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Yu Lan

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Postdoctoral Associate

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Postdoctoral Associate

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

PhD
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Geography
MA
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Geography

Research

Research at a Glance

Publications Timeline

A big-picture view of Yu Lan's research output by year.
5Publications

Publications

2024

2023

2022

2021

  • Geovisualization of COVID-19: State of the Art and Opportunities
    Lan, Y., Desjardins, M. R., Hohl, A., & Delmelle, E. (2021). Geovisualization of COVID-19: State of the Art and Opportunities. Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization, 56(1), 2-13.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research In Press

2020

Academic Achievements and Community Involvement

  • honor

    SISMID Scholarship

    Other AwardSummer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases
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    Student Honors Paper Competition Finalist

    Other AwardGeographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers
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    Dissertation Summer Fellowship

    Other AwardGraduate School, UNC Charlotte
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    Robert Raskin Student Competition Finalist

    Other AwardCyberinfrastructure Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers
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    David Woodward Digital Map Award

    Other AwardThe Cartography and Geographic Information Society

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