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Kim has overseen the development of several innovative programs at Dartmouth, utilizing his past experience in health care and international affairs. In January 2010, Kim helped partner Dartmouth students and faculty with the organization he co-founded, Partners in Health, and other organizations, to respond to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, forming the Dartmouth Haiti Response. The initiative resulted in over $1 million in donations, the delivery of 18 tons of medical supplies and 25 volunteer medical professionals to Haiti, as well as hundreds of student volunteers contributing on campus.<ref>Fischer, Karin, [http://chronicle.com/article/Dartmouths-President-a-Gl/63557/ "Dartmouth's President, a Global Health Leader, Offers Perspectives on Helping Haiti"], ''The Chronicle on Higher Education'', January 14, 2010.</ref><ref>Barber, Bonnie, [http://now.dartmouth.edu/2010/03/dartmouth-rallies-to-help-haiti/ "Dartmouth Rallies to Help Haiti"], ''Dartmouth>Now'', March 1, 2010.</ref> In April 2010, Kim launched the National College Health Improvement Project (NCHIP), which convenes a number of expert institutions to develop quantitative methods to address student health issues. The project launched its inaugural program, an effort to address binge drinking, in April 2011.<ref>NCHIP, [http://www.nchip.org/about/ "The National College Health Improvement Project"].</ref><ref>Joseph Blumberg, [http://now.dartmouth.edu/2011/11/dartmouth-engineering-students-help-tackle-binge-drinking/ "Dartmouth Engineering Students Help Tackle Binge Drinking"], ''Dartmouth Now'', November 29, 2011.</ref> In May 2010, Kim helped secure a $35 million anonymous grant to establish the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science. The Center creates a groundbreaking new field of study, fostering collaboration between researchers and medical practitioners to educate students in the creation of low-cost medical programs.<ref> ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'' [http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/35-million-gift-to-dartmouth-to-create-center-on-health-care-delivery-science/24027 "$35-Million Gift to Dartmouth to Create Center on Health-Care Delivery Science"], May 17, 2010.</ref><ref>''Dartmouth News'' [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2010/05/17.html "The missing piece in health care reform: health care delivery science"], May 17, 2010.</ref> In 2012, following an extended effort by Kim to address sexual violence on campus, Dartmouth adopted a new campus-wide initiative to educate students on the importance of bystander intervention in sexual assault cases as part of a larger Sexual Assault Awareness Program.<ref>Johnston, Sophia, [http://thedartmouth.com/2012/02/17/news/bystander "Program combats sexual violence"], ''The Dartmouth'', February 17, 2012.</ref>
Kim has overseen the development of several innovative programs at Dartmouth, utilizing his past experience in health care and international affairs. In January 2010, Kim helped partner Dartmouth students and faculty with the organization he co-founded, Partners in Health, and other organizations, to respond to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, forming the Dartmouth Haiti Response. The initiative resulted in over $1 million in donations, the delivery of 18 tons of medical supplies and 25 volunteer medical professionals to Haiti, as well as hundreds of student volunteers contributing on campus.<ref>Fischer, Karin, [http://chronicle.com/article/Dartmouths-President-a-Gl/63557/ "Dartmouth's President, a Global Health Leader, Offers Perspectives on Helping Haiti"], ''The Chronicle on Higher Education'', January 14, 2010.</ref><ref>Barber, Bonnie, [http://now.dartmouth.edu/2010/03/dartmouth-rallies-to-help-haiti/ "Dartmouth Rallies to Help Haiti"], ''Dartmouth>Now'', March 1, 2010.</ref> In April 2010, Kim launched the National College Health Improvement Project (NCHIP), which convenes a number of expert institutions to develop quantitative methods to address student health issues. The project launched its inaugural program, an effort to address binge drinking, in April 2011.<ref>NCHIP, [http://www.nchip.org/about/ "The National College Health Improvement Project"].</ref><ref>Joseph Blumberg, [http://now.dartmouth.edu/2011/11/dartmouth-engineering-students-help-tackle-binge-drinking/ "Dartmouth Engineering Students Help Tackle Binge Drinking"], ''Dartmouth Now'', November 29, 2011.</ref> In May 2010, Kim helped secure a $35 million anonymous grant to establish the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science. The Center creates a groundbreaking new field of study, fostering collaboration between researchers and medical practitioners to educate students in the creation of low-cost medical programs.<ref> ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'' [http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/35-million-gift-to-dartmouth-to-create-center-on-health-care-delivery-science/24027 "$35-Million Gift to Dartmouth to Create Center on Health-Care Delivery Science"], May 17, 2010.</ref><ref>''Dartmouth News'' [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2010/05/17.html "The missing piece in health care reform: health care delivery science"], May 17, 2010.</ref> In 2012, following an extended effort by Kim to address sexual violence on campus, Dartmouth adopted a new campus-wide initiative to educate students on the importance of bystander intervention in sexual assault cases as part of a larger Sexual Assault Awareness Program.<ref>Johnston, Sophia, [http://thedartmouth.com/2012/02/17/news/bystander "Program combats sexual violence"], ''The Dartmouth'', February 17, 2012.</ref>


During his tenure as president of Dartmouth, Kim has not been immune to criticism. In 2011, he was criticized for refusing to release the college's budget, prompting the passage of a resolution by faculty demanding more details.<ref>Acosta, Amelia, [http://thedartmouth.com/2011/05/10/news/budget"Faculty votes to see budget report"], ''The Dartmouth'', May 10, 2011.</ref><ref>Ulrich, Ashley,[http://thedartmouth.com/2011/10/19/news/budget "SA supports faculty’s call for budget details"], ''The Dartmouth'', October 19, 2011.</ref> Kim answered this criticism by releasing a large supplementary report on the budget and holding a public meeting with faculty who afterward expressed satisfaction with the response.<ref> Tom Owen, [http://thedartmouth.com/2011/10/25/news/budget "Faculty receives new college budget info"], ''The Dartmouth'', October 25, 2011.</ref>. However Kim did not address a similar request from the Student Body that requested to see the budget delineated at the $10,000 level.<ref>Ulrich, Ashley,[http://thedartmouth.com/2011/10/19/news/budget "SA supports faculty’s call for budget details"], ''The Dartmouth'', October 19, 2011.</ref> In 2011, a handful of editorials appeared in Dartmouth's student newspaper expressing dissatisfaction with Kim's presidency, with one describing Kim as "unpopular among many students these days."<ref>Blair, Peter, [http://thedartmouth.com/2011/04/04/opinion/blair "Blair: K.D.S."], Opinion, ''[[The Dartmouth]]'', April 4, 2011.</ref><ref>Kornberg, Josh, [http://thedartmouth.com/2011/03/28/opinion/kornberg "Kornberg: Wail to the Chief"], Opinion, ''[[The Dartmouth]]'', March 28, 2011</ref> His leadership has also been criticized in the wake of a hazing scandal, which resulted in charges against the fraternity and the creation of a task force to address hazing; and amidst comments from some that Kim did not spend enough time on campus.<ref>Ulrich, Ashley, [http://thedartmouth.com/2012/03/05/news/sae "College charges SAE for hazing violations"], ''The Dartmouth'', March 5, 2012.</ref><ref>Carmichael, Mary, [http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/03/23/choice-jim-kim-lead-world-bank-draws-praise-but-unsettles-dartmouth/kdiF55P4koiAwVtH3XzpwJ/story.html"World Bank nod draws praise for Kim, unsettles Dartmouth"], Boston Globe, 23 March 2012.</ref>


=== World Bank ===
=== World Bank ===

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Jim Yong Kim
김용
金勇
File:JYongKim.jpg
President of Dartmouth College
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 1, 2009
Preceded byJames Wright
Personal details
Born (1959-12-08) December 8, 1959 (age 64)
Seoul, South Korea
SpouseYounsook Lim
Children2
Residence(s)Hanover, New Hampshire
Alma materBrown University
Harvard University
ProfessionPhysician
Jim Yong Kim
Hangul
김용
Hanja
金勇
Revised RomanizationGim Yong
McCune–ReischauerKim Yong

Jim Yong Kim (born December 8, 1959) is a Korean-American physician, and 17th President of Dartmouth College. He has been a Professor of Medicine and Social Medicine and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He was a co-founder and later Executive Director of Partners in Health along with Paul Farmer, Todd McCormack, Thomas J. White and Ophelia Dahl. On March 2, 2009, Kim was named the 17th President of Dartmouth College, a position he formally assumed on July 1, 2009. Kim is the first Asian-American to assume the post of president at an Ivy League institution.[1]

On March 23, 2012, President Obama announced that the U.S. would nominate Kim as the next President of the World Bank.[2]

Background

Born in Seoul, South Korea in 1959, Jim Yong Kim moved with his family to the U.S. at the age of five and grew up in Muscatine, Iowa. His father taught dentistry at the University of Iowa, while his mother received her Ph.D. in Chinese philosophy. Kim attended Muscatine High School, where he was valedictorian, president of his class, and played both quarterback for the football team and point guard on the basketball team. After a year and a half at the University of Iowa, he transferred to Brown University, where he graduated magna cum laude with an A.B. in 1982. He was awarded an M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1991, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University, Department of Anthropology, in 1993.[3] He was among the first enrollees of Harvard's experimental MD/Ph.D. program in the social sciences.

Career

Partners in Health

Jim Yong Kim, along with Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl, co-founded Partners in Health (PIH) in 1987. The organization began with radical new, community-focused health care programs in Haiti, and quickly expanded to Peru. By 1998, extremely successful results curing both common and serious ailments prompted the World Health Organization to embrace the model, and support the adaptation of community-based care to impoverished communities around the world. Particular success in treating tuberculosis prompted international organizations to rededicate efforts to the eradication of the disease. PIH now employs more than 13,000 people in 12 countries. Kim left the organization as Executie Director in 2003.[4][5]

Past endeavors

Kim has 20 years of experience in improving health in developing countries. He is a founding trustee and the former executive director of Partners In Health, a not-for-profit organization that supports a range of health programs in poor communities in Haiti, Peru, Russia, Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi and the United States.

From 2004 to 2006, Kim served as Director of the World Health Organization’s HIV/AIDS department, a post he was appointed to in March 2004 after serving as advisor to the WHO Director General. Kim oversaw all of the WHO’s work related to HIV/AIDS, focusing on initiatives to help developing countries scale up their treatment, prevention, and care programs, including the “3x5” initiative designed to put three million people in developing countries on AIDS treatment by the end of 2005.

An expert in tuberculosis, Kim has chaired or served on a number of committees on international TB policy. He has conducted extensive research into effective and affordable strategies for treating strains of TB that are resistant to standard drugs. While at WHO, Kim was responsible for coordinating HIV efforts with the TB department.

Recent work

Over the past few years, Kim has been involved in the development of a new field focused on improving the implementation and delivery of global health interventions. He believes that progress in developing more effective global health programs has been hindered by the paucity of large-scale systematic approaches to improving program design. This new field will rigorously gather, analyze, and widely disseminate a comprehensive body of practical, actionable insights on effective global health delivery. In order to develop this field, Kim co-founded the Global Health Delivery Project, a joint initiative of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Social Medicine and the Harvard Business School’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness. The global health field case studies produced by this project form the core of a new global health delivery curriculum now taught at Harvard School of Public Health. Kim’s team has also developed a web-based “community of practice”, GHDonline.org, to allow practitioners around the world to easily access information, share expertise, and engage in real-time problem solving. Kim is on the Advisory Board of Incentives for Global Health, the NGO formed to develop the Health Impact Fund proposal.

Time at Dartmouth

Kim has overseen the development of several innovative programs at Dartmouth, utilizing his past experience in health care and international affairs. In January 2010, Kim helped partner Dartmouth students and faculty with the organization he co-founded, Partners in Health, and other organizations, to respond to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, forming the Dartmouth Haiti Response. The initiative resulted in over $1 million in donations, the delivery of 18 tons of medical supplies and 25 volunteer medical professionals to Haiti, as well as hundreds of student volunteers contributing on campus.[6][7] In April 2010, Kim launched the National College Health Improvement Project (NCHIP), which convenes a number of expert institutions to develop quantitative methods to address student health issues. The project launched its inaugural program, an effort to address binge drinking, in April 2011.[8][9] In May 2010, Kim helped secure a $35 million anonymous grant to establish the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science. The Center creates a groundbreaking new field of study, fostering collaboration between researchers and medical practitioners to educate students in the creation of low-cost medical programs.[10][11] In 2012, following an extended effort by Kim to address sexual violence on campus, Dartmouth adopted a new campus-wide initiative to educate students on the importance of bystander intervention in sexual assault cases as part of a larger Sexual Assault Awareness Program.[12]


World Bank

On March 23rd, 2012, President Barack Obama announced his nomination of Jim Yong Kim to become the President of The World Bank.[2] That same day Jim Yong Kim sent a letter addressed to the Dartmouth Community stating:

"I write to share the news that President Barack Obama has asked me to stand for nomination as president of the World Bank. This is one of the most critical institutions fighting poverty and providing assistance to developing countries in the world today. After much reflection, I have accepted this nomination to national and global service.

"When I assumed the presidency of Dartmouth, I did so with the full and deep belief that the mission of higher education is to prepare us for lives of leadership and service in our professions and communities. While President Obama's call is compelling, the prospect of leaving Dartmouth at this stage is very difficult. Nevertheless, should the World Bank's Board of Executive Directors elect me as the next president, I will embrace the responsibility.

"As Chair of the Dartmouth Board of Trustees Steve Mandel ’78 and I have discussed, if I am elected, our Board will take appropriate steps to ensure continuity of leadership and determine the timing of a search. For now, I remain president of Dartmouth. Steve and I will keep you informed of the nominating process and timing of a final decision by the World Bank next month."[13]

If approved, Jim Kim would become the first Asian-American, first physician, and first development professional to lead the Bank since its founding in 1944.[14] Renowned economist Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, who openly campaigned for the post, dropped his bid for the position after the announcement, saying, "I support this nomination 100 percent, with my complete enthusiasm. Dr. Kim is an outstanding development leader, one of the great public health specialists of our age. He will make a historic contribution to the fight against poverty, hunger, and disease. He is exactly the kind of professional needed at the helm of the World Bank. I strongly commend President Obama for this selection."[15][16]

The nominating period ends March 23 and selection to replace American Robert Zoellick may be made in the time for the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in April. Traditionally the United States has made the choice of the World Bank head and the Europeans the choice of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) head; the United States supported former French finance minister Christine Lagarde in her 2011 appointment to the IMF position.[17]

Personal life

He is actively involved in a variety of sports, including basketball, volleyball, tennis, and golf. Kim, who is married to Younsook Lim, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital Boston, has two children, a son, Thomas, who was born in 2000, and a second son who was born on February 27, 2009, a few days before the announcement of Kim's presidency at Dartmouth College.

Awards

Kim received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2003,[18] was named one of America's 25 Best Leaders by US News & World Report in 2005, and in 2006 was listed as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine.[19] He is also a member of the Institute of Medicine of the U.S. National Academies.

References

  1. ^ 김용 교수, 아시아인 최초 아이비리그 총장 선임…다트머스 대학, Yahoo Korea.
  2. ^ a b Office of the Press Secretary, The White House (23 March 2012). "President Obama Announces U.S. Nomination of Dr. Jim Yong Kim to Lead World Bank". Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  3. ^ Falkenberg, Kai, "First Responder", Forbes, November 16, 2011.
  4. ^ Falkenberg, Kai, "First Responder", ‘’Forbes’’, November 16, 2011.
  5. ^ "Partners in Health History", pih.org.
  6. ^ Fischer, Karin, "Dartmouth's President, a Global Health Leader, Offers Perspectives on Helping Haiti", The Chronicle on Higher Education, January 14, 2010.
  7. ^ Barber, Bonnie, "Dartmouth Rallies to Help Haiti", Dartmouth>Now, March 1, 2010.
  8. ^ NCHIP, "The National College Health Improvement Project".
  9. ^ Joseph Blumberg, "Dartmouth Engineering Students Help Tackle Binge Drinking", Dartmouth Now, November 29, 2011.
  10. ^ The Chronicle of Higher Education "$35-Million Gift to Dartmouth to Create Center on Health-Care Delivery Science", May 17, 2010.
  11. ^ Dartmouth News "The missing piece in health care reform: health care delivery science", May 17, 2010.
  12. ^ Johnston, Sophia, "Program combats sexual violence", The Dartmouth, February 17, 2012.
  13. ^ "Announcement from President Jim Yong Kim", Dartmouth website. March 23, 2012
  14. ^ McGregor, Jena, "How Jim Yong Kim could change the World Bank", The Washington Post, March 23, 2012.
  15. ^ Pace, Julie, "Obama taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank", Associated Press/"Yahoo! News, March 23, 2012.
  16. ^ "jeffsachs.org", March 23, 2012.
  17. ^ Lowrey, Annie, "Dartmouth President Is Obama’s Pick for World Bank", The New York Times, March 23, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  18. ^ Global Health Champions Jim Yong Kim, PBS
  19. ^ Scientists and Thinkers - Jim Yong Kim, TIME

Publications

  • Farmer Paul E, Kim JY. Community-based approaches to the control of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: Introducing “DOTS-plus”. British Medical Journal 1998; 317:671-4.
  • Becerra MC, Bayona J, Freeman J, Farmer PE, Kim JY. Redefining MDR-TB transmission “hot spots.” International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2000; 4(5):387-94.
  • Farmer Paul, Leandre F, Mukherjee JS, Claude M, Nevil P, Smith-Fawzi MC, Koenig SP, Castro A, Becerra MC, Sachs J, Attaran A, Kim JY. Community-based approaches to HIV treatment in resource-poor settings. Lancet 2001; 358(9279):404-9.
  • Farmer Paul, Leandre F, Mukherjee J, Gupta R, Tarter L, Kim JY. Community-based treatment of advanced HIV disease: Introducing DOT-HAART (Directly Observed therapy with highly active antiretroviral therapy). Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2001; 79(12):1145-51.
  • Mitnick C, Bayona J, Palacios E, Shin S, Furin J, Alcántara F, Sánchez E, Sarria M, Becerra M, Fawzi MCS, Kapiga S, Neuberg D, Maguire JH, Kim JY, Farmer PE. Community-based therapy for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Lima, Peru. New England Journal of Medicine 2003; 348(2):119-28.
  • Gupta Raj, Irwin A, Raviglione MC, Kim JY. Scaling up treatment for HIV/AIDS: Lessons learned from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Lancet 2004; 363(9405):320-4.
  • Kim Jim Yong, Farmer P. AIDS in 2006 — Moving toward one world, one hope? New England Journal of Medicine 2006; 355:645-7.
  • Kim Jim Yong. Unexpected political immunity to AIDS. Lancet 2006; 368(9534):441-2.
  • Kim Jim Yong. A lifelong battle against disease. U.S. News and World Report 2007; 143(18):62-4.
  • Kim Jim Yong. Toward a Golden Age- Reflections on Global Health and Social Justice. Harvard International Review 2007; 29 (2): 20-25.
  • Kim Jim Yong, Farmer Paul. Surgery and Global Health: A View from Beyond the OR. World Journal of Surgery 2008; 32(4): 533–6.
  • Kim Jim Yong, Millen JV, A Irwin, J Gershman (eds.). Dying for Growth: Global Inequality and the Health of the Poor. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 2000.
  • Jain Sachin H, Weintraub R, Rhatigan J, Porter ME, Kim JY. Delivering Global Health. Student British Medical Journal 2008; 16:27.[1]
  • Kim Jim Yong, Rhatigan J, Jain SH, Weintraub R, Porter ME. From a declaration of values to the creation of value in global health: a report from Harvard University's Global Health Delivery Project. Glob Public Health. 2010 Mar;5(2):181-8.

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