Expertise
Rigorous spatial science and demographic intelligence applied to complex challenges in health, democracy, and policy.
Geospatial Analytics
Advanced Spatial Monitoring
Detecting patterns and anomalies in complex datasets.
- Spatiotemporal Cluster Detection: Identifying statistically significant hot-spots (e.g., disease outbreaks, suicide clusters).
- Geographic Bias Analysis: Assessing data representativeness in epidemiologic studies.
- Surveillance Systems: Disease burden mapping and monitoring.
Access & Infrastructure Modeling
Measuring the physical disconnect between people and resources.
- Floating Catchment Area Analysis: 2-step and adaptive methods for realistic access measurement.
- Travel-Time Impedance: Network-based analysis of barriers.
- Site Suitability: Optimization for new resource placement.
Demographic Analysis
Population estimation and forecasting for data-driven planning.
- Small Area Estimation: Generating reliable local estimates from survey data.
- Intercensal/Postcensal Modeling: Filling gaps between census years.
- Long-term Projections: 5, 10, and 20-year population outlooks.
- Demographic Shift Analysis: Understanding changes in racial, ethnic, and age composition.
Technical Skills
GIS & Data: Expert command of ArcGIS, Network Analysis, and Spatial Data
Environments.
Geocoding: Precision address standardization and quality assurance.
Survival Analysis: Cox modeling with spatial variables.
Data Environments & Methods
Technical expertise serving as the foundation for all analysis.
- ● Data Visualization & Analysis: Stata, R, Python, ArcGIS
- ● Geocoding & Address Standardization: Precision location data processing
- ● Census Data Analysis: American Community Survey (ACS), Decennial Census
- ● Travel Time & Network Analysis: Impedance modeling and catchment analysis
- ● Spatial Accessibility Modeling: Measuring physical access to services
- ● Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Analysis: Geographic patterns in clinical data
- ● Medicare Claims Data Analysis: Fee-for-Service and Medicare Advantage utilization
- ● Cancer Registry Data Analysis: Incidence and mortality spatial patterns
Sector Applications
Applying this core expertise to solve sector-specific problems.
Academic & Public Health
- Grant proposal methodology
- Manuscript development
- ADRD & Chronic Disease prevalence
- Rural health disparities
Democracy & Elections
- Redistricting & Apportionment
- Voter access analysis
- Resource allocation optimization
- Racial polarization analysis
Municipal & Policy
- School district enrollment forecasting
- Service equity audits
- Emergency preparedness modeling
- Infrastructure planning