William Pan
Associate Professor, Global Environmental Health
Appointment:
Topics:
- Health care access,
- Air pollution,
- Cardiovascular disease,
- Pediatrics,
- Non-communicable diseases,
- Climate,
- Demography,
- Engineering,
- Environmental health,
- Epidemiology,
- Health economics,
- Health policy and systems,
- HIV/AIDS,
- Immunization,
- Infectious diseases,
- Malaria,
- Maternal, adolescent and child health,
- Mental health,
- Nutrition,
- Obesity,
- Water
Countries:
William Pan
Associate Professor, Global Environmental Health
William Pan, PhD, Associate Professor of Global Environmental Health, joined the faculty at Duke in 2011. He holds a joint appointment at DGHI and the Nicholas School of Environment, and is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Pan's research interests focuses on population, health, and environmental interactions in developing countries, with particular interest in translational research directed toward sustainable development activities and global environmental health. He has worked in countries throughout Latin America and Africa on topics ranging from land use change, reproductive health, migration, tuberculosis, HIV, enteric infections, and childhood nutrition. Pan received his doctoral training in Biostatistics from UNC-Chapel Hill with a focus on demography and spatial analysis. He also received a Master of Public Health from Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.
Podcast: Wilson Center
From Malthus to Ehrlich and Beyond: William Pan on the Roots of PHE
Projects
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Impact of El Nino on Environmental Mercury and Human Exposure
Peru
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Development of a Detection and Early Warning System for Malaria Risk in the Amazon
Peru, United States
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An Early Warning System for Vector-borne Disease Risk in the Amazon
United States, Peru
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LUCIA: Land Use, Climate and Infections in Western Amazonia
Peru, Ecuador, Brazil
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Evaluating the impact of mercury contamination on human and environmental welfare in the Madre de Dios / Beni Watersheds in Peru and Bolivia
Bolivia, Peru
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Evaluating the Impact of Mercury Contamination on Human and Environmental Welfare in the Madre de Dios / Beni Watersheds in Peru and Bolivia
Peru, Bolivia
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Evaluating the Impact of Mercury Contamination on Human and Environmental Health in Madre de Dios Watershed
Peru
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Effects of Social Contest, Culture and Minority Status on Depression and Anxiety
United States, Puerto Rico
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Causes and Interventions for Childhood Obesity: Innovative Systems Analysis
United States
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Population-environment Dynamics Influencing Malaria Risk in the Peruvian Amazon
Peru
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MAL-ED: A Global Network for the Study of Malnutrition and Enteric Diseases
Peru, Brazil, Nepal, Bangladesh, Tanzania, India, South Africa, Pakistan
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CREATE: Consortium to Respond Effectively to the AIDS-TB Epidemic
Brazil, South Africa
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Amarakaeri Communal Research -- Health and Environmental Impacts from Gas Extraction
Peru
Publications
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Gunderson AK, Recalde-Coronel C, Zaitchik BF, Yori PP, Rengifo Pinedo S, Paredes Olortegui M, et al. A prospective cohort study linking migration, climate, and malaria risk in the Peruvian Amazon - CORRIGENDUM. Epidemiology and infection. 2024 Jan;152:e5.Janko MM, Araujo AL, Ascencio EJ, Guedes GR, Vasco LE, Santos RA, et al. Network Profile: Improving Response to Malaria in the Amazon through Identification of Inter-Community Networks and Human Mobility in Border Regions of Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. medRxiv. 2023 Nov 29;Pizzitutti F, Bonnet G, Gonzales-Gustavson E, Gabriël S, Pan WK, Gonzalez AE, et al. Spatial transferability of an agent-based model to simulate Taenia solium control interventions. Parasites & vectors. 2023 Nov;16(1):410.Gunderson AK, Recalde-Coronel C, Zaitchick BF, Yori PP, Rengifo Pinedo S, Paredes Olortegui M, et al. A prospective cohort study linking migration, climate, and malaria risk in the Peruvian Amazon. Epidemiology and infection. 2023 Nov;151:e202.
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