Yu Lan
Postdoctoral Associate
Biography
Research & Publications
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Biography
Dr. Lan is a spatial epidemiologist and health geographer who works on understanding and visualizing space-time transmission patterns in infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and tuberculosis. She is particularly interested on combining genomic (i.e., WGS) and spatial methods to further recognize strains associated transmission patterns.
Education & Training
- PhDUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte, Geography
- MAUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte, Geography
Honors & Recognition
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SISMID Scholarship | Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases | 2024 |
| Student Honors Paper Competition Finalist | Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers | 2023 |
| Dissertation Summer Fellowship | Graduate School, UNC Charlotte | 2022 |
| Robert Raskin Student Competition Finalist | Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers | 2022 |
| David Woodward Digital Map Award | The Cartography and Geographic Information Society | 2021 |