Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
1. Kim GJ, Alam MA, Crabtree JS, et al. Long COVID incidence across SARS-CoV-2 lineages and identification of conserved spike targets for multivalent vaccines. J Clin Transl Sci. 2025;9(1):e288. doi:10.1017/cts.2025.10226
2. Kim GJ, Elnaggar J, Varnado M, Feehan A, Tauzier D, Rose R, Lamers S, Sevalia M, Nicholas N, Gravois E, Fort D, Crabtree J, Miele L. A bioinformatic analysis of T-cell epitope diversity in SARS-CoV-2 variants: association with COVID-19 clinical severity in the United States population. Front Immunol. 2024;15:1357731. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2024.1357731. PMID: 38784379
3. Cheng CY, Li Y, Varala K, Bubert J, Huang J, Kim GJ, Halim J, Arp J, Shih HS, Levinson G, Park SH, Cho HY, Moose SP, Coruzzi GM. Evolutionarily informed machine learning enhances the power of predictive gene-to-phenotype relationships. Nat Commun. 2021;12(1):5627. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25893-w. PMID: 34561450
4. Varala K, Marshall-Colón A, Cirrone J, Brooks MD, Pasquino AV, Léran S, Mittal S, Rock TM, Edwards MB, Kim GJ, Ruffel S, McCombie WR, Shasha D, Coruzzi GM. Temporal transcriptional logic of dynamic regulatory networks underlying nitrogen signaling and use in plants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018;115(25):6494-6499. doi:10.1073/pnas.1721487115. PMID: 29769331
5. Caballero S, Kim S, Carter RA, Leiner IM, Sušac B, Miller L, Kim GJ, Ling L, Pamer EG. Cooperating commensals restore colonization resistance to vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium. Cell Host Microbe. 2017;21(5):592-602.e4. doi:10.1016/j.chom.2017.04.002. PMID: 28494240
6. Lee YJ, Arguello ES, Jenq RR, Littmann E, Kim GJ, Miller LC, Ling L, Figueroa C, Robilotti E, Perales MA, Barker JN, Giralt S, van den Brink MRM, Pamer EG, Taur Y. Protective factors in the intestinal microbiome against Clostridium difficile infection in recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. J Infect Dis. 2017;215(7):1117-1123. doi:10.1093/infdis/jix011. PMID: 28498996
7. Ristova D, Carré C, Pervent M, Medici A, Kim GJ, Scalia D, Ruffel S, Birnbaum KD, Lacombe B, Busch W, Coruzzi GM, Krouk G. Combinatorial interaction network of transcriptomic and phenotypic responses to nitrogen and hormones in the Arabidopsis thaliana root. Sci Signal. 2016;9(451):rs13. doi:10.1126/scisignal.aaf2768. PMID: 27811143
8. Caballero S, Carter R, Ke X, Sušac B, Leiner IM, Kim GJ, Miller L, Ling L, Manova K, Pamer EG. Distinct but spatially overlapping intestinal niches for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. PLoS Pathog. 2015;11(9):e1005132. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005132. PMID: 26334306
9. Harris B, Littmann E, Ling L, Morjaria S, Miller L, Kim GJ, Siriratsivawong R, Singh A, Giralt S, Stover D, Taur Y, Pamer E. Serial changes in oral and respiratory microbiota in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a pilot study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015;191:A1787. doi:10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2015.191.1_MeetingAbstracts.A1787
10. Rosas U, Cibrian-Jaramillo A, Ristova D, Banta JA, Gifford ML, Fan AH, Zhou RW, Kim GJ, Krouk G, Birnbaum KD, Purugganan MD, Coruzzi GM. Integration of responses within and across Arabidopsis natural accessions uncovers loci controlling root systems architecture. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013;110(37):15133-15138. doi:10.1073/pnas.1305883110. PMID: 23980140
Abstracts & Presentations
National Oral Presentations
1. Kim GJ, Dos Santos NB, Chu S, Crabtree JS, Horswell R, Vince N, Miele L. Host HLA allelic variation shapes risk of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection and long COVID. American Association of Immunologists Annual Meeting; 2026.
2. Kim GJ, Elnaggar J, Sevalia M, Nicholas N, Crabtree JS, Miele L. Predicting clinical severity for the United States population: bioinformatic analysis of COVID-19 CD8+ T-cell epitope diversity. William Schnaper Visiting Scientist TL1 Minisymposium; 2024 Mar 27.
Regional Oral Presentations
1. Kim GJ, Elnaggar J, Varnado M, Tauzier D, Gravois E, Sevalia M, Nicholas N, Crabtree JS, Miele L. Preventing severe COVID-19 infection: a game of cops and robbers. Conference of Southern Graduate Schools; 2024 Mar 13. (LSUHSC 3MT Representative)
2. Kim GJ, Elnaggar J, Sevalia M, Nicholas N, Crabtree JS, Miele L. Estimating clinical severity in the United States population from predicted CD8+ T-cell epitope diversity. Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Science Alliance Conference; 2024 Feb 28. (Plenary Speaker)
3. Kim GJ, Elnaggar J, Sevalia M, Nicholas N, Crabtree JS, Miele L. Effects of SARS-CoV-2 variants on CD8+ T-cell epitope diversity: estimating clinical severity in the United States population. Southern Society for Clinical Investigation Regional Meeting; 2024 Feb 23.
Local Oral Presentations
1. Kim GJ, Elnaggar J, Sevalia M, Nicholas N, Crabtree JS, Miele L. Effects of SARS-CoV-2 variants on CD8+ T-cell epitope diversity: estimating clinical severity in the United States population. 2023 Graduate Student Research Day; 2022 Feb 11.
2. Kim GJ, Crabtree JS, Miele L. A bioinformatic analysis exploring the impact of Delta and Omicron variants on T cell reactivity. 2022 Graduate Student Research Day; 2022 Oct 11.
National Poster Presentations
1. Kim GJ, Brito NJ, Chu SJ, Horswell RJ, Vince NJ, Miele LJ. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles associated with severe COVID-19 outcomes in the All of Us cohort. Association for Clinical and Translational Science Annual Meeting; 2025; Washington, DC.
2. Kim GJ, Crabtree JS, Miele L. Approximating clinical severity of influenza infection for the 27 most common HLA class I alleles during the 2024-2025 flu season. 9th National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE); 2024 Jun; Washington, DC.
3. Chu S, Horswell R, Miele L, Kim GJ, Fort D, Zhang J. Predicting upturns in COVID-19 incidence based on changes in nonamers. 9th National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE); 2024 Jun; Washington, DC.
4. Kim GJ, Elnaggar J, Varnado M, Tauzier D, Gravois E, Sevalia M, Nicholas N, Crabtree JS, Miele L. Predicting clinical severity of SARS-CoV-2 variants for the 27 most common HLA class I alleles. Association for Clinical and Translational Science Annual Meeting; 2024 Apr 2.
5. Kim GJ, Crabtree JS, Miele L. A bioinformatics analysis exploring the impact of Delta and Omicron variants on T-cell epitope diversity. Joint Meeting of the AAP, ASCI, and APSA; 2023 Apr 21.
6. Crosby C, Horswell R, Chu S, Kim GJ, Miele L. Ocular and systemic complications of type II diabetes: sociodemographic predictors of emergency department utilization. Winn CIPP Symposium; 2025 Jul 18; Seattle, WA.
Regional Poster Presentations
1. Kim GJ, Alam MA, Chu S, Crabtree JS, Rose R, Lamers SS, Horswell R, Miele L, Fort D. Investigating the relationship of variant sequences and post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. CCTS Translational Science Symposium; 2024 Sep 25.
2. Kim GJ, Alam MA, Chu S, Crabtree JS, Rose R, Lamers SS, Horswell R, Miele L, Fort D. Linking SARS-CoV-2 genomic variants to patient records: investigating the relationship of variant sequences and post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Southern Society for Clinical Investigation Regional Meeting; 2025 Feb 23.
3. Chu S, Horswell RL, Miele L, Kim GJ, Fort D, Zhang J. Predicting upturns in COVID-19 incidence based on changes in nonamers. Am J Med Sci. 2025.
4. Crosby C, Horswell R, Chu S, Kim GJ, Miele L. Ocular and systemic complications of type II diabetes: sociodemographic predictors of emergency department utilization. LSUHSC Research Symposium; 2025 Jul; New Orleans, LA.
5. Chu S, Horswell RL, Miele L, Kim GJ, Fort D, Zhang J. Using a nonamer-based method to estimate epidemic control. Southern Society for Clinical Investigation Regional Meeting; 2026 Feb 26.
Local Poster Presentations
1. Kim GJ, Buckley R, Heath M, Guidry J, Kim SY. Shotgun and quantitative proteomics characterization of altered carbohydrate metabolism in preterm infants. LSUHSC Medical Student Research Day; 2020 Oct 10.
2. Kim GJ, Crabtree JS, Miele L. Predicting common HLA class I alleles that may be unprotected during the 2024-2025 flu season. LSUHSC MD-PhD Retreat; 2024 Jun.
3. Martinez A, Kim GJ, Aguilar VH, Knecht M. Before the first breath: a severe and life-threatening case of congenital toxoplasmosis. LSUHSC Pediatric Research Day; 2026 May 15.