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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Anthropology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-6198 ~ Fax: 225-578-4420
E-mail: acurti1@lsu.edu
Director of the World Health Organization's Collaborating Center for Remote Sensing and GIS for Public Health
EDUCATIONAL
BACKGROUND
Ph.D., State University
of New York at Buffalo, 1995.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Spatial Analysis and GIS
in Medical Geography
Rabies Surveillance
Spatial Distribution of Anthrax
Ecology of Chagas Disease in Mexico
Reducing Infant Mortality
GIS and Epidemics in History
GIS as Bioterrorism Response
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Articles
in Refereed Journals:
Kent,
J., M. Leitner, and A. Curtis (forthcoming). "Evaluating the Usefulness of Functional
Distance Measures when Calibrating Journey-to-Crime Distance Decay Algorithms."
Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems.
Leitner, M., and A. Curtis (forthcoming)."Cartographic Guidelines for Geographically Masking the Location of Confidential Point Data." Cartographic Perspectives.
DeLyser,
D., R. Sheehan, and A. Curtis (forthcoming). "eBay and Research in Historical
Geography: Some Thoughts and Experiences." Journal
of Historical Geography.
Curtis, A. 1999. "Using a Spatial Filter and a Geographic Information System
to Improve Rabies Surveillance Data." Journal of Emerging Infectious Disease
5(5):603-6.
Fotheringham, A.S., and A. Curtis. 1999. "Regularities in Spatial Information Processing: Implications for Modeling Destination Choice." The Professional Geographer 51(2):227-39.
Curtis, A. 1998. "Comparisons in the Spatial Knowledge Surfaces of Subjects from Canada and the United States." Canadian Geographer 42:53-61. For a commentary on this article, see "Notes from Ptolemy," AAG Newsletter 33(10) from October 1998.
Curtis, A., and A.D. MacPherson. 1996. "The Zone Definition Problem in Survey Research: An Empirical Example from New York State." The Professional Geographer 48:310-20.
Curtis,
A., and A.S. Fotheringham. 1995. "Large-Scale Information Surfaces: An Analysis
of City-Name Recalls in the United States." Geoforum
26(1): 75-87.
Fotheringham, A.S., P.J. Densham, and A. Curtis. 1995. "The Zone Definition
Problem and Location-Allocation Modeling." Geographical Analysis 27:60-77.
Chapters in Refereed, Edited Volumes:
Curtis A., S. Heath, and M. Hugh-Jones (forthcoming). “GIS
Investigations of Epizootics: The Limitations of Surveillance Data,” in
Majumdar, S.K, J. Huffman, F. Brenner, and I.A. Panah, eds., Wildlife
Diseases. Pennsylvania Academy of Science.
Leitner, M., and A. Curtis. 2002. "Modeling Infant Mortality Risk Factors in
Baton Rouge," in Wohlschlägl, H., M. Leitner, and N. Weixlbaumer, eds.,
Geographischer Jahresbericht aus Österreich
59, pp. 45-57. Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of
Vienna.
Curtis, A., M. Leitner, and C. Hanlon. 2002. "Using Hierarchical Nearest Neighbor
Analysis and Animation to Investigate the Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Raccoon
Rabies in West Virginia," in Khan, O. A. and R. Skinner, eds., Geographic
Information Systems & Health Applications, pp. 155-71. Idea Group
Publishing.
Curtis, A. 2001. "Identifying Spatial Holes in a Rabies Surveillance Surface:
Comparing Results from Cartographic Visualization to Spatial Filter Analysis,"
in A. Flahault, L. Toubiana, and A.J. Valleron, eds., Geography
and Medicine, pp. 40-8. Editions scientifiques et medicales, Elsevier
SAS.
SUPPORTED RESEARCH
2004. A Cultural and Geographic
Epidemiological Study of Chagas Disease in the Los Tuxtla region of Vera Cruz,
Mexico. Louisiana State University Faculty Research Grant (FRG) Program, $9,999.
2004. PI: "Ecological and Socio-Economic Factors of Antrhax Foci Activity and
Improvement of its Diagnosis and Prophylaxis in Kazakhstan." U.S. Civilian Research
and Development Foundation, $82,800.
2004. PI: "Wildlife & Fisheries Identification of Habitat Sites for the
Ornate Box Turtle, Caracara, & Burrowing Owl Using GIS Capabilities." Department
of Wildlife and Fisheries, $8,906.
2003. PI: "An Analysis of the Mobility of At-Risk Mothers in Baton Rouge." Regents
Faculty Research Award, $5,594.
2002. PI: Student Technology Fee Discipline Specific Project for Mapping Sciences
Enhancement, $47,342.
2002. Co-PI: Active Living Policy and Environmental Studies (ALPES) of The Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation, "Environmental Characteristics of Recreational Areas,"
$100,000.
2000- present. PI" Evaluation sub-contract to the Department of Geography and
Anthropology for "Evaluation of: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health"
as part of a Healthy Start in Baton Rouge grant, $125,312.
2000. Co-PI: Family Road of Baton Rouge proposal "Eliminating Disparities in
Perinatal Health" to HRSA/Maternal and Child Healthy Bureau, $2,800,000.
2000. PI: "Using Geographic Information System and Spatial Analysis to Reduce
Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality," DEFE Program of the Louisiana Board
of Regents. $9,911.40.
1999. "Using a Spatial Filter and a GIS to Identify Statistically Significant
Holes in a Point Data Surface," NSF EPSCoR, $24,863.
HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
2004-present. Provide GIS expertise
for the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Institute, Woman's Hospital, and the YWCA on
spatial inequalities in breast cancer screening.
2004-present. Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Board Panel, Baton Rouge. This
panel of mainly medical doctors and myself will consider in detail the situation
surrounding every infant that dies in East Baton Rouge Parish.
2003-present. Provide GIS expertise to Pan American Health Organization on Foot
and Mouth Disease in Central and South America.
2002. Provide spatial analysis and GIS expertise for March of Dimes / YWCA in
Baton Rouge.
2000-present. GIS evaluator for Healthy Start of Baton Rouge.
1998-99. GIS advisor to the Kentucky Commissioner's Conference on Public Health
Information.
COURSES TAUGHT
Medical Geography
Computer Cartography
Introduction to GIS
Methods of Spatial Analysis
Quantitative Methods for Geographical Analysis
GIS and Disaster / Bioterrorism
Courses:
National Center for Biomedical Research and
Training (NCBRT) Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education. Prevention
and Response to Agricultural Terrorism Course. Currently developing two
modules involving GIS / GPS use in the first-response situation of a terrorist
attack. These modules are part of a fly-away three-day NCBRT course available
to all U.S. communities designed to identify vulnerability and guide response
/ recovery in the face of an attack.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
online course: Hazard Mapping and Modeling.
Currently developing introduction to GIS modules for this course. The purpose
of the course is to expose students to GIS in the disaster sciences who are
at institutions that do not currently offer classes in GIS.
Department of Geography & Anthropology
Louisiana State University
227 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4105
Phone: (225) 578-5942
Fax: (225) 578-4420
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