About
Dr Kyoko Miura is a Research Officer at Population Health Department at the QIMR Berghofer. She is a Registered Nutritionist and an epidemiologist. Kyoko holds a PhD and award for excellence in Public Health (Nutrition) from Queensland University of Technology, and she made contributions in understanding socioeconomic inequality in dietary intakes.
Her research interest is the role of nutrition and dietary intake in prevention of chronic disease, especially cardiovascular disease and skin cancer. She led studies in nutritional status in transplant recipients. She has also successfully conducted several studies about health of airline pilots in relation to radiation exposure. Current research focus is to improve population health by cardiovascular disease prevention using large-scale data.
Area of Interest
Role of nutrition and dietary intake in chronic disease prevention
Funding
2015–2019 NHMRC 1073898; Role: CI. $140,000. A pilot randomised controlled trial of omega-3 fatty acid supplements to prevent skin cancer in lung transplant recipients.
2017–2019 The Australian Society of Aerospace Medicine; Role CI. $19,200. Risk of melanoma, skin cancer, pterygium & cataract in professional pilots in Australia.
2017–2019 Melanoma Focus; Role CI. £20,000. Risk of melanoma in professional pilots: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Research Projects
Current Research Projects
Addressing knowledge gaps in the epidemiology of spontaneous coronary artery dissection.
Understanding the epidemiology of abdominal aortic aneurysm in Australia.
Patterns of Cardiovascular Preventive Care in the Gold Coast Primary Health Network Population
Key Publications
Miura, K., Vail, A., Chambers, D., Hopkins, P.M., Ferguson, L., Grant, M., Rhodes, L.E., Green, A.C. (2019) Omega-3 fatty acid supplement skin cancer prophylaxis in lung transplant recipients: A randomized, controlled pilot trial. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 38, 59–65. PMID: 30352778.
Miura, K., Olsen, C.M., Rea, S., Marsden, J., & Green, A.C. (2019). Do airline pilots and cabin crew have raised risks of melanoma and other skin cancers? Systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Dermatology. 181(1):55–64. PMID: 30585313.
Miura, K., Yu, R., Sivapalan, K., Liyanage, U.E., Entwistle, T., McKenzie, S.C., Green, A.C. Weight gain after heart transplantation in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis. (2022) ASAIO Journal. 68(9):1107–1116. PMID: 34560719. DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001566.