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Contributed Papers

Section on Statistics in Epidemiology 1 - Small Area Estimation and Spatial Methods in Epidemiology

Sun, Aug 2, 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM Room CC-252A Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center
Michael ShullChair
Section on Statistics in Epidemiology

7 Presentations

A Bayesian Spatio-temporal Model for Point Process Group Testing Data
4:05 PM - 4:20 PM
Chao Ma (University of South Carolina)
Co-authors: Stella Self (University of South Carolina), Emily Owens-Pickle (University of South Carolina), Kia Zellars (University of South Carolina), Melissa Nolan (University of South Carolina), Katherine Brown (University of South Carolina)
Spatio-temporal modelingGroup testingBayesian inferenceGaussian processesVector-borne disease surveillanceTick-borne pathogens
A Smoothing-Based Framework for Spatial Cluster Detection in Sparse Mortality Data
4:20 PM - 4:35 PM
YIN YEE LEONG (Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan)
Co-authors: Chi-Hsiung Lien (Department of Statistics, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan)
Spatial epidemiologySmall-area mortalityCluster detection (SaTScan)Whittaker–Henderson smoothingPartial SMR
Bayesian power priors for incorporating migration into small area infectious disease predictions
4:35 PM - 4:50 PM
Genevieve Dupuis
Co-authors: Helen Jenkins (Boston University School of Public Health), Shariq Mohammed (Boston University), Yorghos Tripodis (Boston University), Prasad Patil (Boston University), Laura White (Boston University School of Public Health)
Small area estimationBayesian power priorsInfectious disease predictionsMigrationTuberculosisBayesian modeling
DSVI: A Mobility Adjusted Dynamic Social Vulnerability Index
4:50 PM - 5:05 PM
Owais Gilani (Tufts University)
Co-authors: Elena Khusainova (Yale University), Talha Ali, Gabrielle Flynt (Bucknell University), Simon Urbanek (University of Auckland), Michael Kane (MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Activity spaceSpatial interpolationCell phone telemetryHuman Mobility
Livelihoods of food vendors and healthy diets access in low-resource settings: A spatial regression
5:05 PM - 5:20 PM
Evidence Matangi (Purdue University)
Co-authors: Susmita Ghosh (Purdue University), Nilupa Gunaratna (Purdue University)
population healthhealthy dietsspatial heterogeneityresidual diagnosticsspatial regressionSustainable Development Goals
Multivariate Disease Mapping with Controlled Borrowing Across Space, Time, and Groups
5:20 PM - 5:35 PM
Jihyeon Kwon
Co-authors: Harrison Quick (University of Minnesota)
Spatial StatisticsSpatiotemporal ModelInformativenessSpatial EpidemiologyDisease MappingSmall Area Estimation
Quantifying Uncertainty in Disease Mapping
5:35 PM - 5:50 PM
Giancarlo Anfuso
Co-authors: Harrison Quick (University of Minnesota)
bayesian hierarchical modelsdisease mappinguncertaintymodel informativenessspatial statistics
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