Yu Lan
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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.
Last Updated on March 28, 2024.
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Education & Training
- PhD
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Geography
- MA
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Geography
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Disease Transmission; GIS/Disease Mapping; COVID-19
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0000-0003-0373-1944- View Lab Website
Ted Cohen Lab
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Frequent collaborators of Yu Lan's published research.
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Joshua Warren, PhD
Ted Cohen, DPH, MD, MPH
Daniel Weinberger, PhD
Elizabeth Corbett
Kate Nyhan, MLS
Nathan Grubaugh, PhD
26Publications
407Citations
Publications
Featured Publications
Integrating genomic and spatial analyses to describe tuberculosis transmission: a scoping review
Lan Y, Rancu I, Chitwood M, Sobkowiak B, Nyhan K, Lin H, Wu C, Mathema B, Brown T, Colijn C, Warren J, Cohen T. Integrating genomic and spatial analyses to describe tuberculosis transmission: a scoping review. The Lancet Microbe 2025, 6: 101094. PMID: 40228509, PMCID: PMC12371702, DOI: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.101094.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsCitationsAltmetricIdentifying local foci of tuberculosis transmission in Moldova using a spatial multinomial logistic regression model
Lan Y, Crudu V, Ciobanu N, Codreanu A, Chitwood M, Sobkowiak B, Warren J, Cohen T. Identifying local foci of tuberculosis transmission in Moldova using a spatial multinomial logistic regression model. EBioMedicine 2024, 102: 105085. PMID: 38531172, PMCID: PMC10987885, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricA web-based analytical framework for the detection and visualization space-time clusters of COVID-19
Lan, Y. and Delmelle, E., 2024. A web-based analytical framework for the detection and visualization space-time clusters of COVID-19. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 51(2), pp.311-329.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpace-time cluster detection techniques for infectious diseases: A systematic review
Lan Y, Delmelle E. Space-time cluster detection techniques for infectious diseases: A systematic review. Spatial And Spatio-temporal Epidemiology 2022, 44: 100563. PMID: 36707196, DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2022.100563.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsCitationsAltmetricDistribution and transmission of M. tuberculosis in a high-HIV prevalence city in Malawi: A genomic and spatial analysis
Chitwood M, Corbett E, Ndhlovu V, Sobkowiak B, Colijn C, Andrews J, Burke R, Cudahy P, Dodd P, Imai-Eaton J, Engelthaler D, Folkerts M, Feasey H, Lan Y, Lewis J, McNichol J, Menzies N, Chipungu G, Nliwasa M, Weinberger D, Warren J, Salomon J, MacPherson P, Cohen T. Distribution and transmission of M. tuberculosis in a high-HIV prevalence city in Malawi: A genomic and spatial analysis. PLOS Global Public Health 2025, 5: e0004040. PMID: 40173177, PMCID: PMC11964229, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2026
Lineage-specific transmission and spatial clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 2019–23: a population-based genomic study
Wu C, Chen Y, Ioerger T, Lan Y, Bai R, Li M, Lee C, Lin J, Shin-Jung Lee S, Chien S, Warren J, Colijn C, Chang H, Huang J, Cohen T, Lu P, Lin H. Lineage-specific transmission and spatial clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 2019–23: a population-based genomic study. The Lancet Microbe 2026, 101369. PMID: 42392122, DOI: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2026.101369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricQuantifying the community transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a rapidly growing Chinese city: a nine-year population-based genomic and spatial analysis
Zhu X, Wang Y, Peng L, Lan Y, Mei J, Zhang M, Zheng W, Warren J, Li M, Li N, Li C, Lao Y, Luan J, Chen J, Lu X, Guo Y, Cohen T, Yang C. Quantifying the community transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a rapidly growing Chinese city: a nine-year population-based genomic and spatial analysis. Emerging Microbes & Infections 2026, 15: 2688566. PMID: 42360842, PMCID: PMC13312854, DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2026.2688566.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricQuantifying the spatiotemporal dynamics of the first two epidemic waves of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the United States.
Lopes R, Lan Y, Chitwood M, Klaassen F, Salomon J, Menzies N, Warren J, Grubaugh N, Cohen T, Swartwood N. Quantifying the spatiotemporal dynamics of the first two epidemic waves of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the United States. PLOS Computational Biology 2026, 22: e1013983. PMID: 41779806, PMCID: PMC12959703, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013983.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricA web-based spatial decision support system of COVID-19 wastewater surveillance on a university campus
Tang W, Chen T, Slocum Z, Lan Y, Delmelle E, Bolanos J, Chen D, Mittal N, Rice-Boayue J, Shukla T, Lin S, Akella S, Roseberry J, Munir M, Gibas C. A web-based spatial decision support system of COVID-19 wastewater surveillance on a university campus. Cartography And Geographic Information Science 2026, ahead-of-print: 1-21. DOI: 10.1080/15230406.2026.2629334.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetric
2025
Transmission of Bedaquiline-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Sobol R, Omar S, Brown T, Joseph L, Lutchminarian K, Tang L, Lan Y, Willis F, Campbell A, Warren J, Cohen T, Brust J, Naidoo K, Shah N, Gandhi N, Mathema B, Team T. Transmission of Bedaquiline-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2025, 212: 138-147. PMID: 41026808, PMCID: PMC12637405, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202506-1489oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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honor SISMID Scholarship
04/24/2024Other AwardSummer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseaseshonor Student Honors Paper Competition Finalist
03/24/2023Other AwardGeographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group, American Association of Geographershonor Dissertation Summer Fellowship
05/01/2022Other AwardGraduate School, UNC CharlotteDetailsUnited Stateshonor Robert Raskin Student Competition Finalist
03/01/2022Other AwardCyberinfrastructure Specialty Group, American Association of Geographershonor David Woodward Digital Map Award
04/10/2021Other AwardThe Cartography and Geographic Information SocietyDetailsUnited States
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