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William Kuang-Yao Pan
Assistant Professor
Academic Degrees
DrPH, MPH
Departmental Affiliation
International Health
Disease Prevention and Control
Departmental Address
615 N. Wolfe Street
W5508
Phone: 410-502-2141
Fax: 410-502-6733
Research and Professional Experience

My current interests involve the utilization of multilevel and spatial models in conjunction with GIS and remotely sensed data to tackle a wide array of problems in public health and studies examining the relationship between population and the environment.

Keywords

International Health; Multilevel models; Spatial Models & GIS; Biostatistics; Population-Environment; Demography; Longitudinal Data

Honors and Awards

2003 Mindel C. Sheps Dissertation Fellowship in Mathematical Demography

Selected Publications

Pan, WK, D.L. Carr, A. Barbieri, RE Bilsborrow, and CM Suchindran. “Forest clearing in the Ecuadorian Amazon: A study of patterns over space and time” Population Research and Policy Review. In-press.

Escombe, R., C.C.Oeser, R.H. Gilman, M. Navincopa, C. Martinez, E. Ticona, J. Chacaltana, R. Rodriguez, WK Pan, D.A.J. Moore, J.S. Friedland, C. Evans. “Learning from the past: Natural ventilation to prevent airborne contagion.” PLoS Medicine, 4(2): e68.

Carr, D.L., WK Pan, and R.E. Bilsborrow. “Declining Fertility on the Frontier: The Ecuadorian Amazon.” Population and Environment, DOI 10.1007/s11111-007-0032-y.

S.B. Omer, WK Pan, N.A. Halsey, S. Stokley, L.H. Moulton, A.M Navar, M. Pierce, D.A. Salmon. “Non-medical exemptions to school immunization requirements: Secular trends and association of state policies with Pertussis incidence” Journal of the American Medical Association, V296 (14): 1757-63.

R.W. Linkins, D.A. Salmon, S.B. Omer, WK Pan, S. Stokley, N.A. Halsey. “Support for immunization registries among parents of vaccinated and unvaccinated school-aged children: A case-control study” BMC Public Health, 6:236.

Barlow, A., Spearman, K., E. Varipatis-Baker, G. Ginsburg, I. Friberg, N. Goklish, B. Cowboy, P. Fields, R. Hastings, WK Pan, R. Reid, M. Santosham, J. Walkup. “Home visiting intervention to improve child care among American Indian adolescent mothers” Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine V160: 1101-1107.

Salmon, D.A., P.J. Smith, A.M. Navar, WK Pan, S.B. Omer, N.A. Halsey (2006). “Measuring immunization coverage among pre-school children: Past, present and future opportunities” Epi Reviews, 28: 27-40.

Saito, M., WK Pan, R.H. Gilman, C.T. Bautista, S. Bamrahi, C.A. Martín, S.J. Tsiouris, F. Arguelles, G. Martinez. (2006). “Comparison of altitude effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis” The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. V75(1): 49-54

Conlisk, E, WK Pan, and S.K. Proescholdbell (2006). “Support for tobacco control policies among youth in North Carolina” NC Medical Journal. May/June, V67 (3):175-9

Barbieri, A., R.E. Bilsborrow, and WK Pan (2005). “Farm household lifecycles and land use in the Ecuadorian Amazon” Population and Environment. 27 (1): 1-27.

Pan, WK, D.L. Carr, and RE Bilsborrow (2005) Causes and consequences of farm fragmentation in Ecuador’s Amazon. In /Land Use and Rural Sustainability: Proceedings of Conference on Land Use and Rural Sustainability. /International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on Land Use/Cover Change and Commission on Sustainability of Rural Systems. Aberdeen, Scotland. 10-14, 2004. Pp. 90-95.

Pan, WK, and R.E. Bilsborrow (2005). “The use of a multilevel statistical model to analyze factors influencing land use: A study of the Ecuadorian Amazon.” Global and Planetary Change. 47 (2-4): 232-252.

Bilsborrow, R.E., A. Barbieri, and WK Pan, (2004). “Changes in population and land use over time in the Ecuadorian Amazon.” Acta Amazonica, 34(4): 635-647

Pevzner, E., R. Davis, WK Pan (2004). “Survey of Airport Smoking Policies – United States, 2002.” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 53(50): 1175-1178.

Pan, WK, S. Walsh, R.E. Bilsborrow, B. Frizzelle, C. Erlien, F. Baquero (2004). “Farm-level models of spatial patterns of land use and land cover dynamics in the Ecuadorian Amazon.” Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 101 (2-3).

McDonnell WF, P.W. Stewart, M.V. Smith, WK Pan, and J. Pan (1999) “Ozone-induced Respiratory Symptoms: Exposure-Response Models and Association with Lung Function.” European Respiratory Journal, 14: 845-853.

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