Lab Members

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Gha-hyun Jeffrey Kim, PharmD PhD

Principal Investigator

Jeffrey Kim is currently an Assistant Professor in the UC Irvine Department of Clinical Pharmacy Practice as part of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Prior to joining UC Irvine, he was a scientist at Color and an affiliate researcher UC San Francisco. His research interests include drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases, pharmacogenomics, and utilization of electronic health records.

Taesook Yoon PhD

Lab Specialist

Taesook Yoon studied Pharmacy at Ewha Womans University in South Korea, and received her PhD in Pharmacology and Molecular Life Sciences. After that, she worked for over 10 years as a researcher and manager at pharmaceutical research institutes and companies to evaluate the mechanism of action and to develop innovative new drugs.

Sally Pham BS 

PharmD Student

UC Irvine School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Joshua Hahn BS

PharmD Student

UC Irvine School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Career interests: industry, research, and development

Dylan Luong BS

PharmD Student

UC Irvine School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Reece Malone

Undergraduate Student

Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences, Computer Science

ICS Honors student

Stef Sasaki

Undergraduate Student

UC Irvine School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Personal interests: journaling, thrifting, collecting jewelry, and love to explore new places

Benjamin Andrew Martin

Undergraduate Student

UC Irvine School of Biological Sciences, Neurobiology

UC Irvine graduate with a bachelor’s in neurobiology and an interest in uncovering the molecular mechanisms underlying brain disorders, I also enjoy perusing my passions for football and weightlifting outside the lab.

Christina Ngoc Nguyen

Undergraduate Student

UC Irvine School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Bio: I’m a first-generation undergraduate student passionate about pharmacy and psychology, with a growing interest in neurodegenerative disease research and translational science.

Christina Cheng

Undergraduate Student

UC Irvine School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Bio: PharmSci major who loves dogs and playing percussion and guitar

We are Hiring!

We are currently accepting applications from postdocs, research assistants, graduate, and undergraduate students.

Prospective lab members should send a brief message directly to jeffrey.kim@uci.edu
Describe your research interests, long-term goals, and why you would like to join the lab.