Young-bum Kim PhD

Dr. Young-Bum Kim is Professor of Medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. His training included two master’s degree, one from the Kon-Kun University in Korea and the other from University of Tsukuba in Tsukuba, Japan where he also received his PhD in Molecular Physiology.

Dr. Kim is interested in human metabolism because of the crucial roles that glucose and energy homeostasis play in health and disease. His research focuses on identifying the molecular mechanisms mediating the metabolic action of insulin and leptin, and the resistance to these hormones that underlies diseases such as obesity and diabetes.