Jinyoung Kim, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, is a tenured professor at the UNLV School of Nursing. Her expertise focuses on sleep and sleep disorders such as insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, and circadian disruption. Her research interest is to explore the biological, physiological, and behavioral underpinnings of sleep disorders and related symptoms that may contribute to the development of chronic diseases, including cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Classes Taught

Kim has extensive teaching experience in research methods, statistics, and measurement in nursing. She has recently taught Statistical Methods for Nursing Research I and II in the graduate program, as well as undergraduate courses (Stats for the Health Science and Medical Terminology).

Education Background

Kim earned her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in nursing at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea. Following the completion of her doctoral training, she completed a four-year post-doctoral research fellowship at the Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Research or Scholarship

Over the past decades, Kim has led NIH-funded research projects as a principal investigator and also served as a co-investigator and consultant on multiple studies as a sleep expert. Her current program of research focuses on the identification of potential early markers that may reflect the level of adaptation to night-shift work and predict the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in the future.

Awards, recognitions, or group affiliations

Kim is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Scholarship Award from the UNLV School of Nursing in 2021 and the Outstanding Service Award from the Global Korean Nurses Association in 2020.

Kim was inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 2020. She is a member of the American Nurses Association, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Global Korean Nurses Foundation.

Awards, recognitions, or group affiliations

Dr. Kim is the recipient of numerous awards including the Scholarship Award from the UNLV School of Nursing in 2021 and the Outstanding Service Award from the Global Korean Nurses Association in 2020.

Dr. Kim was inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 2020. She is a member of the American Nurses Association, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society. She also serves on the Board of Directors and as a Co-Chair of the Scholarship Committee for the Global Korean Nurses Foundation and on the Communications Committee for the Asian American/Pacific Islander Nurses Association.