HDScale Collab Team
Staff
Dr. Marta Jankowska
Associate professor, Lab Director
Marta Jankowska is an Associate Professor in Population Sciences at the Beckman Research Institute at City of Hope Cancer Center in Los Angeles, CA. As a health geographer, she is interested in most everything to do with spatial aspects of health and has a wide-ranging research agenda. In particular, she is passionate about merging multi-levels of health data from the microbiome and omics to biomarker outcomes, to health behaviors, to environmental exposures and structural racism policies. She is also interested in the use of sensor data for fine-scaled exposure measurement.
Dr. Jiue-An (Jay) Yang
Geospatial Data Scientist, Project Lead
Jay is a geospatial data scientist with a current focus on contextualizing space, time, and behavior to improve public and personal health. Other research interests include dynamic data visualization, integrating GeoAI in healthcare intervention, and analyzing environmental exposure with daily mobility.
Dr. Calvin Tribby
GIS Analyst
I am a health and transportation geographer with research interests in urban transportation systems, public health, and environments. My post-doc was as a Cancer Prevention Fellow at the NCI; PhD in Geography from Ohio State University; MPH in Biostatistics from Columbia University; and, MS in Geography and a BS in Mathematics from University of New Mexico.
Members
Dr. Sarah Alismail
Postdoctoral Fellow, joined 2022
I am driven by curiosity and a desire to solve real-world problems and answer research questions to improve health outcomes. My research interests include exploring and examining topics that fall at the intersections of health, behavior, and information systems & technology. My approach to research is multidisciplinary across domains such as global health, health informatics, mHealth, usability, health behavior, and persuasive technology.
Vivien Le
Intern, 2023
I am a third-year graduate student at the University of Southern California, where I am pursuing a master’s degree in Public Health concentrating on GeoHealth. I am focusing on how geographic arrangement links people, places, social and economic factors, and cultural values with the well-being of individuals and communities. I intend to apply the knowledge and skills learned about the spatial examination of data to emphasize health inequalities in my professional career.
