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Daniel Kim

Associate Social Policy Scientist

Boston Office

Education

M.D. in public health and preventive medicine, University of Toronto; Dr.P.H. in social epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health; M.P.H. in quantitative methods, Harvard School of Public Health; M.Sc. in epidemiology, University of Toronto

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Overview

Biography

Daniel Kim is an associate social policy scientist at the RAND Corporation, where his research focuses on the social determinants of health. He is principal investigator of a project estimating the effects of neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics on coronary heart disease incidence and mortality. This study is being funded by a career development award through the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.

He has published a variety of studies on the contextual effects of socioeconomic factors on health, and coedited the textbook Social Capital and Health (Springer Press, 2007). He received his M.D. from the University of Toronto, and his Dr.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Research Focus

Selected Publications

Kim D, Diez Roux AV, Kiefe CI, Kawachi I, Liu K, "Do neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation and low social cohesion predict coronary calcification? The CARDIA Study," American Journal of Epidemiology, 172:288-98, 2010

Kim D, Masyn KE, Kawachi I, Laden F, Colditz GA, "Neighborhood socioeconomic status and behavioral pathways to risks of colon and rectal cancer in women," Cancer, 116:4187-96, 2010

Kim D, "Blues from the neighborhood? Neighborhood characteristics and depression," Epidemiologic Reviews, 30:101-17, 2008

Kim D, Kawachi I, Vander Hoorn S, Ezzati M, "Is inequality at the heart of it? Cross-national associations of income inequality with cardiovascular diseases and risk factors," Social Science & Medicine, 66:1717-32, 2008

Kawachi I, Subramanian SV, Kim D (Eds), Social Capital and Health, Springer, 2007

Kim D, Kawachi I, "Food taxation and pricing strategies to 'thin' out the obesity epidemic," American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 30:430-7, 2006

Honors & Awards

Pathway to Independence Award, National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Finalist, Jeremiah & Rose Stamler Research Award, American Heart Association
Young Investigator Award, International Epidemiological Association