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Portrait of Gun Hee Kim

Honor Society® member

Gun Hee Kim

academic tutor at College of Pharmacy University of Iowa

  • University of Iowa
  • doctor of pharmacy
  • Class of 2022
  • Coralville, Iowa

Member since January 2021

About

I am a PharmD candidate (2022) of the College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, IA. I have completed Introductory Professional Practice Experience Community Pharmacy and Introductory Professional Practice Experience Hospital Pharmacy. I will be on Advanced Professional Practice Experience from 05/17/2021 to 05/06/2022.
My Professional extracurricular activities include Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (2019), Assessment Committee (2020), tutoring, grant reviewing.
As a pharmacist intern, I have volunteered at annual Flu clinics and the upstream clinic (Women’s clinic, UIHC).
My professional interest is providing patients with limited language proficiency with meaningful medication information where they receive care.

Education

  • The University of Iowa

    doctor of pharmacy

    2018 – 2022

  • The University of Iowa

    health sciences

    2001 – 2005

Honors and awards

  • grant

    2020 University of Iowa Innovator's Workshop

  • Award

    "Best Social Impact" Iowa Innovation Challenge Fall 2020, University of Iowa

  • grant

    Community Service Grant (2020). Graduate Professional Student Government, University of Iowa

  • grant

    National Science Foundation I-Corp Grant. University of Iowa

  • Winer

    2020 Pappajohn Student Entrepreneurial Venture Competition. Regional Competition. Iowa

  • Finalist

    2020 Spring Iowa Innovation Challenge. University of Iowa. IA

  • Second Place

    Spring 2019 IdeaStorm/Health Initiatives. University of Iowa. IA

  • Tuition Scholarship

    2019-present. College of Pharmacy. University of Iowa. IA

Goals and interests

Career goal

My intended job path is obtaining a dual appointment as a clinical pharmacy specialist at an academic medical center and an affiliated college of pharmacy, continuing the project "Inclusive Pharmacy Practice".

Graduate school interests

My interest in research and scholarship is to develop a web-based application which provide linguistically appropriate medication information for both healthcare providers and patients with limited language proficiency.
I am further interested in implementing the application at the point of care and measure healthcare outcomes.

Outside the classroom

Gardening
Singing
Ballroom dancing

Experience

  • academic tutor

    College of Pharmacy University of Iowa

    Sep 2019 – Dec 2020

Volunteering

  • Project Manager

    Inclusive Pharmacy Practice

    Oct 2020 – Jan 2021

  • Vaccinator

    University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

    Sep 2019 – Dec 2020

  • Resources counselor

    UpStream Clinic

    Sep 2018 – Mar 2020

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced

Additional information

  • Iowa Pharmacists Association

  • American Pharmacists Association