The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing is pleased to announce that Linda Kim, PhD, MSN, RN, PHN, CPHQ, CGNC, associate professor and director of the Center for Global Nursing and Health, has been selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN).
She will be inducted along with more than 200 highly distinguished nurse leaders from across the globe during the AAN Health Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.
Kim joins hundreds of UT Austin School of Nursing alumni and current and former faculty members in this prestigious academy. Collectively, they have made significant and lasting contributions to advancing health care through excellence in education, research and service.
Her research explores how multi-level systems—ranging from organizational infrastructure to provider and patient-level factors—affect health care delivery and outcomes. Currently, Kim is leading efforts to better understand the relationship between health care work environments and self-reported levels of burnout among health care workers. She also contributes as a principal investigator and co-investigator on multiple interdisciplinary projects focused on improving health care worker well-being. Among them is a National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health-funded study examining the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection and social determinants of health on neuroinflammation linked to depression.
Induction into the AAN represents a major milestone in a nurse leader’s career, recognizing the lasting impact of their work. Fellows are selected by their peers in acknowledgment of their significant contributions to advancing public health through leadership, innovation and service, both within the profession and beyond.
The AAN is both a policy organization and an honorific society that recognizes the most accomplished leaders in nursing across policy, research, practice, administration and academia. Its Fellows represent a diverse array of influential roles in health care in the U.S. and around the world. Induction into the Fellowship is more than a professional honor—it is a call to action. Fellows contribute their collective expertise to advance health equity, inform policy and drive innovation through nursing leadership and scientific impact at national and global levels.
Click here to view the 2025 class of new fellows of the American Academy of Nursing.