Joanne Kim
Scientist
Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology
Speciality: Occupational and environmental epidemiology
| Year | Degree | Major | Institution | Country/Town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | Epidemiology | McGill University | Canada / Montreal |
| 2013 | Master of Public Health (MPH) | Occupational and Environmental Health | University of Toronto | Canada / Toronto |
| 2011 | Bachelor of Science (BSc) | Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology | University of Toronto | Canada / Toronto |
Current Research Projects
Pesticide exposure and breast cancer risk in an international consortium of agricultural cohorts (AGRICOH)
Parental occupational pesticide exposure and risk of childhood leukaemia in the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC)
Global patterns and trends in breast cancer incidence and mortality in 185 countries
Geospatial barriers and breast cancer survival in the multi-country African Breast Cancer-Disparities in Outcomes (ABC-DO) cohort
Urinary phthalate biomarker boncentrations and breast and prostate cancer risk in a national cohort of adults in Canada
Selected Publications
Kim J, Harper A, McCormack V, Sung H, Houssami N, Morgan E, Mutebi M, Soerjomataram I, Fidler-Benaoudia MM (2025). Global patterns and trends in breast cancer incidence and mortality in 185 countries. Nature Medicine. doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03502-3.
Kim J, Macharia PM, McCormack V, Foerster M, Galukande M, Joffe M, Cubasch H, Zietsman A, Anele A, Offiah S, Parham G, Pinder LF, Anderson BO, Schüz J, dos Santos Silva I, Togawa K (2024). Geospatial disparities in survival of patients with breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa from the African Breast Cancer-Disparities in Outcomes cohort (ABC-DO): a prospective cohort study. Lancet Global Health. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00138-4.
Kim J, Leon ME, Schinasi LH, Baldi I, Lebailly P, Beane Freeman LE, Nordby KC, Ferro G, Monnereau A, Brouwer M, Kjaerheim K, Hofmann JN, Straif K, Kromhout H, Schüz J, Togawa K (2023). Exposure to pesticides and risk of Hodgkin lymphoma in an international consortium of agricultural cohorts (AGRICOH). Cancer Causes Control. doi: 10.1007/s10552-023-01748-1.
Kim J, Yang S, Moodie EEM, Obida M, Bornman R, Eskenazi B, Chevrier J (2022). Prenatal exposure to DDT and pyrethroid insecticides and child weight trajectories in a South African birth cohort. Epidemiology. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001487.
Scientific Societies Membership
Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)
International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE)
Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health (CARWH)
Scientific Committee on Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH)
Prizes, Honours
Postdoctoral Award, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé
Doctoral Training Award, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé