Global Health

All epidemiology is spatial, whether on our doorstep or around the world. We apply spatial epidemiologic methods to problems of global significance.

At the Geospatial and Applied Prevention Science lab, we develop and implement spatial epidemiologic methods using geographically referenced data from many sources to address a wide range of problems. For example, our team has led studies of retail outlets that sell tobacco or alcohol in Indonesia, Armenia, Australia, and around the United States. Across these varied settings we find similar patterns—that lower income and otherwise disadvantaged populations are exposed to environments that contribute to poorer health outcomes

Study Publications

  1. Zadey S, Branas CC, Morrison CN. Gun violence: A global problem needing local solutions. The Lancet. 2024;403(10446):2783-2784.

  2. Joseph G, Branas CC, Rupnarain S, Riutort M, Morrison CN. Women’s attitudes towards intimate partner violence in Guyana: A population-based study. The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, 2024;39:100920. 

  3. Joseph G, Vidaletti LP, Husbands C, Edwards L, James MK, Branas CC, Morrison CN. Attitudes of women towards intimate partner violence in Guyana: A cross-sectional analytical study. PLOS One, 2024;19(5):e0303902.

  4. Martínez-Alés G, Lopez-Cuadrado T, Morrison CN, Keyes K, Susser E. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide mortality in Spain: Differences by sex and age. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2023, 329:315-323. 

  5. Morrison CN, Lee JP, Giovenco D, West B, Hidayana I, Mooney S, Jacobowitz A, Rundle AG. The geographic distribution of retail tobacco outlets in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Drug and Alcohol Review, 2021, 40(7):1315-1324.

  6. Thompson J, Stevenson M, Wijnands JS, Nice K, Aschwanden G, Silver J, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Rayner P, Schofield R, Hariharan R, Morrison CN. A global analysis of urban design types and road transport injury: An image processing study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 2020, 4(1): e32-e42.  

  7. Morrison C, Kurniasih Y, Barton G. The landscape of services for drug users in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Drug and Alcohol Review. 2012; 31(1):95-100.