Minah Kim

LIFE Fellow from 2023 to 2025, University of Virginia

PhD

Dissertation Completed in May 2025:

Epigenetic Dynamics in the Oxytocin System in Early Childhood

(Advisors: Jessica Connelly & James Morris)

Selected Publications

Graves, A. J., Danoff, J. S., Kim, M., Brindley, S. R., Skyberg, A. M., Giamberardino, S. N., Lynch, M. E., Straka, B. C., Lillard, T. S., Gregory, S. G., Connelly, J. J., & Morris, J. P. (2024). Accelerated epigenetic age is associated with whole-brain functional connectivity and impaired cognitive performance in older adults. Scientific Reports, 14, Article 9646. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-60311-3

Skyberg, A. M., Newman, B. T., Graves, A. J., Goldstein, A., Brindley, S. R., Kim, M., Druzgal, T. J., Connelly, J. J., & Morris, J. P. (2023). An epigenetic mechanism for differential maturation of amygdala–prefrontal connectivity in childhood socio-emotional development. Translational Psychiatry, 13, Article 91. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-023-02380-y