Elissa Kim
Doctoral Candidate in Social-Personality
5057 Woodward Ave., Suite 7404
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Department
Elissa Kim
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
- Stress
- Aging
- Religiosity/spirituality
- Social support
- Cardiovascular disease
- Immunology
- African Americans
Education
- B.A. in Psychology, Pepperdine University, 2021
- M.A. in Psychology, Wayne State University, 2024
Awards and grants
- 2022, Young Scholar Award, American Psychosomatic Society
- 2022-2024, Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) Fellowship, School of Medicine, Wayne State University
- 2024 Wayne State University Graduate Professional Scholarship
- 2024-present, Institute of Gerontology Pre-Doctoral Trainee, Wayne State University
- 2024-present, (PA-23-189) Supplement Recipient, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Selected publications
Taylor, R. J., Kim, E., Chatters, L. M., & Nguyen, A. W. (2025). Research on Religion and Aging Among Black Americans and Mexican Americans: The Impact of the National Institute on Aging. The Gerontologist, 65(2), gnae172. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnae172