Associate Professor Kimberley (Kim) van Schooten is a Senior Research Fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and Conjoint Associate Professor in the School of Population Health at UNSW Medicine & Health. She trained in Human Movement Sciences at VU University Amsterdam, completing her PhD in 2015, and has held research positions in the Netherlands, Canada, and Australia before joining NeuRA in 2017.

Kim leads a research program transforming how mobility and fall risk are measured and managed in older people. Her work integrates wearable sensors, neuroscience, and biomechanics to capture real-world mobility, establishing that daily-life gait provides sensitive markers of fall and injury risk beyond traditional assessments. She investigates the mechanisms underlying mobility decline by linking brain integrity, cognition, affect, muscle strength, pain, and sleep to dynamic changes in mobility. She translates these insights into digital biomarkers, enhanced clinical tools, and scalable interventions embedded into aged care systems through digital health and implementation research.

Kim has secured more than $6.7M in competitive national and international funding and published over 80 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals. She supervises a large team of PhD students, postdocs, and research staff, with her trainees consistently advancing to competitive fellowships and international positions.

Kim contributes to research leadership through service on boards and committees, including the International Society of Posture and Gait Research (ISPGR) and WHO AI for Health initiatives. She mentors early-career researchers through international programs and was selected for the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) Mentorship Program in 2025.

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