Ji-Young Kim’s bio
Ji-Young Kim is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia and the Prevention of Organ Failure Center of Excellence (PROOF). She has a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Arizona and has expertise in data science and molecular biology. At the PROOF Centre, Ji-Young co-leads the clinical validation trial of HEARTBiT assay, which a blood-based diagnostic test for exclusionary diagnosis of acute cellular rejection in heart transplant patients. Her postdoctoral research focuses on understanding what constitutes an optimal immune suppression following transplantation and translation of these discoveries to biomarkers that can improve transplant care.