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Sungwook Kim

Ph.D


Senior researcher in Health Economics

I joined the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences in March 2020.   I developed experience in health economic evaluations conducted alongside randomised controlled trials and decision models, and methodological research around infant care, preterm birth, and parenting.  Currently, I hold Leverhulme Trust research project grants for 2-year programme as a principal investigator - Identifying the causes of the causes for preterm birth. I am the Health Economics Lead for the Prediction of Preterm Labour (PROPER) project, in collaboration with Imperial College London. I am an editorial board member of PLOS One and BMC Health services research. I serve on a regional committee for NIHR RfPB. I would like to hear from potential PhD candidates interested in infant and child health.

Research interests include:

  • Methodological research in social deprivation, social equity and health policy evaluation 
  • Infant and child health
  • Mediation analysis
  • Equity analysis
  • Econometrics
  • Economic evaluation

Current projects:

  • COVID-19 and economic outcomes
  • SHIPS (Screening to improve Health In very Preterm infantS)
  • OxPlus (Fetal growth restriction)
  • E-PAtS (Early Positive Approaches to Support for children with intellectual disability)
  • Prediction of preterm labour  (PROPER)

Research grants:

  • Leverhulme Trust research project grants: Identifying the causes of the causes for preterm birth (PI)
  • NIHR SPCR (5-IV): COVID-19 and economic outcomes (PI)
  • World Bank e-consultancy- OPTIMA (co-PI)