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The mismeasurement of humans: classification as “othering”

I was part of a short, but interesting discussion last night regarding this very good article on the political implications of data analysis. The argument made (assuming I understood it correctly) was...

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Does sampling design impact socio-economic classification?

Doing research in developing countries is not easy. However, with a bit of care and planning, one can do quality work which can have an impact on how much we know about the public health in poor...

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Kenya 2017 Election Violence: Some Data Analysis

I’m getting used to the new version of ArcGIS (which is a vast improvement!) and gave it a test run on some data from the ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project) database, specifically...

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Is pollen associated with suicide? New paper (from myself and colleagues) in...

Is pollen associated with suicide? That’s the question we sought to answer. Pollen related allergic rhinitis is associated with depressive symptoms, discomfort, pain, sleep disruptions, isolation and...

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New publication: Recurrent home flooding in Detroit, MI 2012-2020

Its always a thing to celebrate, getting these new papers out. This one covers a topic close to home. After years of doing global health work, I never thought I’d be doing domestic health and even...

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New publication: An urban-to-rural continuum of malaria risk: new analytic...

12 years in the making! Our new paper from partners at the University of Michigan and the #Malawi College of Medicine on new approaches to defining urban and rural environments in the context of...

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New paper out: “Indoor apparent temperature, cognition, and daytime...

New paper out! I’m really proud to have been a part of this research, now published in Indoor Air (Wiley) We put temperature monitors in 34 low income Detroit homes and tested to see if high...

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