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  • 2009 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Mika Kivimäki is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research concentrates primarily within the field of Medicine, particularly focusing on General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, and Health.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Kivimäki has contributed substantially to several publication venues, with notable frequency in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Lancet Public Health
  • BMJ Open
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Europe

Some recent significant papers featuring Kivimäki or closely related works include:

  • "Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission" (2020, The Lancet)
  • "Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission" (2024, The Lancet)
  • "Association between socioeconomic status and the development of mental and physical health conditions in adulthood: a multi-cohort study" (2020, The Lancet Public Health)
  • "Comparison of risk factor associations in UK Biobank against representative, general population based studies with conventional response rates: prospective cohort study and individual participant meta-analysis" (2020, BMJ)
  • "Lifestyle risk factors, inflammatory mechanisms, and COVID-19 hospitalization: A community-based cohort study of 387,109 adults in UK" (2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity)

Kivimäki has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Archana Singh-Manoux
  • Jaana Pentti
  • Jussi Vahtera
  • Jenni Ervasti
  • G. David Batty

The scientist has been recognized with the following awards:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (2009)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

  • 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 Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • 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 Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission.

    Gill Livingston;Gill Livingston;Jonathan Huntley;Andrew Sommerlad;Andrew Sommerlad;David Ames

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Valery L Feigin;Benjamin A Stark;Catherine Owens Johnson;Gregory A Roth

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • 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, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Max G Griswold;Nancy Fullman;Caitlin Hawley;Nicholas Arian

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • 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

  • Prediabetes: a high-risk state for diabetes development

    Adam G Tabák;Adam G Tabák;Christian Herder;Wolfgang Rathmann;Eric J Brunner

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

Frequent Co-Authors

Jussi Vahtera
Jussi Vahtera Turku University Hospital
Marianna Virtanen
Marianna Virtanen University of Eastern Finland
Marko Elovainio
Marko Elovainio University of Helsinki
Jaana Pentti
Jaana Pentti University of Turku
G. David Batty
G. David Batty University College London
Meena Kumari
Meena Kumari University of Essex
Jane E. Ferrie
Jane E. Ferrie University College London
Martin J. Shipley
Martin J. Shipley University College London
Michael Marmot
Michael Marmot University College London

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