For Health Care Professionals | OFD Meet the Team

Dr. Ullrich is the Director of the Office of Faculty Development and Director of the (new) Office for Women’s Careers. She is currently Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School.  Dr. Ullrich describes herself as a “home-grown” Boston Children’s Hospital faculty member – she started as an intern and resident in Pediatrics, resident and fellow in Neurology at Boston Childrens Hospital and then each faculty position from Instructor to Full Professor at Harvard Medical School.  She has participated in and led committees at each level – resident, fellow, disease group, department, hospital, medical school, national organizations, clinical trials consortia – and in diverse environments – lab, clinic, hospital and collaborations with pharmaceutical companies.

She is a leader in the field of neurologic toxicities of childhood cancer/brain tumors as well as treatment and targeted therapies for neurofibromatosis types 1 and 2.  She is Director of Clinical Trials for the Multidisciplinary Neurofibromatosis Program at BCH and Director of Neurologic NeuroOncology for the Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program. She is a member of the Clinical Care Advisory Board for the Children’s Tumor Foundation, which determines guidelines for care of individuals with the neurofibromatosis and on the Steering Committee for the Department of Defense (DOD)-funded Neurofibromatosis Clinical Trials Consortium.  She also serves as chair of the Cancer Control Neurotoxicity Task Force and former chair of the Neurosciences Discipline and Central Nervous System Late Effects committees for the Children’s Oncology Group.

Dr. Ullrich has completed the Cornell University Women in Leadership Executive Education Program and the American Academy of Neurology Women in Leadership Program.  She is part of the inaugural Boston Childrens Hospital Executive Physician’s Leadership Program and also serves as member of the Physician’s Organization Board at BCH and is the ad hoc member from the Medical Staff Organization to the Medical Staff Executive Committee.  Dr. Ullrich is also former Faculty Chair of the HMS/HSDM Joint Committee on the Status of Women, where she has led several working groups.

Dr. Kim is the OFD Director of Basic Science Career Development. Her laboratory is in the Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) Stem Cell Biology Program in the Department of Pediatrics. She is a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Dr. Kim is also a member of the BCH Basic/Translational Research Executive Committee (BTREC).

In the OFD, Dr. Kim directly supports the career development of faculty whose labs focus on basic research. She is available to meet as needed to provide guidance for faculty, Chiefs and Chairs. Dr. Kim established the Laboratory Leadership Course for faculty who have started their own research lab in the last five years. The objective of this course is to form a close-knit community of BCH basic research faculty aligned around the purpose of enhancing skills related to running a lab such as leadership skills, personnel management, and preparing for career advancement.  

Dr. Kim is the incumbent of the Harvard Medical School Boston Children's Hospital Professor of Pediatrics in the Field of Regenerative Medicine. She is an internationally renowned leader in the field of lung stem cell biology. Dr. Kim’s current research builds on her early discoveries to lead the field toward a better understanding of stem cell biology in the lung, development of innovative approaches for examining the cellular and molecular basis of lung disease and cancer, and identification of new therapeutic avenues for pulmonary diseases and lung cancer.