Dr. Kim is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia and a Research Affiliate at Harvard’s Human Flourishing Program and Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cardiovascular epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His research focuses on older adults and aims to identify, understand, and intervene upon the individual and environmental determinants of psychological wellbeing that enhance healthy lifestyle behaviors and reduce the risk of age-related chronic conditions. He also investigates the mechanisms through which psychological wellbeing might influence our physical health. Around these topics, he has given invited lectures at Universities, policy organizations (National Academy of Sciences), corporations (UnitedHealth Care, IDEO, AARP, Samsung, Facebook), and also been invited for national- and international-level think-tank working groups (U.S. Surgeon Generals Office, OECD, United Nations, Aspen Ideas Festival). He’s been recognized as: one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare, an Association for Psychological Science Rising Star, Gerontological Society of America’s Margaret M. and Paul B. Baltes Award recipient, and American Psychological Association Early Career Achievement Award (Division 20 - Adult Development and Aging). He enjoys spending time at the intersection of several disciplines and has published in a range of journals including: PNAS, JAMA Psychiatry, Circulation, Stroke, the American Journal of Epidemiology, and Milbank Quarterly. Insights from this work have been featured in a range of outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, BBC, Time Magazine, Washington Post, and others.