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’s research focuses on understanding and preventing mobility impairments and falls in older people by integrating wearable sensors, neuroscience, and biomechanics. She was among the first to demonstrate that daily-life gait characteristics, such as variability and stability, strongly predict fall risk. Building on this, Kim has developed digital biomarkers and risk prediction tools that outperform conventional approaches and are being translated into clinical and aged-care settings.

She has secured more than $6.7M in competitive national and international funding, published over 80 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, and her work is shaping the future of digital health and mobility science. Kim 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 also mentors early-career researchers through international mentoring programs and was selected for the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) Mentorship Program in 2025.

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