Hanseul Kim, Ph.D.
Department of Epidemiology, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Affiliate, Institute for Data Science in Oncology (IDSO), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Regular Member, UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2022 | Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, US, Epidemiology, Doctor of Philosophy in Population Health Sciences |
| 2017 | Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, US, Biostatistics, Master of Science |
| 2014 | Rice University, Houston, TX, US, Statistics and Psychology, Bachelor of Arts |
Postgraduate Training
| 2021-2025 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Microbiome and Translational Epidemiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
Honors & Awards
| 2024 - 2025 | NIH National Research Service Award T32 CA 009001 Postdoctoral Researcher |
| 2024 | Fellow Abstract Award, American Gastroenterological Association |
| 2023 | Program in Quantitative Genomics Postdoc Travel Award, Harvard T.H. Chan |
| 2015 - 2016 | Harvard Chan Central Grant, Harvard T.H. Chan |
| 2014 | Magna Cum Laude, Rice University |
| 2013 - 2014 | Louis J. Walsh Scholarship in Engineering, Rice University |
| 2011 - 2014 | President’s Honor Roll, Rice University |
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2026. Leveraging microbiome multi-omics for cancer prevention. Invited. Cancer Prevention and Control Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Linking dietary and microbial multi-omics data: insights into cancer and metabolic disease. Invited. Epidemiology Department Seminar. Houston, Texas, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2025. Bridging nutrition and microbiome-focused multi-omics to advance cancer research. Invited. Quantitative Sciences Division Seminar. Baltimore, Maryland, US.
- 2025. Integrating dietary and microbial multi-omics data in chronic disease epidemiology. Invited. Chronic Disease Epidemiology Seminar. New Haven, Connecticut, US.
- 2024. An integrated gut multi-omic transkingdom interrogation of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Invited. Multiple Omics Seminar. Boston, Massachusetts, US.
- 2023. Alterations in gut microbial composition and metabolites in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Invited. Microbiome Epidemiology Working Group. Boston, Massachusetts, US.
- 2021. Vitamin D, calcium, and early-onset colorectal neoplasia. Invited. Research Seminar. Boston, Massachusetts, US.
- 2019. Vitamin D and cancer mortality: state of the evidence and next steps after the VITAL trial. Invited. Hot Topics in Cancer Epidemiology Series. Boston, Massachusetts, US.
National Presentations
- 2024. Altered microbial transcription in long-term proton pump inhibitor use. Invited. Digestive Disease Week (DDW). Washington, D.C, District of Columbia, US.
- 2024. Concurrent and habitual diet differentially associate with microbial multi-omic profiles in inflammatory bowel disease. Poster. Digestive Disease Week (DDW). Washington, D.C, District of Columbia, US.
- 2023. Population-level impact of a metabolically- and microbially-informed diet on weight change and obesity-related complications. Invited. Digestive Disease Week (DDW). Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2023. Alterations in gut microbial composition, metabolites, and transcriptional activity among participants with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Invited. Digestive Disease Week (DDW),. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2023. Prediagnostic vitamin D status and colorectal cancer survival by vitamin D-binding protein isoforms in the US cohorts. Poster. Orlando, Florida, US.
- 2022. Changes in taxonomic and metabolic composition among patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Poster. Keystone Symposia Conference: Interconnection between the Gut, Brain, and Microbiome for Metabolic Disease, US.
- 2021. Vitamin D and early-onset colon cancer. Invited. 2nd Annual Colorectal Cancer Congress. Washington, D.C, District of Columbia, US.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2026 - 2027 |
| Title: | Diet-microbiome integration in Mexican American Cohort |
| Funding Source: | Houston Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (HNORC) |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2026 - 2031 |
| Title: | Multi-omic approaches to exploring the gut microbiome and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NIDDK |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | DK141967 |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Nogal A, Wang K, Thompson KN, Kim H, Bhosle A, Piccinno G, Maharjan S, Upreti C, Nguyen LH, Segata N, Rimm EB, Garrett WS, Chan AT, Huttenhower C, Song M. Long-lasting gut microbiome and fecal metabolome alterations after colorectal adenoma removal and their relationship to colorectal cancer. Cell Host Microbe 34(6):1135-1150.e6, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 42202778.
- Tangpradubkiat P, Roberts AL, Cardona B, Kim H, Ogino S, Giovannucci EL, Song M, Chan AT. Association between depression and risk of colorectal cancer and polyps: A prospective cohort study from Nurses' Health Study II. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 42132476.
- Zhou X, Zhou D, Pu Y, Kim H, Sun Z, Qi W, Jin J, Zhang W, Xia M, Wang C, Hong S, Nguyen LH, Jiao N, Zheng Y, Liu T. Multi-kingdom profiling reveals altered gut phage-bacteria-metabolite interactions in MASLD. Nat Commun 17(1), 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 42000726.
- Dinesh, D, Morgan, XC, Kim, H, Scott, TM, Garelnabi, M, Lee, JS, Mangano, KM, Nguyen, LH, Huttenhower, C, Tucker, KL, Palacios, N. Gut Microbial Variations Associated With Proton Pump Inhibitor Use in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study. Pharmacology Research and Perspectives 14(1), 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41437205.
- Wang, C, Du, M, Kim, H, Nguyen, LH, Wang, QL, Drew, DA, Leeming, ER, Khandpur, N, Sun, Q, Zong, X, Gweon, TG, Ogino, S, Ng, K, Berry, SE, Giovannucci, E, Song, M, Cao, Y, Chan, AT. Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Risk of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Precursors Among Women. JAMA Oncology 12(1):49-57, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41231486.
- Chen, AY, Kim, H, Nzabarushimana, E, Shen, J, Williams, K, Gurung, J, McGoldrick, J, Burke, KE, Yarze, JC, Nguyen, LH, Staller, K, Chung, D, Xavier, RJ, Khalili, H. Association of distinct microbial and metabolic signatures with microscopic colitis. Nature communications 16(1), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40410138.
- Kim H, Nelson P, Nzabarushimana E, Shen J, Jensen J, Bhosle A, Li C, Lee N, Everett C, Berdy B, Frongillo G, Livny J, Hu FB, Simon TG, McIver L, Franzosa EA, Chan AT, Hayete B, Thompson KN, Huttenhower C, Nguyen LH. Multi-omic analysis reveals transkingdom gut dysbiosis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. Nat Metab 7(7):1476-1492, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40604156.
- Piperni E, Nguyen LH, Manghi P, Kim H, Pasolli E, Andreu-Sanchez S, Arre A, Bermingham KM, Blanco-Miguez A, Manara S, Valles-Colomer M, Bakker E, Busonero F, Davies R, Fiorillo E, Giordano F, Hadjigeorgiou G, Leeming ER, Lobina M, Masala M, Maschio A, McIver LJ, Pala M, Pitzalis M, Wolf J, Fu J, Zhernakova A, Caccio SM, Cucca F, Berry SE, Ercolini D, Chan AT, Huttenhower C, Spector TD, Segata N, Asnicar F. Intestinal Blastocystis is linked to healthier diets and more favorable cardiometabolic outcomes in 56,989 individuals from 32 countries. Cell 187(17):4554-4570.e18, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38981480.
- Kim H, Nzabarushimana E, Huttenhower C, Chan AT, Nguyen LH. Altered Microbial Transcription in Long-term Proton Pump Inhibitor Use: Findings From a United States Cohort Study. Gastroenterology 167(2):405-408.e3, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38521094.
- Yuan C, Wang QL, Kim H, Babic A, Zhang J, Wolpin BM, Wu K, Song M, Ogino S, Meyerhardt JA, Chan AT, Cao Y, Giovannucci EL, Ng K. Being Breastfed in Infancy and Risk of Colorectal Cancer and Precursor Lesions. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 22(7):1508-1517.e11, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37683882.
- Kim J, Zhang Y, Kim H, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Giovannucci E. A Comparative Study of Healthy Dietary Patterns for Incident and Fatal Digestive System Cancer. Am J Gastroenterol 118(11):2061-2070, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37543749.
- Wu Y, Kim H, Wang K, Song M, Wang M, Tamimi R, Eliassen H, Smith-Warner SA, Willett WC, Giovannucci EL. Influence of analytic methods, data sources, and repeated measurements on the population attributable fraction of lifestyle risk factors. Eur J Epidemiol 38:717-728, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37280503.
- Kim J, Khil J, Kim H, Keum N, Zhang X, Giovannucci E. Plant-based dietary patterns and the risk of digestive system cancers in 3 large prospective cohort studies. Eur J Epidemiol 38:617-627, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37101016.
- Kim H, Hur J, Wu K, Song M, Wang M, Smith-Warner SA, Zhang X, Giovannucci EL. Total calcium, dairy foods and risk of colorectal cancer: a prospective cohort study of younger US women. Int J Epidemiol 52(1):87-95, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36315018.
- Kim H, Yuan C, Nguyen LH, Ng K, Giovannucci EL. Prediagnostic Vitamin D Status and Colorectal Cancer Survival by Vitamin D Binding Protein Isoforms in US Cohorts. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 108(6):e223-e229, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36550068.
- Goon S, Kim H, Giovannucci EL. Population attributable risk for colorectal and breast cancer in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the United Kingdom. AMRC Open Res 3:11, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 38708073.
- Kim H, Wang K, Song M, Giovannucci EL. A comparison of methods in estimating population attributable risk for colorectal cancer in the United States. Int J Cancer 148(12):2947-2953, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33527363.
- Kim H, Lipsyc-Sharf M, Zong X, Wang X, Hur J, Song M, Wang M, Smith-Warner SA, Fuchs C, Ogino S, Wu K, Chan AT, Cao Y, Ng K, Giovannucci EL. Total vitamin D intake and risks of early-onset colorectal cancer and precursors. Gastroenterology 161(4):1208-1217. e9, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Kim H, Chandler P, Ng K, Manson JE, Giovannucci E. Obesity and efficacy of vitamin D(3) supplementation in healthy black adults. Cancer Causes Control 31(4):303-307, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32052217.
- Kim H, Keum N, Giovannucci EL, Fuchs CS, Bao Y. Garlic intake and gastric cancer risk: Results from two large prospective US cohort studies. Int J Cancer 143(5):1047-1053, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29569711.
- Kim H, Giovannucci EL. Sex differences in the association of obesity and colorectal cancer risk. Cancer Causes Control 28(1):1-4, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 27878394.
Other Articles
- Collese TS, Norde MM, Nascimento-Ferreira MV, Kim H, Marchioni DM, Carvalho HB, Giovannucci E Which blood cutoff value should be used for vitamin A deficiency in children aged 3-10 years? A systematic review. Nutr Rev 79(7):777-787, 2021. PMID: 33382883.
- Oh H, Kim H, Lee DH, Lee A, Giovannucci EL, Kang SS, Keum N Different dietary fibre sources and risks of colorectal cancer and adenoma: a dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies. Br J Nutr 122(6):605-615, 2019. PMID: 31495339.
- Keum N, Kim H, Giovannucci EL Calcium as a chemopreventive agent against colorectal neoplasm: does obesity play a role?. Cancer Causes Control 28(8):853-856, 2017. PMID: 28677025.
Abstracts
- Thompson KN, Ma S, Bhosle A, Nickols WA, Ghazi A, Zhang Y, Nzabarushimana E, Kim H, Xavier R, Chan AT, Franzosa EA, Huttenhower C, Nguyen LH. 496 Harmonized metagenomic signatures of gut microbial communities reveal strain-specific links to inflammatory bowel disease. Gastroenterology 166(5):S-115-S-116, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Kim H, Kim H, Shen J, Nzabarushimana E, Zhao L, Zhang X, Simon TG, Ma W, Chan AT, Nguyen LH. Su1715 Modifiable lifestyle factors and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma and liver-related mortality. Gastroenterology. Gastroenterology 169(1):S-1765-S-1766, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Gweon T, Kim H, Ha J, Du M, Song M, Chan AT. 908 Association between sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened beverage intake and gastric cancer incidence. Gastroenterology 169(1):S-217, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Wang C, Du M, Kim H, Nguyen LH, Khandpur N, Sun Q, Zong X, Giovannucci E, Drew DA, Song M, Cao Y, Chan AT. 178 Ultra-processed food consumption and risk of early-onset colorectal cancer precursors among women: A prospective US cohort study. Gastroenterology 169(1):S-46, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Nzabarushimana E, Münch PC, Shen J, Kim H, Sikavi D, Hsu T, McHardy AC, Franzosa EA, Huttenhower C, Nguyen LH. 1046 Pulsed antibiotic therapy and lateral gene transfer events. Gastroenterology 169(1):S-255-S-256, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Shirai N, Okeagu P, Nzabarushimana E, Shen J, Yan Y, Drew DA, Kim H, Chung D, Thompson KN, Stadler Z, Huttenhower C, Chan AT, Nguyen LH. Mo2007 Transkingdom gut dysbiosis in lynch syndrome. Gastroenterology 169(1):S-1265-S-1266, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Kim H, Leeming E, Merino J, Kim D, Drew DA, Asnicar F, Linenberg I, Bermingham K, Francis L, Wolf J, Spector T, Segata N, Huttenhower C, Berry S, Nguyen LH, Chan AT. 1244 Population-level impact of a metabolically- and microbially-informed diet on weight change and obesity-related complications. Gastroenterology 164(6):S-257, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Nogal A, Thompson KN, Nguyen LH, Kim H, Wang K, Lu Y, Du M, Piccinno G, Segata N, Rimm EB, Garrett W, Chan AT, Huttenhower C, Song M. Mo2018 Mapping the gut microbiome and fecal metabolome signature along the colorectal adenoma-carcinoma continuum. Gastroenterology 169(1):S-1269-S-1270, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Shen J, Nzabarushimana E, Kim H, Jensen J, Nickols WA, Sikavi D, Sang E, Chung L, Okeagu P, Shirai N, Franzosa E, Huttenhower C, Chan AT, Thompson KN, Nguyen LH. 1326 Perturbed gut viral ecology in inflammatory bowel disease: A multi-cohort study. Gastroenterology 169(1):S-332-S-333, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Chen AS, Kim H, Nzabarushimana E, Shen J, Williams KM, Gurung J, McGoldrick J, Burke KE, Yarze JC, Nguyen LH, Staller K, Chung D, Xavier R, Khalili H. 629 Composition and Function of the Gut Microbiome in Microscopic Colitis. Gastroenterology 169(1):S-152, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39574841.
- Kim H, Nzabarushimana E, Huttenhower C, Chan AT, Nguyen LH. 871 Metatranscriptomic activity of oral-typical microbes in proton pump inhibitor usage. Gastroenterology 166(5):S-201-S-202, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Nzabarushimana E, Kim H, Jensen J, Shen J, Nelson P, Thompson KN, Chan AT, Hayete B, Huttenhower C, Nguyen LH. 4 Altered gut viral ecology in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. Gastroenterology 166(5):S-1539-S-1540, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Kim DY, Sikavi D, Kim H, Wang Y, Mehta RS, Nzabarushimana E, Khalili H, Ananthakrishnan A, Huttenhower C, Chan AT, Nguyen LH. 635 The sulfur microbial diet and risk of inflammatory bowel disease. Gastroenterology 164(6):S-126, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Kim H, Nelson P, Thompson KN, Nguyen LH, Hayete B, Huttenhower C. 446 Alterations in gut microbial composition, metabolites, and transcriptional activity among participants with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Gastroenterology 164(6):S-1250, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Nzabarushimana E, VanEvery HL, Kim H, Mehta R, Zhang Y, Ma W, Thompson KN, Kim DY, Cao Y, Khalili H, Ananthakrishnan A, Franzosa EA, Chan AT, Huttenhower C, Nguyen LH. 276 Interactions between host dietary intake and gut microbial transcription in inflammatory bowel disease. Gastroenterology 164(6):S-50, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
Book Chapters
- Kim H, Shui I, Giovannucci E. Vitamin D status and cancer incidence, mortality, and prognosis. In: Feldman and Pike's Vitamin D. 5. Academic Press, 719-739, 2024.
- Kim, H, Shui, IM, Giovannucci, EL. Vitamin D status and cancer incidence, mortality, and prognosis, 719-739, 2023.
- Kim H, Giovannucci E. Vitamin D Status and Cancer Incidence, Survival, and Mortality. In: Sunlight, Vitamin D and Skin Cancer, 39-52, 2020.
Letters to the Editor
- Kim H, Song M, Giovannucci EL. Adolescent body mass index and risk of colon and rectal cancer in a cohort of 1.79 million Israeli men and women: A population-based study. Cancer 124: 212-213, 2018.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified August 31, 2026