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Youn-Hee Lim serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health, Section of Environmental Health at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Her research focuses on estimating environmental health effects using big data approaches, with particular emphasis on air pollution, noise, and climate impacts on population health.
Dr. Lim earned her PhD in Epidemiology/Biostatistics from Seoul National University in 2011 and an MA in Applied Mathematics from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1998. Prior to her current position, she held research faculty positions at Seoul National University (Research Assistant Professor, 2011-2014; Research Associate Professor, 2014-2019) and worked as a Senior Research Data Analyst at Educational Testing Service (1998-2007).
Her research program investigates the effects of environmental exposures on cardiovascular diseases and psychiatric disorders through linkage of register-based health data with historical exposure information. She leads multiple cohort studies examining environmental impacts on children's growth and neurocognitive development, as well as cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurodegenerative diseases in women and the elderly. Her work also explores the roles of genetic factors, DNA methylation, and microbiome in environmental health. Dr. Lim's methodological expertise spans biostatistics, exposome analysis, and cohort data analysis.
Analysis of Dr. Lim's recent publications reveals a strong focus on air pollution health effects across multiple health outcomes, including mortality, congenital anomalies, neurodevelopmental disorders, stroke, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases. Her research employs diverse methodologies including systematic reviews, cohort studies across multiple countries (particularly Korea and Nordic countries), and innovative exposure assessment techniques. A notable trend is her investigation of interactions between different environmental stressors and methodological challenges in environmental epidemiology.
Dr. Lim has authored or co-authored 233 research outputs, including 223 journal articles, 3 conference abstracts in journals, 3 reviews, 2 letters, 2 book chapters, and 1 comment/debate. Her work has garnered attention from news outlets, social media, and academic readership across multiple platforms.
As an active researcher in environmental health, Dr. Lim collaborates extensively across international boundaries, with research outputs picked up by multiple news outlets and blogged about in academic circles. Her work bridges epidemiological methods with practical environmental health applications, contributing significantly to our understanding of how environmental factors influence human health across the lifespan.
