{"id":8528,"date":"2019-01-17T13:52:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T18:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=8528"},"modified":"2025-06-17T17:28:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T21:28:45","slug":"william-kim-md","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/directory\/william-kim-md\/","title":{"rendered":"William Kim, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2019\/01\/OGE-Trained-mentor-badge-webCR2-300x204.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2019\/01\/OGE-Trained-mentor-badge-webCR2-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2019\/01\/OGE-Trained-mentor-badge-webCR2-768x522.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2019\/01\/OGE-Trained-mentor-badge-webCR2-1024x696.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Cancer genetics<\/li>\n<li>Kidney cancer<\/li>\n<li>Bladder cancer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research Synopsis<\/h2>\n<p>The Kim Lab is focused on understanding the genetic and epigenetic events involved in the initiation and progression of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and bladder cancer.\u00a0 Through NextGeneration sequencing of primary human tumors and the use of genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs), as well as\u00a0in vitro\u00a0systems, our goal is to identify the critical genomic and epigenetic changes that are drivers of RCC and bladder cancer. \u00a0Our ultimate goal is to elucidate the functional consequences of these genomic events in order to pinpoint novel, high impact therapeutic targets for therapy.<\/p>\n<h2>Publications<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/myncbi\/browse\/collection\/40561006\/?sort=date&amp;direction=descending\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View complete list of publications in NCBI Library<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Interests Cancer genetics Kidney cancer Bladder cancer Research Synopsis The Kim Lab is focused on understanding the genetic and epigenetic events involved in the initiation and progression of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and bladder cancer.\u00a0 Through NextGeneration sequencing of primary human tumors and the use of genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs), as well as\u00a0in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/directory\/william-kim-md\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about William Kim, MD\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18466,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8528","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_upd_display_name":["William Kim, MD"],"_upd_reverse_display_name":["Kim, William"],"_upd_last_name":["Kim"],"_upd_first_name":["William"],"_upd_sortorder_override":[],"_upd_sortorder":["1"],"_upd_gallery_summary":["<strong>Rush S. Dickson Distinguished Professor<\/strong>\r\n<strong>Medicine-Oncology, Genetics<\/strong>\r\n<span style=\"background-color: #007fae;color: #fff\">Accepting Rotation Students<\/span>\r\nResearch: Cancer Genetics\r\nOffice: 21-220 LCCC\r\nPhone: <a href=\"tel:9199664765\">(919) 966-4765<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kimlab.web.unc.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Lab Website<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"mailto:wykim@med.unc.edu\">Email<\/a>"],"_upd_no_link":[],"_upd_degree1":["MD"],"_upd_degree2":[],"_upd_email":[[{"email_text":"wykim@med.unc.edu"}]],"_upd_phone":[[{"phone_text":"919-966-4765","phone_type":"Office Phone"}]],"_upd_address":[[{"address":{"address-1":"21-220 Lineberger Cancer Center","address-2":"","campus-box":"CB #7295","city":"Chapel Hill","state":"","zip":"27599"}}]],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/8528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/directory"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/8528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25406,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/8528\/revisions\/25406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}