Hyun; McNally, Gavan P.; Richardson, Rick (1 February 2006). "Recovery of fear memories in rats: role of gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) in infantile amnesia". Behavioral Neuroscience. 120 (1): 40–48. doi:10.1037/0735-7044.120.1.40. PMID 16492115.
  11. ^ Kim, Jee Hyun; Richardson, Rick (1 February 2007). "A developmental dissociation of context and GABA effects on extinguished fear in rats". Behavioral Neuroscience. 121 (1): 131–139. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.500.9810. doi:10.1037/0735-7044.121.1.131. PMID 17324057.
  12. ^ Kim, Jee Hyun; Richardson, Rick (1 July 2007). "A developmental dissociation in reinstatement of an extinguished fear response in rats". Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 88 (1): 48–57. doi:10.1016/j.nlm.2007.03.004. PMID 17459734. S2CID 19611691.
  13. ^ Kim, Jee Hyun; Richardson, Rick (1 December 2007). "Immediate post-reminder injection of gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) agonist midazolam attenuates reactivation of forgotten fear in the infant rat". Behavioral Neuroscience. 121 (6): 1328–1332. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.560.7099. doi:10.1037/0735-7044.121.6.1328. ISSN 0735-7044. PMID 18085885.
  14. ^ Langton, Julia M.; Kim, Jee Hyun; Nicholas, Jennifer; Richardson, Rick (1 October 2007). "The effect of the NMDA receptor antagonist MK-801 on the acquisition and extinction of learned fear in the developing rat". Learning & Memory. 14 (10): 665–668. doi:10.1101/lm.692407. hdl:10536/DRO/DU:30144607. PMID 17909101.
  15. ^ Kim, Jee Hyun; Richardson, Rick (6 February 2008). "The effect of temporary amygdala inactivation on extinction and reextinction of fear in the developing rat: unlearning as a potential mechanism for extinction early in development". The Journal of Neuroscience. 28 (6): 1282–1290. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4736-07.2008. PMC 6671587. PMID 18256248.
  16. ^ "Equality in Science". The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  17. ^ White, Kate. "Federation University Australia". federation.edu.au. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  18. ^ "About Us". Homepage. Biological Psychiatry Australia. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  19. ^ "YSLA01 ISN Young Scientist Lectureship Award: Jee Hyun Kim". ISN. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  20. ^ "Aubrey Lewis Award – Biological Psychiatry Australia". Biological Psychiatry Australia. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  21. ^ "2016 Award Winners | CINP". cinp.org. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  22. ^ "Dr Jee Hyun Kim | AIPS". www.aips.net.au. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  23. ^ "International Society for Developmental Psychobiology". 46th Annual Meeting Conference Program. ISDP.
  24. ^ "Australian Psychological Society : Early Career Research Awards". www.psychology.org.au. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  25. ^ "D.G. Marquis Behavioral Neuroscience Award". www.apadivisions.org. American Psychological Association. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  26. ^ "Richardson Lab - Home". www2.psy.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  27. ^ "International Society for Developmental Psychobiology" (PDF). 42nd Annual Meeting Conference Program. ISDP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  28. ^ "Australian Psychological Society : Award for Excellent PhD Thesis in Psychology". www.psychology.org.au. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  29. ^ "International Society for Developmental Psychobiology". 40th Annual Meeting Conference Programme. ISDP.
  30. ^ "Australian Psychological Society : APS Prize". www.psychology.org.au. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2015.