Biography
Kim is an environmental epidemiologist and BHF CRE Career Development Fellow at the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit. She successfully defended her PhD in December 2022 as a Gates Cambridge Scholar focusing on environmental arsenic pollution and risk of CVD. Before her current fellowship, she co-led the Lancet Countdown in Europe with Prof. Lowe for 4 years, and was a postdoc at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
Research
Intersections of environmental epidemiology, climate epidemiology, cardiometabolic disease, and (gender) inequity, with a main interest in the under-recognised environmental stressors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) or “environmental cardiology”.
Publications
Up-to-date list of publications can be found on Google Scholar.
van Daalen, K. R., Tonne, C., Semenza, J. C., Rocklöv, J., Markandya, A., Dasandi, N., ... & Lowe, R. (2024). The 2024 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: unprecedented warming demands unprecedented action. The Lancet Public Health.
van Daalen, K. R., Zhang, D., Kaptoge, S., Paige, E., Di Angelantonio, E., & Pennells, L. (2024). Risk estimation for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: considerations for appropriate risk prediction model selection. The Lancet Global Health, 12(8), e1343-e1358.
van Daalen, K. R., Kallesøe, S. S., Davey, F., ... & Nilsson, M. (2022). Extreme events and gender-based violence: a mixed-methods systematic review. The Lancet Planetary Health, 6(6), e504-e523.
van Daalen, K. R., Dada, S., Issa, R., … & Singh, N. (2021) A scoping review to assess sexual and reproductive health outcomes, challenges and recommendations in the context of climate migration. Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 78.
van Daalen, K. R., Romanello, M., Rocklöv, J., ... & Lowe, R. (2022). The 2022 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: towards a climate resilient future. The Lancet Public Health, 7(11), e942-e965.
van Daalen, K. R., Kaiser, J., Kebede, S., Cipriano, G., Maimouni, H., Olumese, E., ... & Oliver-Williams, C. (2022). Racial discrimination and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Global Health, 7(8), e009227.
Kaiser, J., van Daalen, K. R. (co-first), Thayyil, A., … & Oliver- Williams, C. (2021). A Systematic Review of the Association Between Vegan Diets and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease. The Journal of nutrition, 151(6), 1539-1552
Dada, S., van Daalen, K. R. (co-first), Barrios-Ruiz, A., ... & Mogo, E. R. (2022). Challenging the “old boys club” in academia: Gender and geographic representation in editorial boards of journals publishing in environmental sciences and public health. PLOS Global Public Health, 2(6), e0000541.
van Daalen, K. R., Romanello, M., Gordon-Strachan, G., Peña, S. M. H., Cai, W., Tonne, C., & Lowe, R. (2023). Challenges in tracking climate, health, and justice over time and large geographical areas. The Lancet Public Health, 8(4), e255.
