Mimi Y. Kim is the Harold and Muriel Block Chair in

epidemiology Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and Risk factor (epidemiology), determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population, and application of this knowledge to prevent dise ...

and population health at the

Albert Einstein College of Medicine The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is a Private university, private medical school in New York City. Founded in 1953, Einstein is an independent degree-granting institution within the Montefiore Einstein Health System. Einstein hosts Doc ...

, where she heads the division of

biostatistics Biostatistics (also known as biometry) is a branch of statistics that applies statistical methods to a wide range of topics in biology. It encompasses the design of biological experiments, the collection and analysis of data from those experimen ...

.Faculty profile
, retrieved 2016-07-14. Kim graduated from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

with a bachelor's degree in

bioengineering Biological engineering or bioengineering is the application of principles of biology and the tools of engineering to create usable, tangible, economically viable products. Biological engineering employs knowledge and expertise from a number ...

in 1986, and completed an Sc.D. in

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

in 1990. She joined the

New York University School of Medicine The New York University Grossman School of Medicine is a medical school of New York University, a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1841 and is one of two medical schools of the university, the other being the NYU G ...

in 1990, becoming an assistant professor in 1994 and an associate professor in 2000. She moved to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2003.Curriculum vitae
(circa 2005), retrieved 2016-07-14. She was given the Block Professorship in 2013. In 2014 she was elected as a

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of the

American Statistical Association The American Statistical Association (ASA) is the main professional organization for statisticians and related professionals in the United States. It was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 27, 1839, and is the second-oldest continuous ...

"for exemplary leadership of academic biostatistics programs; for extensive collaborative research in HIV/AIDS, cancer, and rheumatology; for innovative study designs and analyses applied to medical research; and for extensive service to the biostatistics profession." She is the president-elect of the Korean International Statistical Society.Officers/Board
Korean International Statistical Society, retrieved 2016-07-14.

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