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Alice Kim imageSenior Research Fellow

Email alice.kim@otago.ac.nz

Alice joined the Biostatistics Group – Ratonga Tauanga Koiora, University of Otago, Wellington (UOW) | Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke 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

McTavish, S., Kim, A. H. M., Kvalsvig, A., Atkinson, J., McArthur, C., & Baker, M. G. (2025). Disparities in patient mortality following intensive care admission due to adult community-acquired sepsis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2009-2019. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1610), 13-30. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

Wood, D., Findlay, N., Kim, A. H. M., Behar, K.-E., & Lin, A. (2025). Is No difference a good outcome? Equity evaluation of the general surgery prioritization tool. ANZ Journal of Surgery. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ans.70042 Journal - Research Article

Pourzand, F., Kim, A. H. M., Chambers, T., Grout, L., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2025). Examining campylobacteriosis disease notification rates: Association with water supply characteristics. Environmental Research, 271, 121064. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.121064 Journal - Research Article

Puloka, V., Teng, A., Kim, A., Wilson, N., & Tukunga, S. (2024, September). Impact of Tonga excise taxes on price and imports of targeted unhealthy foods. Verbal presentation at the Pacific Islands Health Research Symposium, Nadi, Fiji. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Flanagan, R. J., Obee, S. J., Kim, A. H. M., & Every-Palmer, S. (2024). Effect of valproate coprescription on clozapine pharmacokinetics in clinical practice. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 44(6), 561-569. doi: 10.1097/JCP.0000000000001923 Journal - Research Article

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