Vy Kim, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Peanut Oral Immunotherapy Using 30 and 300 mg Maintenance Doses.
The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2026
Assessing Pediatric Cephalosporin Allergic Reactions Through Direct Graded Oral Challenges.
The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2024
Evaluating Pediatric Macrolide Allergy Using Direct Graded Oral Challenges.
JAMA pediatrics · 2024

All 3 publications

Latest funding

GRADE: GRAded challenge for Drug allergy Evaluation
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$336,600

All 1 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Peanut Oral Immunotherapy Using 30 and 300 mg Maintenance Doses.

Upton JEM, Toscano-Rivero D, Ke D, Berenjy A, Lejtenyi D, Beaudette L, Yin X, Li CH, Duan LY, Cohen CG, Kim V, Marzouk S, Grunebaum E, McCusker CT, Mazer B, Eiwegger T, Ben-Shoshan M

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice20269 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2025.10.007 PMID: 41109568

02

Assessing Pediatric Cephalosporin Allergic Reactions Through Direct Graded Oral Challenges.

Sillcox C, Gabrielli S, O'Keefe A, McCusker C, Abrams EM, Eiwegger T, Atkinson A, Kim V, Copaescu AM, Ben-Shoshan M

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice202414 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2023.10.009 PMID: 37832819

03

Evaluating Pediatric Macrolide Allergy Using Direct Graded Oral Challenges.

Sillcox C, Gabrielli S, O'Keefe A, McCusker C, Abrams EM, Eiwegger T, Atkinson A, Kim V, Copaescu AM, Ben-Shoshan M

JAMA pediatrics20243 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.3685 PMID: 39374030

GRADE: GRAded challenge for Drug allergy Evaluation

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ben-Shoshan, Moshe

Keywords: Amoxicillin And Cephalexin; Antibiotic Allergy; Broad Spectrum Antibiotics; Diagnostic Tools; Graded Oral Challenge; Pediatric Cohort; Prevalence Of True Allergy

$336,600

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Department of Paediatrics
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
Staff, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Department of Medicine
Department of Immunology

Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Moshe Ben-Shoshan

Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health

3 shared papers, latest 2026

Thomas Eiwegger

Staff, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy

3 shared papers, latest 2026

Ana Copaescu

Allergy and Clinical Immunology

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Adelle Atkinson

Department of Paediatrics

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Bruce Mazer

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Eyal Grunebaum

Department of Immunology

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Kim, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Peanut Oral Immunotherapy Using 30 and 300 mg Maintenance Doses." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]