Candice Kim
Candice Jeehae Kim, PhD, (they/them) is a dual-degree MD/PhD in Education candidate at Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) and School of Medicine (SoM). They previously received a BS with honors and distinction in Biology and a MS in Biology from Stanford University. They are currently a postdoctoral scholar in the Black Academic Development (BAD) Lab under the mentorship of Dr. Anne Charity Hudley working on an interdisciplinary project in collaboration with the GSE and SoM focused on building a multimedia, multilingual patient education platform to improve cancer survivorship care for Patients of Color.
Dr. Kim’s research agenda broadly focuses on transforming medical education to promote health equity through three arms of impact: (1) (re)imagining education across the medical training continuum—from the premedical undergraduate track to medical school to residency—to improve recruitment and retention of Trainees of Color to diversify the physician workforce, (2) developing faculty and professional development for currently practicing physicians to better serve the needs of marginalized patients and their communities, and (3) transforming patient education to empower Patients of Color to advocate for their own care, particularly regarding chronic disease management. As a graduate student, Dr. Kim was awarded the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Stanford Graduate Fellowship and the Center for Comparative Students in Race and Ethnicity Graduate Dissertation Fellowship. Their research has been supported by the Stanford Law School Public-Service Leadership Grant, Ethics, Society & Technology Research Grant, and Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Research Large Propel Grant among other grants.
Dr. Kim brings over a decade of experience in higher education practice. They have designed and co-taught close to twenty courses at Stanford spanning a broad variety of disciplines and learners. They have also developed university-wide programs to foster evidence-based teaching and mentorship through the Center for Teaching and Learning, Hume Center for Writing and Speaking, and the SoM Teaching and Mentoring Academy. Most recently, they were recognized with the James W. Lyons Award for Service to the Stanford community for the campus-wide initiatives they have led to further inclusive pedagogy, mentorship, and course design across disciplines.
Through their interdisciplinary training, Dr. Kim is passionate about connecting research, theory, and praxis to transform institutions with the ultimate goal of advancing justice across sectors.