
Hanseul Kim, PHD
Department of Epidemiology, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Division of Cancer Prev & Pop Science Div, University of Texas Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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 |
Selected Presentations & Talks
National Presentations
- 2025. Bridging nutrition and microbiome-focused multi-omics to advance cancer research. Invited. Quantitative Sciences Division Seminar. Baltimore, MD, US.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- 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.
- Wang C, Du M, Kim H, Nguyen LH, Khandpur N, Sun Q, Zong X, Giovannucci E, Drew DA, Song M, Cao Y, Chan AT. Ultra-processed food and risk of early-onset colorectal cancer precursors among women: a prospective US cohort study. Gastroenterology 169(1):S-46, 2025.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- Kim H, Giovannucci E Vitamin D Status and Cancer Incidence, Survival, and Mortality. Adv Exp Med Biol 1268:39-52, 2020. PMID: 32918213.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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 October 20, 2025