Associate Professor Kim Natasha Dirks

BSc, MSc(1st Hons), PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

Sustained Excellence in Teaching - UoA
Butland Award of Sustained Excellence in Teaching - Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences - UoA

Acting Head of Section (January to July 2018)

Editorial Board Member:

Air pollution

Environmental noise

Urban design

University Staffing Committee - Elected Sub-Professorial member
University of Auckland 'Women in Leadership Programme' - Member of the working group

Salmond, J. A., Tadaki, M., Vardoulakis, S., Arbuthnott, K., Coutts, A., Demuzere, M., ... Macintyre, H. (2016). Health and climate related ecosystem services provided by street trees in the urban environment. Environmental Health, 15 (Suppl 1).10.1186/s12940-016-0103-6
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Jennifer Salmond
Dirks, K. N., Wang, J. Y., Khan, A., & Rushton, C. (2016). Air pollution exposure in relation to the commute to school: A Bradford UK case study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13 (11)10.3390/ijerph13111064
McBride, D., Lovelock, K., Shepherd, D., Dirks, K., Welch, D., & Gray, A. (2016). Community exposure to hazardous site remediation in rural New Zealand: an exposed-referent study of serum dioxins and health effects. Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, 40 (5), 412-417. 10.1111/1753-6405.12583
Other University of Auckland co-authors: David Welch