Carla Faith Bender Kim PhD

Dr. Carla F. Kim is an internationally renowned leader in the field of lung stem cell biology. Dr. Kim’s current research builds on her early discoveries to lead the field toward a better understanding of stem cell biology in the lung, development of innovative approaches for examining the cellular and molecular basis of lung disease and cancer, and identification of new therapeutic avenues for pulmonary diseases and lung cancer.

The impact of Dr. Kim’s work has been acknowledged in a myriad of ways. From her publication in Cell Stem Cell winning Best Cancer Paper of 2010 to her receipt of the William Rippe Distinguished Award in Lung Cancer Research from the Lung Cancer Research Foundation, she has been widely acknowledged as one of the brightest researchers in lung stem cells.

Dr. Kim received her Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin—Madison in 2002 and performed postdoctoral research at the MIT Center for Cancer Research. She joined the Stem Cell Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and established her laboratory in September 2006. In 2019, she was honored with the Bravo! Way to Shine award from Boston Children’s Hospital.