Pek Kei (Becky) Im
BSc, MPhil, DPhil, AFHEA
Intermediate Research Fellow
Becky is an Intermediate Research Fellow at the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU). Her research focuses on investigating the health impacts of alcohol intake and exploring the mechanisms of alcohol intake in the aetiology of major chronic diseases, using data from the China Kadoorie Biobank and the UK Biobank. She is also a tutor for the Principles of Statistics module in the MSc in Global Health Science and Epidemiology.
Prior to her current fellowship, Becky held an Early Career Research Fellowship. She completed her DPhil in Population Health at the University of Oxford, for which she examined the changing patterns of alcohol consumption in China over time and their relation to wellbeing and major chronic diseases (particularly cancer and liver disease). She holds a BSc (Hons) Human Sciences from University College London and an MPhil in Public Health from University of Cambridge.
Recent publications
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Associations of alcohol intake with subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in 22,000 Chinese adults.
Journal article
Zhou T. et al, (2023), Atherosclerosis, 377, 34 - 42
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Alcohol consumption and risks of more than 200 diseases in Chinese men.
Journal article
Im PK. et al, (2023), Nat Med
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Alcohol intake and cause-specific mortality: Conventional and genetic evidence in 500,000 men and women in China
Conference paper
Millwood IY. et al, (2022), ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH, 46, 26 - 26
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Observational and genetic associations of alcohol consumption with 1500 circulating protein biomarkers
Conference paper
Im PK. et al, (2022), ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH, 46, 21 - 22
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Alcohol metabolism genes and risks of site-specific cancers in Chinese adults: An 11-year prospective study.
Journal article
Im PK. et al, (2022), Int J Cancer, 150, 1627 - 1639