Joseph U. Kim

Joseph U. Kim, PhD

Languages spoken: Korean, English

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Psychiatry

Divisions: Adult Psychiatry

Joseph Kim, PhD, is a neuropsychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Utah School of Medicine. As a clinical psychologist, his interests include neuropsychological evaluation of memory and thinking problems in adulthood as well as providing time-limited psychotherapy to patients to address executive impairments, such as difficulty in organizing and planning.

Dr. Kim received his BA from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and his PhD from Vanderbilt University. He completed his doctoral internship training in Clinical Psychology - neuropsychology track at the Duke University Medical Center. Following his internship, Dr. Kim was appointed a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Utah School of Medicine, where he engaged in research and clinical care in the area of neuropsychology and clinical neuroscience. Upon completing his fellowship, Dr. Kim joined the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry and is actively involved in neuroimaging (fMRI) and neuromodulation (TMS) research in the area of emotion regulation across the life span and psychiatric disorders.

Education History

Undergraduate University of Wisconsin¿Madison
 BA
Graduate Training Vanderbilt University
 MA
Doctoral Training Vanderbilt University
 PhD
Internship Duke University Medical Center
 Intern
Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Utah School of Medicine
 Postdoctoral Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Dotson VM, McClintock SM, Verhaeghen P, Kim JU, Draheim AA, Syzmkowicz SM, Gradone AM, Bogoian HR, Wit (2020). Depression and Cognitive Control across the Lifespan: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Neuropsychology review, 30, 461-476.
  2. Kim JU, Weisenbach SL, Zald D (2019). Ventral prefrontal cortex and emotion regulation in aging: A case for utilizing transcranial magnetic stimulation. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 34(2), 215-222.
  3. McClintock SM, Kallioniemi E, Martin DM, Kim JU, Weisenbach SL, Abbott C (2019). A Critical Review and Synthesis of Clinical and Neurocognitive Effects of Noninvasive Neuromodulation Antidepressant Therapies. Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing), 17(1), 18-29.
  4. Morimoto SS, Manning KJ, Kim JU, Cote S (2018). Non-Pharmacological Cognitive Remediation Strategies for Treatment of Depression and Cognitive Impairment. Current behavioral neuroscience reports,
  5. Dotson VM, Szymkowicz SM, Kim JU, McClintock S (2018). Cognitive functioning in late-life depression: A critical review of sociodemographic, neurobiological, and treatment correlates. Current behavioral neuroscience reports, 5(4), 310-318.
  6. Weisenbach SL, Kim JU, Hammers D, Konopacki K, Koppelmans (2019). Linking Late Life Depression and Alzheimer’s Disease: Mechanisms and Resilience. Current behavioral neuroscience reports, 6, 103-112.

Book Chapter

  1. Kozbelt A, Kaufman SB, Walder DJ, Ospina LH, Kim J (2014). The evolutionary genetics of the creativity-psychosis connection.
  2. Kim JJ, Kim J (2010). Virtual reality-based assessment of social skills and its application to mental illnesses.

Editorial

  1. Weisenbach SL, Kim (2017). Potential Treatment Targets for Modulation of Affective Reactivity in Mild Cognitive Impairment. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry, 25(11), 1234-1235.

Abstract

  1. Kim JU, Weisenbach SL, Avery E, Heffernan J, Pecina M, Zubieta JK, Mickey (2017). Striatal Dopamine D2/D3 Receptor Availability Predicts Episodic Verbal Memory and Executive Function in Medication-Free Major Depressive Disorder Patients. 81(10), S331.
  2. Kim JU, Koppelmans V, Tasevac B, Durnford K, Germain J, Langenecker S, & Weisenbach SL (2019). Why so Serious? Ability to Accurately Identify Happy Faces is Associated With Individual Differences in Lateral-Orbitofrontal Cortex Volume in Older Men. 85(10), S130.