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Conference Presentations & Invited Colloquia

2024

• Kim Y. Enhancing Health Resilience in Japan in a Changing Climate. June 2024, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia. ISEE-AWPC & ISES-AC Joint Conference 2024. 

• Hung W-L, Sugeno M, Bilheem S, Taneepanichskul N, Kim Y. The effect modification of air pollution on heat-related mortality in Bangkok, Thailand. June 2024, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia. ISEE-AWPC & ISES-AC Joint Conference 2024.

• Chang T, Min K-D, Cho S-i, Kim Y. Associations of meteorological factors and dynamics of scrub typhus incidence in South Korea: A nationwide time-series study. June 2024, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia. ISEE-AWPC & ISES-AC Joint Conference 2024.

• Park J, Moon J, Kwon D, Ji JS, Kim H, Kim Y. A protective role of urban greenspace on the association between night-time heat and suicide in Seoul, South Korea. June 2024, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia. ISEE-AWPC & ISES-AC Joint Conference 2024.

• Htay ZW, Ng CFS, Kim Y, Lim Y-H, Iwagami M, Hashizume M. Cold spells and renal disease mortality in Japan during 1979-2019: vulnerable populations and temporal changes. June 2024, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia. ISEE-AWPC & ISES-AC Joint Conference 2024.

• [Invited talk] Kim Y. Health risks and adaptation to heat exposure in cities. February 2024, Tokyo, Japan. SDGs symposium 2024 - Planetary Health for Sustainability: Towards transformative solutions for a Healthy Planet. 

2023

• [Invited talk] Kim Y. Health impacts of climate change and adaptation measures on heat-related risks in Japan. November 2023, Incheon, South Korea. World Health City Forum (WHCF). 

• [Invited talk] Kim Y, Oka K, Kawazu EC, Ng CFS, Seposo X, Ueda K, Hashizume M, Honda Y. Enhancing Health Resilience in Japan in a Changing Climate. November 2023 (virtual). The Launch Event of Climate Change and Health Adaptations in the Western Pacific Region. 

• Kim Y, Antikainen H, Watanabe H, Hashizume M, Kim H, Jaakkola J, Ryti N. Spatiotemporal variations of the short-term association between ambient particulate matter and suicide in Finland: a nationwide epidemiological study. October 2023, Stockholm, Sweden. Conference on Connecting Health & Climate Change (ENBEL). 

• Kim Y, Hashizume M, Kim H, and MCC Collaborative Research Network. Ambient temperature and suicide: a multi-city multi-country study across 26 countries. September 2023, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. ISEE 2023. 

• Pan R, Chung Y, Sim K, Hashizume M, Honda Y, Lee W, Kim Y. Temporal change and spatial heterogeneity of the association between ambient temperature and transport accidents mortality in Japan from 1972 to 2019. September 2023, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. ISEE 2023. 

• Sugeno M, Kawazu EC, Kim Hyun, Banouvong V, Pehlivan N, Gilfillan D, Kim Ho, Kim Y. Association between environmental factors and dengue incidence in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic: a nationwide time-series study. September 2023, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. ISEE 2023. 

• [Invited talk] Kim Y. High temperature and suicide: current evidence and challenges. February 2023, RFCUNY, NYC, US (hybrid). Climate Change, Human Health, and Resiliency Forum.

2022

• Watanabe H, Honda Y, Oka K, Hashizume M, Tobias A, Kim Y.  Comparison of heat-related mortality estimated using ambient temperature and wet-bulb globe temperature in Japan: Supporting evidence for heat health warning system. September 2022, Athens, Greece (hybrid). ISEE 2022.

• Okada A, Yamana H, Pan R, Kumazawa R, Matsui H, Fushimi K, Yamauchi T, Nangaku M, Yasunaga H, Kadowaki T, Kim Y.  Effect modification of diabetes as a comorbidity on temperature variability and hospitalization for cardiovascular disease. September 2022, Athens, Greece (hybrid). ISEE 2022. 

• Pan R, Okada A, Yamana H, Yasunaga H, Kumazawa R, Matsui H, Fushimi K, Kim Y.  The association between ambient temperature and cause-specific cardiovascular disease admissions in Japan: a nationwide study. September 2022, Athens, Greece (hybrid). ISEE 2022. 

• Thawonmas R, Hashizume M, Kim Y.  Projections of temperature-attributable suicide under climate change scenarios in Japan. September 2022, Athens, Greece (hybrid). ISEE 2022. 

2021

• [Invited talk] Kim Y. High temperature and suicide: current evidence and challenges. November 2021, Environmental Research 2021 (virtual): Environmental & Global Health 2. IOP Publishing. [Link] 

• Pan R, Honda Y, Minakuchi E, Kim SE, Hashizume M, Kim Y. Ambient temperature and injury-related deaths in Japan from 1979 to 2015. August 2021, New York City, USA (virtual). ISEE 2021. 

• Hur K, Konishi S, Kishikawa R, Umezaki M, Hashizume M, Kim Y. The modifying effect of pollen on the association between particulate matter and respiratory mortality: a multi-city analysis in Kyushu, Japan. August 2021, New York City, USA (virtual). ISEE 2021. 

2019

• [Invited talk] Kim Y. Risk of suicide associated with ambient temperature: evidence across multiple countries. December 2019, Guangzhou, China. The 3rd International Forum on Climate Change and Health Response. 

• Chung Y, Kim Y, Sim K, Gasparrini A, Armstrong B, Sera F, Yang DW, Ng CFS, Honda Y, Hashizume M. Suicide risk associated with season and temperature in Japan, 1972-2015; the role of climate, demographic, and socioeconomic factors. August 2019, Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISEE 2019.

• Kim SE, Honda Y, Hashizume M, Kim Y, Hijioka Y, Kim H. Temperature and Assault Deaths: Their Relationship and Implications of Climate Change. August 2019, Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISEE 2019. 

• [Invited lecture] Kim Y. Air pollution, climate change, and human health. July 2019, The University of Tokyo Komaba Campus, Tokyo, Japan. Campus Asia Summer Program 2019: Environment and Life in East Asia. [Link] 

• [Invited talk] Kim Y. Suicide and Ambient Temperature: A Multi-City Multi-Country Study. April 2019, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. 2019 GRL (Global Research Laboratory) international symposium: Health impact assessment of air pollution and climate change in Asia.  [Link]

2018

• Kim Y. Malaria prediction using weather-based time-series distributed lag nonlinear model: a simulation study. November 2018, The University of Tokyo. Symposium on Climate Studies and Developing Societal Applications (hosted by JAMSTEC). 

• Kim Y, Kim H, Gasaparrini A, Armstrong B, Honda Y, Chung Y, Ng CFS, Hashizume M on behalf of the MCC Collaborative Research Network. Suicide and ambient temperature: A multi-city multi-country study. August 2018, Ottawa, Canada. ISES-ISEE 2018 Joint Annual Meeting. 

• Yoo J, Hashizume M, Kim Y, Honda Y, Ng CFS, Chung Y. Nonparametric Bayesian multivariate meta-regression with functional meta-predictor: an application in the temperature-mortality study. August 2018, Ottawa, Canada. ISES-ISEE 2018 Joint Annual Meeting. 

• Kim Y, Yi SM, Park EH, Kim H, Chung Y, Ng CFS, Nakamura T, Moriuchi H, Nishiwaki Y, Hashizume M. Association between PM2.5 chemical constituents and respiratory functions of asthmatic children in Nagasaki, Japan. June 2018, Taipei, Taiwan. The 7th biennial meeting of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology/Exposure Science Asian Chapter (ISEE/ES AC).