Associate Professor Kim Natasha Dirks
BSc, MSc(1st Hons), PhD
Head of Department
Associate Professor
Kim
Natasha
Dirks
Associate Professor Kim Natasha Dirks
https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/k-dirks
Head of Department
The University of Auckland: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Research | Current
Research interests
- Environmental physics
- Air pollution modelling
- Air pollution exposure
- Health-related quality of life
- Urban green space
- Environmental noise
Teaching | Current
- Physics 160 – Physics for the Life Sciences (Medical Physics Component)
- Audiol 715 – Physics and Acoustics for Audiology
- Audiol 714 - Hearing Aids and Other Devices (Contributor)
- Poplhlth 726 - Health Protection (Contributor)
Postgraduate supervision
- PhD: Mehrdad Rafiepour- Public Health (with J. Salmond and A. Woodward)
- MSc: Hannah Marley - Environmental Science (with J. Salmond)
- MSc: Wilson Wu - Environmental Science (with J. Salmond)
- MSc: Shymala Sidharth - Environmental Science (with J. Salmond)
- MSc: Jiaqi Xu - Environmental Science (with J. Salmond)
- MAud: Chrystal He - Audiology (with D. Welch)
- MAud: Nadiia Shevchenko - Audiology (with D. Welch)
Distinctions/Honours
- Sustained Excellence in Teaching - UoA
- Butland Award of Sustained Excellence in Teaching - Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences - UoA
Responsibilities
Acting Deputy Head of School (July to December 2018)
Acting Head of Section (January to June 2018)
Editorial Board Member:
- Hazardous Matters (New Journal 2018)
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)
- J- Multidisciplinary Scientific Journal
- Open Atmospheric Science Journal
- European Journal of Environment and Public Health
Institute of Directors - Future Directors Programme (MetService Board)
New Zealand Women in Leadership Programme - Steering Group Member
Healthy-Polis - Secretary
Areas of expertise
Air pollution
Environmental noise
Urban design
Committees/Professional groups/Services
- Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries (CAI) - Staffing committee member
Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)
- Bauer, K., Bosker, T., Dirks, K. N., & Behrens, P. (2018). The impact of seating location on black carbon exposure in public transit buses: Implications for vulnerable groups. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 62, 577-583. 10.1016/j.trd.2018.04.009
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/44974 - Wang, J. Y. T., Dirks, K. N., Ehrgott, M., Pearce, J., & Cheung, A. K. L. (2018). Supporting healthy route choice for commuter cyclists: The trade-off between travel time and pollutant dose. Operations Research for Health Care10.1016/j.orhc.2018.04.001
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/44975 - Nichani, V., Dirks, K., Burns, B., Bird, A., & Grant, C. (2017). Green Space and Depression during Pregnancy: Results from the Growing Up in New Zealand Study. International journal of environmental research and public health, 14 (9).10.3390/ijerph14091083
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/44268
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Cameron Grant, Bruce Burns, Amy Bird, Susan Morton - Lim, S., Salmond, J. A., & Dirks, K. N. (2017). Changing geographies of children's air pollution exposure. Children's Health and Wellbeing in Urban Environments (pp. 59-71). 10.4324/9781315571560
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/43871
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Jennifer Salmond - Nichani, V., Dirks, K., Burns, B., Bird, A., Morton, S., & Grant, C. (2017). Green space and pregnancy outcomes: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Health and Place, 46, 21-28. 10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.04.007
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/34593
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Bruce Burns, Amy Bird, Susan Morton, Cameron Grant - Chen, J., Bullen, C., & Dirks, K. (2017). A comparative health risk assessment of electronic cigarettes and conventional cigarettes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14 (4)10.3390/ijerph14040382
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/35431
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Chris Bullen
Identifiers
Contact details
- +64 9 923 9755
- +64.9.923.9755
- k.dirks@auckland.ac.nz
- Media Contact
Alternative contact
Correct location:
TAMAKI BUILDING 730 - POPULATION HEALTH
Level 3, Room 730-361
GATE 1 MORRIN RD
261 MORRIN RD
Auckland 1072
GLEN INNES
New Zealand
Primary office location
TAMAKI BUILDING 730 - Bldg 730
Level 3, Room 362
TAMAKI CAMPUS GATE 1, 261 MORRIN RD
ST JOHNS
AUCKLAND 1072
New Zealand