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Peng Jia
Public Health
Wuhan University
Hubei
Language: English, Chinese
Health Geography
Spatial Epidemiology
Lifecourse Epidemiology
Gis
Remote Sensing
Mobile Devices
Artificial Intelligence
Statistics
Big Data
Health Data Mining
Areas of Focus
- Health Geography
- Spatial Epidemiology
- Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology
Work Experience
- 2014-2016 - State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Public Health - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2016-2020 - University of Twente, International Institute of Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology - Founding Director
Academic Background & Achievements
- PhD in Health Geography: Louisiana State University
- Master in Spatial Epidemiology: University of Florida
- Master in Geographic Information Systems: Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Bachelor in Environmental Engineering: Nanjing Agricultural University
- Published over 240 SCI papers with a total impact factor over 2300
Awards
- 2015: Best PhD Dissertation Award from the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Medical and Health Geography Specialty Group
- 2016: Best Research Award from the American Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- 2019: Outstanding Young Scholar Award from the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- 2021: Young Scientist Award from the Chinese Geographical Society
- 2022: National University GIS Emerging Award
