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Korea
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
73
Citations
25729
World Ranking
1625
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Jerome H. Kim is affiliated with the International Vaccine Institute in South Korea and specializes primarily in medicine. Their research focuses extensively on infectious diseases, public health, and virology, with significant work also touching endocrinology and environmental health.

Their scholarly output includes investigations into vaccine coverage and hesitancy, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, HIV research and treatment, and studies on bacterial pathogens such as Vibrio, Salmonella, and Campylobacter. Additionally, they have contributed to viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiological studies related to COVID-19.

Recent peer-reviewed publications by Jerome H. Kim include:

  • Looking beyond COVID-19 vaccine phase 3 trials, 2021, published in Nature Medicine
  • Operation Warp Speed: implications for global vaccine security, 2021, published in The Lancet Global Health

Co-authorship is a notable aspect of their work, frequently collaborating with researchers such as Florian Marks, Jean-Louis Excler, Deok Ryun Kim, Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse, and Merlin L. Robb.

Jerome H. Kim's research has appeared in multiple journals, with repeated publications in venues including:

  • EClinicalMedicine
  • Vaccine
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • npj Vaccines
  • BMJ Global Health

Best Publications

  • Vaccination with ALVAC and AIDSVAX to Prevent HIV-1 Infection in Thailand

    Supachai Rerks-Ngarm;Punnee Pitisuttithum;Sorachai Nitayaphan;Jaranit Kaewkungwal

  • Immune-Correlates Analysis of an HIV-1 Vaccine Efficacy Trial

    Barton F. Haynes;Peter B. Gilbert;M. Juliana McElrath;Susan Zolla-Pazner

  • Rapid seeding of the viral reservoir prior to SIV viraemia in rhesus monkeys

    James B. Whitney;Alison L. Hill;Srisowmya Sanisetty;Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster

  • Looking beyond COVID-19 vaccine phase 3 trials.

    Jerome H. Kim;Florian Marks;Florian Marks;Florian Marks;John D. Clemens;John D. Clemens

  • Vaccine protection against acquisition of neutralization-resistant SIV challenges in rhesus monkeys

    Dan H. Barouch;Dan H. Barouch;Jinyan Liu;Hualin Li;Lori F. Maxfield

  • Increased HIV-1 vaccine efficacy against viruses with genetic signatures in Env V2

    Morgane Rolland;Paul T. Edlefsen;Brendan B. Larsen;Sodsai Tovanabutra

  • Vaccine-induced Env V1-V2 IgG3 correlates with lower HIV-1 infection risk and declines soon after vaccination

    Nicole L. Yates;Nicole L. Yates;Hua Xin Liao;Hua Xin Liao;Youyi Fong;Allan DeCamp

  • Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity-Mediating Antibodies from an HIV-1 Vaccine Efficacy Trial Target Multiple Epitopes and Preferentially Use the VH1 Gene Family

    Mattia Bonsignori;Justin Pollara;M. Anthony Moody;Michael D. Alpert

  • Vaccine-induced plasma IgA specific for the C1 region of the HIV-1 envelope blocks binding and effector function of IgG

    Georgia D. Tomaras;Guido Ferrari;Xiaoying Shen;S. Munir Alam

  • Polyfunctional Fc-Effector Profiles Mediated by IgG Subclass Selection Distinguish RV144 and VAX003 Vaccines

    Amy W. Chung;Musie Ghebremichael;Hannah Robinson;Eric Brown

  • Vaccine Induction of Antibodies against a Structurally Heterogeneous Site of Immune Pressure within HIV-1 Envelope Protein Variable Regions 1 and 2

    Hua Xin Liao;Mattia Bonsignori;S. Munir Alam;Jason S. McLellan

  • Vaccine development for emerging infectious diseases.

    Jean Louis Excler;Melanie Saville;Seth Berkley;Jerome H. Kim

  • Protective Efficacy of a Global HIV-1 Mosaic Vaccine against Heterologous SHIV Challenges in Rhesus Monkeys

    Dan H. Barouch;Dan H. Barouch;Kathryn E. Stephenson;Erica N. Borducchi;Kaitlin Smith

  • Dissecting Polyclonal Vaccine-Induced Humoral Immunity against HIV Using Systems Serology.

    Amy W. Chung;Amy W. Chung;Manu P. Kumar;Kelly B. Arnold;Wen Han Yu;Wen Han Yu

  • Prospective Study of Acute HIV-1 Infection in Adults in East Africa and Thailand

    Merlin L Robb;Leigh A Eller;Hannah Kibuuka;Kathleen Rono

  • Rapid HIV RNA rebound after antiretroviral treatment interruption in persons durably suppressed in Fiebig I acute HIV infection.

    Donn J. Colby;Lydie Trautmann;Lydie Trautmann;Suteeraporn Pinyakorn;Suteeraporn Pinyakorn;Louise Leyre

  • Vaccine-induced IgG antibodies to V1V2 regions of multiple HIV-1 subtypes correlate with decreased risk of HIV-1 infection

    Susan Zolla-Pazner;Allan DeCamp;Peter B. Gilbert;Constance Williams

  • COMPASS identifies T-cell subsets correlated with clinical outcomes

    Lin Lin;Greg Finak;Kevin Ushey;Chetan Seshadri

  • Persistent, Albeit Reduced, Chronic Inflammation in Persons Starting Antiretroviral Therapy in Acute HIV Infection.

    Irini Sereti;Shelly J. Krebs;Nittaya Phanuphak;James L. Fletcher

  • Ad26/MVA therapeutic vaccination with TLR7 stimulation in SIV-infected rhesus monkeys

    Erica N. Borducchi;Crystal Cabral;Kathryn E. Stephenson;Jinyan Liu

  • Cross-Clade Ultrasensitive PCR-Based Assays To Measure HIV Persistence in Large-Cohort Studies

    Claire Vandergeeten;Rémi Fromentin;Esther Merlini;Mariam B. Lawani

  • Risk behaviour and time as covariates for efficacy of the HIV vaccine regimen ALVAC-HIV (vCP1521) and AIDSVAX B/E: a post-hoc analysis of the Thai phase 3 efficacy trial RV 144.

    Merlin L Robb;Supachai Rerks-Ngarm;Sorachai Nitayaphan;Punnee Pitisuttithum

  • Geographic and temporal trends in the molecular epidemiology and genetic mechanisms of transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance: an individual-patient- and sequence-level meta-analysis

    Soo Yon Rhee;Jose Luis Blanco;Michael R. Jordan;Jonathan Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Anthony Moody
M. Anthony Moody Duke University
David Wilson
David Wilson Burnet Institute
Punnee Pitisuttithum
Punnee Pitisuttithum Mahidol University
Sorachai Nitayaphan
Sorachai Nitayaphan Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science
Susan Zolla-Pazner
Susan Zolla-Pazner Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Peter B. Gilbert
Peter B. Gilbert Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Warner C. Greene
Warner C. Greene University of California, San Francisco
Morgane Rolland
Morgane Rolland Henry M. Jackson Foundation
Surender Khurana
Surender Khurana US Food and Drug Administration
Kevin O. Saunders
Kevin O. Saunders Duke University

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