UMass Boston

Sun Kim

Department:
Nursing
Title:
Professor
Location:
Quinn Administration Floor UL

Areas of Expertise

Tobacco Dependence, Minority Health, Mental and Behavioral Health 

Degrees

PhD: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
MS: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Professional Publications & Contributions

Additional Information

Dr. Kim’s research interest includes clinical trials of smoking cessation interventions for underserved populations, including Asian immigrants and smokers with mental illness and/or HIV infection. Dr. Kim is especially interested in developing gender- and culture-specific smoking cessation interventions for ethnic and racial minority smokers who are understudied.  Dr. Kim is a nationally known tobacco expert in smoking cessation interventions and currently conducts a smoking cessation intervention study for high-risk smokers who have a history of 30-pack a year smoking.