Kimberly Myers

Kimberly R. Myers is Professor of Humanities, Medicine and Ophthalmology, and a Distinguished Educator at Penn State College of Medicine. As a teacher-scholar trained in the liberal arts tradition, Kimberly’s core passions are teaching, one-to-one mentoring and curriculum design. In 2009, she launched the ongoing Penn State Physician Writers Group, whose 60 participants (as of 2026) have published 94 articles in leading medical journals, including the *New England Journal of Medicine* and *JAMA*.

Kimberly’s research focuses on the sociocultural dimensions of illness, Graphic Medicine, Medical Ethics and Medical Education. She is the author or author-editor of seven books and co-editor of the ‘Medical Humanities: Criticism & Creativity’ book series published by Peter Lang Oxford. She lectures internationally, and her work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Arnold P. Gold Foundation for humanism in healthcare. Kimberly is a member of the National Screening Committee for Fulbright Research Awards.