Andrew J. Curtis, PhD

E110 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex

E-mail: acurti1@lsu.edu

Assistant Professor (GIScience) / Director WHOCC

Phone: 225-578-6198

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 in bioterrorism response, emergency response mapping

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Curtis, A.C., Mills, J.W., Blackburn, J.K., Pine, J.C. 2006. Hurricane Katrina: GIS Response for a Major Metropolitan Area. Quick Response Report No 180, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado. PDF

 

Hinman, S.E., J.K. Blackburn, A.C. Curtis. 2006. Spatial and temporal structure of typhoid outbreaks in Washington, D.C., 1906-1909: evaluating local clustering with the Gi* statistic. International Journal of Health Geographics. Paper Forthcoming

 

 

Kent, J., M. Leitner, and A. Curtis. 2006. Evaluating the Usefulness of Functional Distance Measures when Calibrating Journey-to-Crime Distance Decay Algorithms. Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems 30(2): 181-200.

 

Curtis, A.C., J.K. Blackburn, Y. Sansyzbayev. ACCEPTED. Using a Geographic Information System to Spatially Investigate Infectious Disease. IN: M. Tibayrenc (Ed) Encyclopedia of infectious diseases: Modern Methodologies. Wiley and Sons Publishing. Book forthcoming.

Leitner, M., and A. Curtis. 2004."Cartographic Guidelines for Geographically Masking the Location of Confidential Point Data." Cartographic Perspectives 49: 8-25. PDF

Curtis, A.C. and M. Leitner. 2005. Geographic Information Systems and Public Health: Eliminating Perinatal Disparity. 317 pp. Hersey, PA: IRM Press (click here for more info)

DeLyser, D., R. Sheehan, and A. Curtis. 2004. eBay and Research in Historical Geography. Journal of Historical Geography 30: 764-782. PDF

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.

 

Andrew at the famous water pump which John Snow deduced from a spatial analysis was the culprit source of Cholera during an epidemic in London.

Andrew completing a field survey in the lower 9th Ward of New Orleans as part of WHOCC response and recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina.

© LSU WHOCC 2005

Andrew on an over flight of the New Orleans area with the Civil Air Patrol as part of the WHOCC mapping response to Hurricane Katrina.