Rebecca Beatrix Clarke

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Rebecca Beatrix Clarke

cand.scient.san.publ.

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2328-2480

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Research areas

My PhD research focuses on the relationship between childhood adversity and cognitive development. Specifically, I examine whether and how accumulated and time-varying exposure to childhood adversity (e.g., material deprivation, loss of a family member, and parental divorce) impacts academic achievement throughout primary school and IQ measured during draft board examinations in young adulthood.

My PhD is part of a larger initiative, The Cognition Program, a collaborative project involving the University of Copenhagen (led by Professor Naja Hulvej Rod and Professor Zorana Jovanovic Andersen) and the National Institute of Public Health (with Professor Trine Flensborg-Madsen as the principal investigator), along with many other accomplished collaborators. The program aims to explore how social and environmental factors influence cognitive development.

For my research, I utilize register-based data from diverse sources, including the DANLIFE cohort, the Danish Conscription Registry, and National School Test scores provided by the Ministry of Children and Education.

In addition to my PhD work, I contribute to several projects investigating predictors of cognitive capacity in childhood and young adulthood.

CV

Employment

2024-current: PhD fellow - National Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Copehagen, Denmark

2023-2024: Research assistant - Section of Environmental Health, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

2021-2022: Academic adviser (fuldmægtig) - Statistics Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019: Research internship (30 ECTS) - Cancer and Medicine, Danish Cancer Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

Education

2024-current: PhD Public Health & Epidemiology, University of Southern Denmark

2018-2020: Master of Science in Public Health, University of Copenhagen

2015-2018: Bachelor of Science in Public Health, University of Copenhagen

Scientific contribution

5 scientific papers in international peer-rewieved journals
- 3 papers as the 1st author

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Teaching

Teaching assistant in courses 'Biostatistics' and 'Health Factors' (Sundhedsfaktorer) for the Bachelor's program in Public Health at University of Southern Denmark

Education/Academic qualification

Cand.scient.san.publ., University of Copenhagen

Award Date: 25. Jun 2020

Bach.scient.san.publ., University of Copenhagen

Award Date: 12. Jun 2018

Current external positions

Gæsteforsker, University of Copenhagen

1. Feb 2024 → …

Keywords

  • Health Science
  • Childhood adversity
  • Cognitive development
  • Social epidemiology
  • Environmental epidemiology
  • Register-based epidemiology
  • Statistics
  • Intelligence

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  • 5 Journal article

  • The Cognition Program

    Flensborg-Madsen, T. (PI), Clarke, R. B. (PhD student), Okholm, G. T. (Project participant), Lim, Y. H. (Project participant), Rod, N. H. (Project participant), Andersen, Z. J. (Project participant), Tuffier, S. (PhD student), Mortensen, E. L. (Project participant), Loft, S. (Project participant), Andersen, M. S. (Project participant) & Guxens, M. (Project participant)

    01/01/2024 → 31/12/2030

    Project: Research