LAB DIRECTOR

 Dean, Graduate School of Psychological Services, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea                         

               (2024 – Present) 

Professor, Department of Psychology, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2020 – Present) 

Chair, Department of Psychology, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2021 – 2023) 

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2017 – 2020) 

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, USA (2015 – 2017)

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, USA (2009 – 2015) 

Dr. Giyeon Kim is Professor in the Department of Psychology at Chung-Ang University. Dr. Kim is a gerontologist who studies aging and mental health disparities. Prior to joining CAU in Fall 2017, Dr. Kim was a tenured Associate Professor at The University of Alabama, USA. Dr. Kim’s research has been funded by many research grants including a five year NIH career development award (K01) funded by the National Institute on Aging.  Dr. Kim received multiple prestigious research awards such as the Margret M. and Paul B. Baltes Award from Gerontologial Society of America (GSA), the first place honor of the Charles Barkley Health Disparities Research Investigator Award, and the Outstanding Dissertation Award from Gerontologial Society of America (GSA). Dr. Kim publishes very widely in the following three areas to understand mechanisms of mental health disparities: (a) racial/ethnic disparitiesin mental health care focusing on factors contributing to disparities between minorities and nonminorities (e.g., geographic factors, limited English proficiency, and perceived discrimination); (b) racial/ethnic disparities in mental health status focusing on risk factors of a wide range of psychological issues and psychiatric disorders; and (c) measurement equivalence issues looking at cultural influences on (standard) mental health screening tools.  Dr. Kim is currently an Executive Editor of Ethnicity & Health and an editorial board member of Journal of Aging and Health, Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, Asian American Journal of Psychology, and Innovation in Aging.  Dr. Kim is a fellow of Gerontological Society of America.  

• Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award for Best CAU Seminar, Chung-Ang University, 2020

• Margret M. and Paul B. Baltes Award, Gerontological Society of America (GSA), 2017 (Click here for press release.)

• Charles Barkley Health Disparities Research Investigator Award – First Place, UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center, 2016 

• Fellow, Gerontological Society of America (GSA), 2015

• Distinguished Faculty Research Award, Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, 2015 

• Career Development Award (K01 Award – $.6 Million), National Institute on Aging(NIA)|National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2013-2017

• Charles Barkley Health Disparities Research Investigator Award – First Place, UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center, 2012

• Outstanding Student Research Award – Dissertation Level, Behaviroal and Social Sciences (BSS) Section, Gerontological Society of America (GSA), 2008

• Best Student Paper Award, Southern Gerontological Society (SGS), 2007 

To see a full list of publications, please click here.

† denotes a graduate student advisee/graduate student collaborator at time of publication 

• Kim, G., Choi, S., & Lyu, J. (2020). Body mass index and trajectories of cognitive decline among older Korean adults. Aging and Mental Health, 24(5), 758-764. doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1550628 [PubMed] [SSCI] 

• Kim, G., Wang, S.Y., Park, S.,† & Yun. S. W†. (2020). Mental health of Asian American older adults: Contemporary issues and future directions. Innovation in Aging, 4(5), igaa037. (Invited Pater) doi:10.1093/geroni/igaa037 [PubMed] [SSCI] 

• Kim, G., Wang, S.,† & Sellbom, M. (2020). Measurement equivalence of the subjective well-being scale among racially/ethnically diverse older adults. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 75(5), 1010-1017. doi:10.1093/geronb/gby110 [PubMed] [SSCI] 

• Kim, G., & Lee, M.-A. (2020). Age discrimination and suicidal ideation among Korean older adults. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(7), 748-754. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2019.12.002 [PubMed] [SSCI] 

• Kim, G., Kim, M., Park, S.,†Jimenez, D. E., & Chiriboga, D. A. (2019). Limited English proficiency and trajectories of depressive symptoms among Mexican American elders. The Gerontologist, 59(5), 856-864. doi:10.1093/geront/gny032 [PubMed] [SSCI]

• Kim, G., Allen, R. S., Wang, S. Y.,†Park, S.,†Perkins, E.A., & Parmelee, P. (2019). The Relation Between Multiple Informal Caregiving Roles and Subjective Physical and Mental Health Status Among Older Adults: Do Racial/Ethnic Differences Exist?. The Gerontologist, 59(3), 499-508. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnx196 [PubMed]  [SSCI]

• Kim, G., Shin, S. H., Scicolone, M.,† & Parmelee, P. (2019). Purpose in life protects against cognitive decline among older adults. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 27(6), 593-601. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2019.01.010 [PubMed] [SSCI]

• Alabama Research Institute on Aging (ARIA)

• Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)

• The Kim Aging Lab 

• Psychology of Aging (Undergraduate)

• Developmental Psychology (Undergraduate)

• Advanced Seminar in Adult Development and Aging (Graduate)

• Advanced Geropsychological Research Methodology (Graduate)

• Proseminar in Psychological Research (Graduate)

• Executive Editor, Ethnicity & Health (2017 – Present) 

• Associate Editor, Aging & Mental Health (2020 – Present)

• Associate Editor, Ethnicity & Health (2015 – 2017)

• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Aging & Health (2013 – Present)

• Editorial Board Member, Asian American Journal of Psychology (2015 – Present)

• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology (2015 – Present)

• Editorial Board Member, Innovation in Aging (GSA Official Journal) (2017 – Present)

• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences (GSA Official Journal) (2020 – Present)

• Editorial Board Member, Educational Gerontology (2020 – Present)

• Editorial Board Member, Journal of the Korea Gerontological Society (KGS Official Journal) (2018 – Present)

• Editorial Board Member, The Korean Journal of Developmental Psychology  (2018 – 2020)

• Editorial Board Member, Psychological Services (APA Division 18 Official Journal) (2013 – 2016)