Research FellowEmail: alice.kim@otago.ac.nz
Alice joined the Biostatistics Group – Ratonga Tauanga Koiora, University of Otago, Wellington (UOW) | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo ki Te Whanga-Nui-a-Tara as a Research Fellow and Biostatistician in 2021.
Alice's research interests focus on the applications of Epidemiology and Statistics in Medicine, Psychology and Public Health. She studied Economics at the University of Auckland and Harvard University, and has an MSc in Statistics from the University of Auckland and a PhD in Health Sciences from the University of Canterbury.
In her current role at the UOW, she provides biostatistical and methodological input to various health research projects. Alice is a member of the WHO Thematic Platform for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Research Network and has lead and co-authored research methods chapters on natural experiment design and health disaster and emergency research data.
Prior to her academic role, she mainly worked in the private sector, in roles such as logistics accounts investigator for Fonterra Group and transfer pricing, international tax, consultant for EY NZ Limited.
Outside of work, Alice studies the body-mind connection through the practice of Bihar yoga, and is a member of a group working towards reducing the impact of child poverty.
Publications
Ball, J., Zhang, J., Kim, A. H. M., & Crossin, R. (2023). Less drinking, less harm: Declines in adolescent alcohol use are accompanied by declines in self-reported alcohol harm [Short communication]. Kōtuitui. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2023.2227248
Journal - Research Other
Bergen, T., Kim, A. H. M., Mizdrak, A., Signal, L., Kira, G., & Richards, J. (2023). Determinants of future physical activity participation in New Zealand adolescents across sociodemographic groups: A descriptive study. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 20, 6001. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20116001
Journal - Research Article
Kuehl, S., Kim, A. H. M., & Every-Palmer, S. (2023). 'An accident waiting to happen': Experiences of police officers, paramedics, and mental health clinicians involved in 911-mental health crises: A cross-sectional survey. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 30, 822-835. doi: 10.1111/jpm.12916
Journal - Research Article
Graham, F. F., Kim, A. H. M., Baker, M. G., Fyfe, C., & Hales, S. (2023). Associations between meteorological factors, air pollution and Legionnaires' disease in New Zealand: Time series analysis. Atmospheric Environment, 296, 119572. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119572
Journal - Research Article
Every-Palmer, S., Kim, A. H. M., Cloutman, L., & Kuehl, S. (2023). Police, ambulance and psychiatric co-response versus usual care for mental health and suicide emergency callouts: A quasi-experimental study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57(4), 572-582. doi: 10.1177/00048674221109131
Journal - Research Article
Kim, H. M., Stewart, A. G., & Schluter, P. J. (2021). Natural experiments in a hazard context. In WHO guidance on research methods for health emergency and disaster risk management. (pp. 415-427). Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization. Retrieved from https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/345591
Chapter in Book - Research
Schluter, P. J., & Kim, H. M. (2021). Databases and registers as tools for disaster epidemiology. In WHO guidance on research methods for health emergency and disaster risk management. (pp. 77-87). Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization. Retrieved from https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/345591
Chapter in Book - Research
Bergen, T., Kim, A. H. M., Mizdrak, A., Signal, L., Kira, G., & Richards, J. (2023). Determinants of future physical activity participation in New Zealand adolescents across sociodemographic groups: A descriptive study. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 20, 6001. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20116001
Journal - Research Article
Every-Palmer, S., Kim, A. H. M., Cloutman, L., & Kuehl, S. (2023). Police, ambulance and psychiatric co-response versus usual care for mental health and suicide emergency callouts: A quasi-experimental study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57(4), 572-582. doi: 10.1177/00048674221109131
Journal - Research Article
Graham, F. F., Kim, A. H. M., Baker, M. G., Fyfe, C., & Hales, S. (2023). Associations between meteorological factors, air pollution and Legionnaires' disease in New Zealand: Time series analysis. Atmospheric Environment, 296, 119572. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119572
Journal - Research Article
Kuehl, S., Kim, A. H. M., & Every-Palmer, S. (2023). 'An accident waiting to happen': Experiences of police officers, paramedics, and mental health clinicians involved in 911-mental health crises: A cross-sectional survey. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 30, 822-835. doi: 10.1111/jpm.12916
Journal - Research Article
Hazel, J., Kim, H. M., & Every-Palmer, S. (2022). Exploring the possible mental health and wellbeing benefits of video games for adult players: A cross-sectional study. Australasian Psychiatry, 30(4), 541-546. doi: 10.1177/10398562221103081
Journal - Research Article
Kim, H. M., Horwood, L. J., Harris, S. L., Bora, S., Darlow, B. A., & Woodward, L. J. (2022). Self-reported executive function problems in adults born very low birthweight. Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology, 36, 643-653. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12891
Journal - Research Article
Jaekel, J., Kim, H. M., Lee, S. J., Schwartz, A., Henderson, J. M. T., & Woodward, L. J. (2021). Emotional and behavioral trajectories of 2 to 9 years old children born to opioid‑dependent mothers. Research on Child & Adolescent Psychopathology, 49, 443-457. doi: 10.1007/s10802-020-00766-w
Journal - Research Article
Kim, H. M., Bone, R. M., McNeill, B., Lee, S. J., Gillon, G., & Woodward, L. J. (2021). Preschool language development of children born to women with an opioid use disorder. Children, 8, 268. doi: 10.3390/children8040268
Journal - Research Article
Levine, T. A., Davie-Gray, A., Kim, H. M., Lee, S. J., & Woodward, L. J. (2021). Prenatal methadone exposure and child developmental outcomes in 2-year-old children. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 64, 1114-1122. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.14808
Journal - Research Article
Kim, H. M., McNeill, B., Everatt, J., Taleni, L. T., Tautolo, E.-S., Gillon, G., & Schluter, P. J. (2020). Perceptions of Pacific children’s academic performance at age 6 years: A multi-informant agreement study. PLoS ONE, 15(10), e0240901. doi: 10.1371/ journal.pone.0240901
Journal - Research Article
Kim, H. M., Schluter, P. J., McNeill, B., Everatt, J., Sisk, R., Iusitini, L., … Gillon, G. (2019). Integrating health, education and culture in predicting Pacific children’s English receptive vocabulary at 6 years: A classification tree approach. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 55, 1251-1260. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14397
Journal - Research Article
Schluter, P. J., Kokaua, J., Tautolo, E.-S., Richards, R., Taleni, T., Kim, H. M., Audas, R., … Taylor, B., & Gillon, G. (2018). Patterns of early primary school-based literacy interventions among Pacific children from a nationwide health screening programme of 4 year olds. Scientific Reports, 8, 12368. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29939-w
Journal - Research Article
Ball, J., Zhang, J., Kim, A. H. M., & Crossin, R. (2023). Less drinking, less harm: Declines in adolescent alcohol use are accompanied by declines in self-reported alcohol harm [Short communication]. Kōtuitui. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2023.2227248
Journal - Research Other
Fagan, P., Siggins, L., Kim, A., & Lin, A. (2022). Cost effectiveness of energy device hemorrhoidectomy vs excisional hemorrhoidectomy in the treatment of haemorrhoids in a public hospital setting. Colorectal Disease, 24(Suppl. 1), (pp. 73). doi: 10.1111/codi.16048
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Siggins, L., Fagan, P., Kim, A., & Lin, A. (2022). Predictors of readmission in excisional haemorrhoidectomy at a tertiary teaching centre. Colorectal Disease, 24(Suppl. 1), (pp. 78-79). doi: 10.1111/codi.16048
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Kim, H. M. (2021, February). Preschool speech-language development of children born to opioid-dependent mothers. Poster session presented at the 13th Educational Psychology Program, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Kim, A. H. M. (2022, October). Women in statistics and data science in Aotearoa New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science (IDWSDS) Virtual Conference, [Online].
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Kim, A. (2021, November). Seeing is believing. Invited presentation at the University of Otago Biostatistics Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Every-Palmer, S., Kuehl, S., & Kim, A. (2022). Wellington Mental Health Co-Response Team evaluation: Police, ambulance and mental health services co-attending 111 mental health calls. 167p. Retrieved from https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/wellington-co-response-team-evaluation-report.pdf
Commissioned Report for External Body
Ball, J., Zhang, J., Anderson, C., Kim, A., Fenaughty, J., Stables, N., … Jackson, N. (2022). Addressing alcohol harm in adolescents: Technical report 3: Rainbow analysis. (pp. 1-35). Wellington, New Zealand: University of Otago. [Technical/Scientific Report].
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Ball, J., Zhang, J., Kim, A., Crengle, S., Farrant, B., & Jackson, N. (2022). Addressing alcohol harm in adolescents: Technical report 1: Methods and overview of findings. (pp. 1-43). Wellington, New Zealand: University of Otago. [Technical/Scientific Report].
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Ball, J., Zhang, J., Roberts, A., Jackson, N., Kim, A., Sydney, M., … Crengle, S. (2022). Addressing alcohol harm in adolescents: Technical report 2: Māori analysis. (pp. 1-33). Wellington, New Zealand: University of Otago. [Technical/Scientific Report].
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Kim, A. H. M. (2021, April). Exploring Pacific children’s success in early learning. Ipu Kererū: Blog of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education. Retrieved from https://nzareblog.wordpress.com/2021/04/29/pacific-childrens-success
Other Research Output