Dr. Kimiko L. Krieger is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.  

Kimiko graduated with her Bachelor of Science Degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology from Hampton University in 2014. She later moved to Omaha, Nebraska and obtained her PhD in Cancer Research from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2019. Her graduate work was focused on studying BRCT domain-mediated protein-protein interactions in the DNA damage response. She began her postdoc at Baylor College of Medicine in 2020 studying metabolic alterations and prostate cancer disparities in African American men. 

Kimiko has received awards, including the Early Investigator Research Award from the Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program, National Postdoctoral Association’s IMPACT Fellowship, and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Dean’s Award. She is also a Scholar in the All of Us Evenings with Genetics Biomedical Researcher Scholars Program, in which she received a Seed Award to study genetic variants driving prostate cancer disparities in African American men. Kimiko is a member of Black Scientist Collective at Baylor College of Medicine, American Association for Cancer Research, Minorities for Cancer Research, National Postdoctoral Association, and LS-PAC MODELS. 

Kimiko’s research involves studying the intersectionality between DNA repair defects and nucleotide metabolism that driving prostate cancer disparities in African American men. In the future, she plans to pursue a career in academia as independent investigator focused on the molecular underpinnings driving cancer health disparities, community-based participatory research, and the development of research and community outreach initiatives in her community.