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Sohye Kim PhD

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentPsychiatry
AddressEunice Kennedy Shriver Center
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester MA 01655
Phone774-455-4023
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentEunice Kennedy Shriver Center

    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentNeuroNexus Institute

    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentObstetrics and Gynecology

    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentPediatrics

    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentPsychiatry
    DivisionChild & Adolescent Psychiatry

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentMasters in Clinical Investigation

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentMD/PhD Program

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentNeuroscience

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentPopulation Health Sciences

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentTranslational Science


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    Yonsei University, Seoul, , Korea, Republic ofBAPsychology
    Rosemead School of Psychology, La Mirada, CA, United StatesMAClinical Psychology
    Rosemead School of Psychology, La Mirada, CA, United StatesPHDClinical Psychology

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    ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

    Academic Positions

    10/2019 -  Present       Assistant Professor
                                        University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
                                        Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center
                                        Departments of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics & Gynecology
                                        Worcester, MA

                                        Contributing Faculty, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences: 
                                        Neuroscience Program, MD/PhD Program, Translational Science Program, 
                                        Clinical and Population Health Research, and Master of Science in Clinical Investigation Program        

                                        Attending Clinical Psychologist
                                        Outpatient Psychiatry Services
                                        UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA

    4/2015 -  6/2019          Assistant Professor
                                        Baylor College of Medicine
                                        Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics
                                        Houston, TX

                                        Attending Clinical Psychologist 
                                        Texas Children's Hospital, Pavilion for Women
                                        Center for Reproductive Psychiatry, Houston, TX

    Education and Training

                                        Postdoctoral Fellowship
                                        Baylor College of Medicine
                                        Department of Pediatrics and Menninger Department of Psychiatry
                                        Houston, TX

                                        Doctoral Clinical Psychology Internship
                                        The Menninger Clinic
                                        Baylor College of Medicine, Menninger Department of Psychiatry
                                        Houston, TX

                                        Ph.D., Clinical Psychology
                                        Rosemead School of Psychology, La Mirada, CA

                                        M.A., Clinical Psychology
                                        Rosemead School of Psychology, La Mirada, CA

                                        B.A., Psychology
                                        Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea       


    PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE

    3/2020 - Present         Licensed Psychologist, State of Massachusetts

    6/2019 - Present         National Register Health Service Psychologist

    9/2014 - Present         Licensed Psychologist, State of Texas


    RESEARCH SUMMARY

    I am a clinical psychologist and developmental scientist committed to advancing the science of the developing human social brain. My work seeks to: (1) discover early neural markers in the infant’s social brain that predict long-term developmental outcomes, (2) identify potentially modifiable early-life factors that influence the trajectory of the developing social brain, and (3) translate these discoveries into innovative strategies for early diagnosis, prevention, and treatment in high-risk children and families for enduring impact.

    My training as a clinical psychologist has spanned the fields of psychiatry, pediatrics, and obstetrics and gynecology, resulting in a uniquely integrated perspective on the interplay of genes and environment in early neurodevelopment. My work has focused on parents and infants during the first year of life, as I recognized this earliest period as a critical time during which identification of at-risk individuals and intervention to mitigate risks can be highly effective, with far-reaching implications.

    My current work (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH) uses two innovative neuroimaging techniques to establish first-in-human neural markers that can detect early differences and deficits in the infant’s developing social brain. This will serve as the basis for an innovative line of research dedicated to advancing our fundamental knowledge of the developing human social brain and discovering new diagnostics and therapeutics targeting the crucial earliest years.



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    1. Gonzalez-Barrios P, Torres A, Figueroa I, Rosado-Abreu V, Rivera-Criado MJ, Torres-P?rez J, Kim S, Lugo-Candelas C, Bux? CJ, Mart?nez-Gonz?lez KG. Maternal Mental Health in Latinx/Hispanic Women after COVID-19 Pandemic. P R Health Sci J. 2024 Sep; 43(3):151-155. PMID: 39269767.
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    2. Call C, Oran A, O'Shea TM, Jensen ET, Frazier JA, Vaidya R, Shenberger J, Gogcu S, Msall ME, Kim S, Jalnapurkar I, Fry RC, Singh R. Health-related quality of life at age 10 years in children born extremely preterm. J Perinatol. 2024 Jun; 44(6):835-843. PMID: 38760579.
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    3. Call C, Oran A, O'Shea TM, Jensen ET, Frazier JA, Vaidya R, Shenberger J, Gogcu S, Msall ME, Kim S, Jalnapurkar I, Fry RC, Singh R. Social determinants of health rather than race impact health-related quality of life in 10-year-old children born extremely preterm. Front Pediatr. 2024; 12:1359270. PMID: 38550629.
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    4. Kim S. Editorial: Placing Parenting in Context: Neighborhood Crime, Early Brain Development, and Socioemotional Outcomes. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2024 Jul; 63(7):678-680. PMID: 38461892.
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    5. McCurdy LY, Yip SW, Worhunsky PD, Zhai ZW, Kim S, Strathearn L, Potenza MN, Mayes LC, Rutherford HJV. Neural correlates of altered emotional responsivity to infant stimuli in mothers who use substances. J Psychiatr Res. 2024 03; 171:126-133. PMID: 38277872.
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    6. Kim S. Editorial: A Window Into Early Brain Development: Early Parenting Shapes the Amygdala-Prefrontal Circuitry Development. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2024 01; 63(1):17-19. PMID: 37657495.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    7. Frazier JA, Li X, Kong X, Hooper SR, Joseph RM, Cochran DM, Kim S, Fry RC, Brennan PA, Msall ME, Fichorova RN, Hertz-Picciotto I, Daniels JL, Lai JS, Boles RE, Zvara BJ, Jalnapurkar I, Schweitzer JB, Singh R, Posner J, Bennett DH, Kuban KCK, O'Shea TM. Perinatal Factors and Emotional, Cognitive, and Behavioral Dysregulation in Childhood and Adolescence. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2023 12; 62(12):1351-1362. PMID: 37207889.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Kim S, Matin A, & Idicula S. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences: An Introduction for Clinical Learners (Onigue-Otite E, Idicula SA, Asuzu K, & Shah A. eds). Attachment. 2023; pp 143-155.
    9. Cochran DM, Jensen ET, Frazier JA, Jalnapurkar I, Kim S, Roell KR, Joseph RM, Hooper SR, Santos HP, Kuban KCK, Fry RC, O'Shea TM. Association of prenatal modifiable risk factors with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder outcomes at age 10 and 15 in an extremely low gestational age cohort. Front Hum Neurosci. 2022; 16:911098. PMID: 36337853.
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    10. Frazier JA, Cochran D, Kim S, Jalnapurkar I, Joseph RM, Hooper SR, Santos HP, Ru H, Venuti L, Singh R, Washburn LK, Gogcu S, Msall ME, Kuban KCK, Rollins JV, Hanson SG, Jara H, Pastyrnak SL, Roell KR, Fry RC, O'Shea TM. Psychiatric Outcomes, Functioning, and Participation in Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns at Age 15 Years. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2022 07; 61(7):892-904.e2. PMID: 34973366.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Rutherford HJ, Kim S, Yip SW, Potenza MN, Mayes LC, Strathearn L. Parenting and addictions: Current insights from human neuroscience. Curr Addict Rep. 2021 Sep; 8(3):380-388. PMID: 36185758.
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    12. Iyengar U, Jaiprakash B, Haitsuka H, Kim S. One Year Into the Pandemic: A Systematic Review of Perinatal Mental Health Outcomes During COVID-19. Front Psychiatry. 2021; 12:674194. PMID: 34248710.
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    13. Rutherford HJV, Yip SW, Worhunsky PD, Kim S, Strathearn L, Potenza MN, Mayes LC. Differential responses to infant faces in relation to maternal substance use: An exploratory study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 02 01; 207:107805. PMID: 31874448.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Strathearn L, Mertens CE, Mayes L, Rutherford H, Rajhans P, Xu G, Potenza MN, Kim S. Pathways Relating the Neurobiology of Attachment to Drug Addiction. Front Psychiatry. 2019; 10:737. PMID: 31780957.
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    15. Nguyen AJ, Hoyer E, Rajhans P, Strathearn L, Kim S. A tumultuous transition to motherhood: Altered brain and hormonal responses in mothers with postpartum depression. J Neuroendocrinol. 2019 09; 31(9):e12794. PMID: 31520440.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Rutherford HJV, Xu J, Worhunsky PD, Zhang R, Yip SW, Morie KP, Calhoun VD, Kim S, Strathearn L, Mayes LC, Potenza MN. Gradient theories of brain activation: A novel application to studying the parental brain. Curr Behav Neurosci Rep. 2019 Sep; 6(3):119-125. PMID: 32154064.
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    17. Rajhans P, Goin-Kochel RP, Strathearn L, Kim S. It takes two! Exploring sex differences in parenting neurobiology and behaviour. J Neuroendocrinol. 2019 09; 31(9):e12721. PMID: 31034670.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    18. Iyengar U, Rajhans P, Fonagy P, Strathearn L, Kim S. Unresolved Trauma and Reorganization in Mothers: Attachment and Neuroscience Perspectives. Front Psychol. 2019; 10:110. PMID: 30761051.
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    19. Gandy K, Kim S, Sharp C, Dindo L, Maletic-Savatic M, Calarge C. Pattern Separation: A Potential Marker of Impaired Hippocampal Adult Neurogenesis in Major Depressive Disorder. Front Neurosci. 2017; 11:571. PMID: 29123464.
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    20. Kim S, Iyengar U, Mayes LC, Potenza MN, Rutherford HJV, Strathearn L. Mothers with substance addictions show reduced reward responses when viewing their own infant's face. Hum Brain Mapp. 2017 11; 38(11):5421-5439. PMID: 28746733.
      Citations: 31     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Strathearn L, Kim S, Bastian DA, Jung J, Iyengar U, Martinez S, Goin-Kochel RP, Fonagy P. Visual systemizing preference in children with autism: A randomized controlled trial of intranasal oxytocin. Dev Psychopathol. 2018 05; 30(2):511-521. PMID: 28712371.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    22. Kim, S., & Strathearn, L. Trauma, mothering, and intergenerational transmission: A synthesis of behavioral and oxytocin research. The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child. 2017; 70(1):200-223.
    23. Kim S, Strathearn L. Oxytocin and Maternal Brain Plasticity. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2016 Sep; 2016(153):59-72. PMID: 27589498.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    24. Kim S, Kwok S, Mayes LC, Potenza MN, Rutherford HJV, Strathearn L. Early adverse experience and substance addiction: dopamine, oxytocin, and glucocorticoid pathways. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2017 04; 1394(1):74-91. PMID: 27508337.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    25. Kim S. The mind in the making: Developmental and neurobiological origins of mentalizing. Personal Disord. 2015 Oct; 6(4):356-65. PMID: 26436579.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    26. Sharp C, Kim S. Recent advances in the developmental aspects of borderline personality disorder. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2015 Apr; 17(4):556. PMID: 25749744.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    27. Iyengar U, Kim S, Martinez S, Fonagy P, Strathearn L. Unresolved trauma in mothers: intergenerational effects and the role of reorganization. Front Psychol. 2014; 5:966. PMID: 25225490.
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    28. Kim S, Fonagy P, Allen J, Martinez S, Iyengar U, Strathearn L. Mothers who are securely attached in pregnancy show more attuned infant mirroring 7 months postpartum. Infant Behav Dev. 2014 Nov; 37(4):491-504. PMID: 25020112.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. Sharp C, Kim S, Herman L, Pane H, Reuter T, Strathearn L. Major depression in mothers predicts reduced ventral striatum activation in adolescent female offspring with and without depression. J Abnorm Psychol. 2014 May; 123(2):298-309. PMID: 24886004.
      Citations: 44     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    30. Kim S, Fonagy P, Allen J, Strathearn L. Mothers' unresolved trauma blunts amygdala response to infant distress. Soc Neurosci. 2014; 9(4):352-63. PMID: 24635646.
      Citations: 38     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    31. Kim S, Sharp C, Carbone C. The protective role of attachment security for adolescent borderline personality disorder features via enhanced positive emotion regulation strategies. Personal Disord. 2014 Apr; 5(2):125-36. PMID: 24364499.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    32. Kim S, Soeken TA, Cromer SJ, Martinez SR, Hardy LR, Strathearn L. Oxytocin and postpartum depression: delivering on what's known and what's not. Brain Res. 2014 Sep 11; 1580:219-32. PMID: 24239932.
      Citations: 43     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    33. Kim S, Fonagy P, Koos O, Dorsett K, Strathearn L. Maternal oxytocin response predicts mother-to-infant gaze. Brain Res. 2014 Sep 11; 1580:133-42. PMID: 24184574.
      Citations: 37     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    34. Strathearn L, Kim S. Mothers' amygdala response to positive or negative infant affect is modulated by personal relevance. Front Neurosci. 2013; 7:176. PMID: 24115918.
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    35. Sharp C, Ha C, Carbone C, Kim S, Perry K, Williams L, Fonagy P. Hypermentalizing in adolescent inpatients: treatment effects and association with borderline traits. J Pers Disord. 2013 Feb; 27(1):3-18. PMID: 23342954.
      Citations: 35     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    36. Williams, J., Hill, P., Kim, S., & Campbell, C. Raising the interest of clinical doctoral students in basic research: Three challenges. J Psychology Christ. 2012; 31(4):320-325.
    37. Strathearn L, Iyengar U, Fonagy P, Kim S. Maternal oxytocin response during mother-infant interaction: associations with adult temperament. Horm Behav. 2012 Mar; 61(3):429-35. PMID: 22306668.
      Citations: 26     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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