Hyung Hwan Kim, PhD

Instructor of Radiology
Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator, Stroke and Neurovascular Regulation Laboratory, Department of Radiology
Massachusetts General Hospital

Training:

• 1991-1993: Military Service, Republic of Korea
• 1994-1998: Undergraduate School (BS), Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
• 1998-2001: Graduate School (MS), Medicine, Pharmacology, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea
• 2001-2003: Graduate School (PhD), Traditional Korean Medicine, Pharmacology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
• 2003-2007: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
• 2007-2012: Instructor in Medicine, Vascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
• 2012- : Principal Investigator, Stroke and Neurovascular Regulation Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Supported by:

The NIH, AHA, and private non-profit foundations.

Research:

Mechanism research including Rho kinases, AMPK, mTOR and Sirtuins in neurovascular regulation in ischemic, thrombotic, and thrombo-embolic stroke.

Notable contributions to science:

• The function of Rho kinases in ischemic stroke and vascular diseases

Contact:

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Charlestown, MA 02129
O: 617 643 7334
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