Shannon kim, mph | program manager, all of us community engagement

Shannon is originally from a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and recently moved to Chicago in July 2020 for graduate school. She received her B.A. in Geography from the University of Wisconsin and got her M.P.H. in Community Health Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

While in graduate school, Shannon worked as a graduate teaching assistant for various undergraduate public health courses and worked as a research assistant to create an open-access resource textbook for an introductory global health course. She also spent a summer as a research intern at the Field Museum’s Keller Science Action Center where she worked to create research instruments for community science events in Chicago and synthesize data for community science research projects. After graduating in May 2022, Shannon worked briefly as a program coordinator at an urban farm to help connect youth in Chicago to agricultural and food systems education.

As a daughter of Asian immigrants, Shannon has always been passionate about health inequities that exist amongst immigrant populations, especially those with limited English proficiency. By pursuing a public health education, she was able to link her passions related to health equity with her own interests related to intersectionality, cultural stigma, and how all these impact health outcomes.

 She is a Program Manager for the NIH All of Us Research Program where she will be working with partners across the nation to help increase representation of AANHPI participants in the program.

 In her free time, she enjoys going to attending group fitness classes and reading. She also enjoys live music and exploring Chicago to find the best vegan restaurants.