Graduate Student
Cornell University
Joy Y. Kim is a Ph.D. Candidate in Human Nutrition working in Dr. Marla Lujan's lab. She earned a B.S. in Nutritional Sciences from Cornell University and went on to complete a dietetic internship at the NIH Clinical Center, concentrating in clinical nutrition research. After earning her registered dietitian (RD) credential, she worked as a Research Associate at Texas A&M University in Dr. Heidi Vanden Brink's Lab, where she studied the role of nutrition and metabolic health on reproductive maturation during adolescence. Joy is passionate about nutrition and women’s health, leading to her current work focused on the intersections between genetics, nutrition, metabolic health, and ovarian function in women with polyendocrine metaboic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), formerly known as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). She is motivated by the goal of advancing understanding of the heterogeneity of the condition and how lifestyle factors and dietary interventions influence the prevention and management of PCOS to improve clinical care.