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David Wong
- Professor
Contact Info
- Name
- Dr. David Wong
- Job Title
- Professor
- Website
- Phone Number
- Office Number
- Exploratory Hall, Room 2214, MSN 6C3
Affiliations
Departments
- Geography & Geoinformation Science Department (Research Faculty)
- Geography & Geoinformation Science Department (Instructional Faculty)
Research Areas
- Geoinformation Science
- Segregation Measurement
- Spatial Epidemiology and Public-Environmental Health
- Population-Urban Studies
- Geosciences/Physical Environment
- Spatial Analysis-Statistical Methods
- Data Quality Issues, and Statistical & Geo-visualization
- Spatial Social Media Data Analysis
Education
PhD, Geography, University at Buffalo (90)
About
David Wong has broad research interests, ranging from the technical areas in geovisualization, to the more social-oriented issues in spatial epidemiology. His primary research interests are in spatial analysis and statistics, and population analysis, particularly in measuring segregation. He has also developed new concepts in mapping data by incorporating the error information of estimates, an important research topic on spatial data quality. He has edited two book volumes, co-authored three books and published more than 13 book-chapters and papers in peer-reviewed journals. Some of his research funding supports were provided by NOAA, USGS, HUD, U.S. Census Bureau and NIH (NICHD and NCI through R01, R03 and contracts). He has served on the editorial boards of seven international journals in GIS, spatial analysis and population, including Geographical Analysis and Demography.
Current Research
Recent projects include:
- GIS Tools and Methods for Mapping American Community Survey Estimates and Data Quality Information, September 4, 2010 – June 30, 2014 (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Uncertainty in Spatial Data: Identification, Visualization and Utilization, September, 2014 – August 2017 (NIH/NICHD)
- Choropleth Mapping of SEER*Stat data incorporating data reliability statistics, 2017 – 2018 & 2019 – 2020 (NCI)
- Concepts for Mapping Statistical Estimates with Reliability Information, 2020 – 2021 (NCI)
Teaching Focus
Population, spatial statistics, Geography of China, Thoughts and Methodology
Selected Publications
Books:
- Lee, J. and Wong, D.W.S. 2001. Spatial Analysis with ArcView. Wiley & Sons, pp.192.
- Wong, D. W. S. and J. Lee. 2005. Statistical Analysis and Modeling of Geographic Information. Wiley & Sons, pp. 464. (The book was translated into Chinese and published in 2008: ArcView GIS与ArcGIS 地理信息统计分析, 中国财政经济出版社, ISBN 978-7-5095-0415-4)
- Wong, D. W. S., K. K. Wong, H. Chung and J. J. Wang. 2018. Geography of China Guilford.
Edited Volumes:
- Yang, C., D. Wong, Q. Miao, and R. Yang. (eds) Advanced Geoinformation Science. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2010, pp. 525.
- Lloyd, C. D., I. G. Shuttleworth, and D. W. S. Wong (2014, eds) Social-spatial Segregation: Concepts, Processes and Outcomes. Bristol, UK: The Policy Press.
Editorial/Letter:
- Breen, N., J. S. Jackson, F. Wood, D.W.S. Wong, X. Zhan, the Data in Health Disparities Writing Team. 2019. Translational health disparities research in a data-rich world. America Journal of Public Health, Supplement 1, Vol. 109, No. S1, S41 – S42.
- Das Gupta, D., and D. W. S. Wong. 2020. No more “social distancing” but practice physical separation. Canadian Journal of Public Health. (a longer/fuller version of this Letter is available here).
Full list of publications: please go to Google Scholar or the CV
Contact Info
- Name
- Dr. David Wong
- Job Title
- Professor
- Website
- Phone Number
- Office Number
- Exploratory Hall, Room 2214, MSN 6C3