Dr Pek Kei Im
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Pek Kei (Becky) Im
BSc, MPhil, DPhil, AFHEA
Wellcome Career Development Fellow
Becky is a Wellcome Career Development Fellow at the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit. Her research focuses on investigating the health impacts of alcohol drinking, using data from the China Kadoorie Biobank and the UK Biobank. She was awarded a Wellcome Career Development Award in 2024 to lead and develop a research programme to understand the scope, mechanisms, and burden of alcohol-related health impacts in diverse populations.
Becky joined Oxford Population Health in 2016 to study a DPhil in Population Health. After completing her DPhil, she was awarded an Early Career Research Fellowship and subsequently an Intermediate Research Fellowship. She holds a BSc Human Sciences from University College London and an MPhil in Public Health from the University of Cambridge.
Recent publications
Dairy consumption and risk of cardiometabolic diseases: a prospective cohort study of the China Kadoorie Biobank.
Journal article
Kakkoura MG. et al, (2026), J Nutr
Associations of 2923 Olink proteins with demographic, lifestyle, environmental and health characteristics in middle-aged Chinese adults.
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Iona A. et al, (2025), Eur J Epidemiol, 40, 1205 - 1220
The U.S. National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Were Economical With the Truth About Alcohol and Health.
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Stockwell T. et al, (2025), J Stud Alcohol Drugs, 86, 651 - 656
Hyperuricemia, gout and the associated comorbidities in China: findings from a prospective study of 0.5 million adults.
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Im PK. et al, (2025), Lancet Reg Health West Pac, 58
Binge-pattern alcohol consumption and genetic risk as determinants of alcohol-related liver disease.
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Ding C. et al, (2023), Nat Commun, 14
