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Joanne Kim Postdoctoral Scientist
Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology

Speciality: Epidemiology
Year Degree Major Institution Country/Town
2021 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (expected) Epidemiology Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics a McGill University Canada / Montreal
2013 Master of Public Health (MPH) Occupational and Environmental Health Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Canada / Toronto
2011 Bachelor of Science (BSc) Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Canada / Toronto
Current Research Projects

Pesticide use and breast cancer risk in an international consortium of agricultural cohorts (AGRICOH)
Togawa K, Ferro G, Schuz J, AGRICOH investigators

Geospatial barriers and breast cancer survival in the multi-country African Breast Cancer- Disparities in Outcomes (ABC-DO) cohort
Togawa K, Foerster M, Schuz J, McCormack V, ABC-DO investigators

Selected Publications

Kim J, Chevrier J, 2020. Exposure to parabens and prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome: an analysis of the Canadian Health Measures Survey. Sci Tot Environ, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135116

Ge CB, Kim J, Labrèche F, Heer E, Song C, Arrandale VH, Pahwa M, Peters CE, Demers PA, 2020. Estimating the burden of lung cancer in Canada attributed to occupational radon exposure using a novel exposure assessment method. Int Arch Occup Environ Health, doi: 10.1007/s00420-020-01537-2

Harris MA, MacLeod J, Kim J, Pahwa M, Tjepkema M, Peters P, Demers PA, 2020. Assessing the utility of a Canadian population-based surveillance cohort for testing relationships between shift work and breast, ovarian and prostate cancer. Ann Work Expo Health, doi: 10.1093/annweh/wxaa017

Labrèche F, Kim J, Song C, Pahwa M, Ge CB, Arrandale VH, McLeod CB, Peters CE, Lavoué J, Davies HW, Nicol AM, Demers PA, 2019. The current burden of cancer attributable to occupational exposures in Canada. Prev Med, doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.03.016

Kim J, Peters CE, Ge CB, Arrandale VH, Song D, Labrèche F, Lavoué J, McLeod CB, Davies HW, Demers PA, 2018. The burden of cancer attributable to occupational diesel engine exhaust exposure in Canada. Occup Environ Med, doi: 10.1136/oemed-2017-104950

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

Doctoral Training Award, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé
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Publication date: 8 January, 2021, 9:12

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