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Ph.D., Associate Professor, Geography
Dr. Emch's Personal Home Page
CPC Office: 512 Univ Sq East
CPC Phone Number: (919) 966-2156
Email: emch@email.unc.edu |
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Dr. Michael Emch is Associate Professor of Geography, Fellow at the Carolina Population Center, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His expertise is in infectious disease ecology, neighborhood determinants of health, and geographic information science applications of public health. He leads the Spatial Health Research Group which conducts research that explores spatio-temporal patterns of disease, primarily infectious diseases of the developing world. Disease patterns are studied using a holistic approach by investigating the role of natural, social, and built environments in disease occurrence in different places and populations. Diverse statistical and spatial analytical methods are informed by theory from the fields of medical geography, epidemiology, ecology, and others. These theories and methods are used to examine diverse topics such as the role of population-environment drivers in viral evolution, how social connectivity contributes to disease incidence, and using environmental indicators to predict disease outbreaks. For more information see the Spatial Health Research Group website at www.unc.edu/depts/geog/spatialhealthgroup/. |
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Current CPC Grants and Contracts:
• Monitoring Social Change: Health, Reproduction, Aging
• Does Arsenic Mitigation in Bangladesh Raise Exposure to E. coli and Rotavirus? Subcontract from Columbia University.
• Integrative Graduate Education, Research, and Training in Population and Environment
• The Geography of Avian Influenza Evolution: Spatial and Temporal Relationships Between Virus Genes and Human-Environment Factors
• Integration of Spatial and Social Network Analysis in Vaccine Trials
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Information updated on 02/05/2009 |
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