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Overview

Daniel Kim is affiliated with Northeastern University in the United States and has made substantial contributions to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on general health professions and related subfields. Their scholarly work spans several domains including health disparities and outcomes, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, and psychological well-being and life satisfaction.

Their research output includes a range of papers published in notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • Financial hardship and social assistance as determinants of mental health and food and housing insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, 2021, SSM - Population Health
  • Burden of Neurological Disorders Across the US From 1990-2017, 2020, JAMA Neurology
  • Evidence that collaborative action between local health departments and nonprofit hospitals helps foster healthy behaviors in communities: a multilevel study, 2021, BMC Health Services Research
  • Opposing views: associations of political polarization, political party affiliation, and social trust with COVID-19 vaccination intent and receipt, 2021, Journal of Public Health
  • Is divisive politics making Americans sick? Associations of perceived partisan polarization with physical and mental health outcomes among adults in the United States, 2021, Social Science & Medicine

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Daniel Kim include:

  • Timothy Fraser
  • Costas Panagopoulos
  • Daniel P. Aldrich
  • Rebecca I. Hartman
  • John P. Mulhall

The venues where Daniel Kim has frequently published encompass:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • The Journal of Urology

Their work in medicine is supported by an emphasis on several subfields:

  • General Health Professions
  • Health
  • Oncology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Economics and Econometrics

Major topics investigated by Daniel Kim include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

In addition to journal articles, Daniel Kim has contributed to book publications with the RAND Corporation eBooks, including titles such as:

  • Health Services and Primary Care Research Study: Comprehensive Report (2020)
  • Criminal History Record Information Sharing with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency: Education and Training Materials for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Partners (2022)
  • Investing in the Future of Health Care: A Strategic Assessment of Federally Funded Health Services Research and Primary Care Research (2020)
  • An Assessment of Two-Year Probationary Period Usage Within the Defense Civilian Workforce: A Report Prepared for the U.S. Department of Defense in Compliance with Section 1102 of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (2023)

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Marie Ng;Tom P Fleming;Margaret W. Robinson;Blake Thomson

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic …

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  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic …

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  • Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 32 cancer groups, 1990 to …

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  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of …

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  • Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 1990 to …

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  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic …

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  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of …

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  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the …

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  • Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years.

    Ashkan Afshin;Mohammad Forouzanfar;Marissa Reitsma;Patrick Sur

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global …

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  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990 …

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  • Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders, 1990-2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Valery L Feigin;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Foad Abd-Allah

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Mohsen Naghavi;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990 …

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  • Global, regional, and national burden of cardiovascular diseases for 10 causes, 1990 to 2015

    Gregory A. Roth;Catherine Johnson;Amanuel Abajobir;Foad Abd-Allah

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying …

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  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Catherine Owens Johnson;Minh Nguyen;Gregory A. Roth;Emma Nichols

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990 …

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  • The Global Burden of Cancer 2013

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Daniel Dicker;Daniel Dicker;Amanda Pain;Hannah Hamavid

  • Smoking prevalence and attributable disease burden in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Marissa B Reitsma;Nancy Fullman;Marie Ng;Joseph S Salama

  • Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of disease Study 2016

    Spencer L James;Alice Theadom;Richard G Ellenbogen;Marlena S Bannick

  • The State of US Health, 1990-2016: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Among US States

    Ali H. Mokdad;Katherine Ballestros;Michelle Echko;Scott Glenn

  • Global, regional, and country-specific lifetime risks of stroke, 1990 and 2016

    VL Feigin;G Nguyen;K Cercy

  • Social Capital and Health

    Ichiro Kawachi;S.V. Subramanian;Daniel Kim

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

  • Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Haidong Wang;Chelsea A. Liddell;Matthew M. Coates;Meghan D. Mooney

  • Social trust and self-rated health in US communities: a multilevel analysis

    S. V. Subramanian;Daniel J. Kim;Ichiro Kawachi

  • Global and national burden of diseases and injuries among children and adolescents between 1990 and 2013: findings from the global burden of disease 2013 study.

    Hmwe H. Kyu;Christine Pinho;Joseph A. Wagner;Jonathan C. Brown

  • Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Stephen S Lim;Kate Allen;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Lalit Dandona;Lalit Dandona

  • Commentary: Reconciling the three accounts of social capital

    Ichiro Kawachi;Daniel Kim;Adam Coutts;S V Subramanian

  • Bonding versus bridging social capital and their associations with self rated health: a multilevel analysis of 40 US communities

    D Kim;S V Subramanian;I Kawachi

  • Blues from the Neighborhood? Neighborhood Characteristics and Depression

    Daniel Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Ferrán Catalá-López
Ferrán Catalá-López Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Ali H. Mokdad
Ali H. Mokdad University of Washington
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh Iran University of Medical Sciences
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington
Naohiro Yonemoto
Naohiro Yonemoto University of Toyama
Bach Xuan Tran
Bach Xuan Tran Vietnam National University, Hanoi

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