Amy Hughes, PhD

I think this graph is finally coming together.

This looks🔥If I get it correctly, the idea that, with enough data, a non-spatial model approximates space to improve predictions is both great news for geographers (space matters!) and maybe a sobering note (do we need sophisticated spatial modelling with enough data/compute?)

Join us tomorrow, 3/30 at 1 p.m. , for our Colloquium featuring a series of connected talks on the Use of Mobile Apps in Research with Alexander Turchin, MD, MS, Timothy Smith, MD, PhD, and Jukka-Pekka (JP) Onnela, ScD. events.utsouthwestern.edu/event/clinical…

@rsfrankl Trying to run all the sidewalks in the neighborhood without running the same path twice! Intersections permitted but not repeat sections.

Good morning, Dallas. Wear a mask.

Pipes: good for laughs, and for sanity!

Kids: “Is being a scientist really fun?” Me: 😆

I replaced my external monitor over the weekend, but couldn’t find a suitable monitor stand in my local stores. I guess questions about causality and SAS will have to wait until tomorrow night’s Amazon delivery. (Don’t @ me about those cords I KNOW)

🧵: This is an excellent (and heartbreaking) example of impactful storytelling via maps, showing how inequity permeates our society. The spatiotemporal links among nearly every demographic and socioeconomic measure are *strong*

Happy #GISDay to all. Since I can't attend a poster session, here's a snip of a map that I've been working with lately. Red areas are tracts in North Texas where the average annual household spend on food is less than Feeding America estimates a year of healthy meals would cost.

Neighborhood change? Housing sales? Text analysis? Sign me up!

Faculty @MariaGlymour @cawthon_peggy @slingomez @VPrasadMDMPH & @yhswen will talk about their research, mentoring & funding opportunities including 2 training grants for students in data science & aging research! October 9, 10:30am PST. Register at tinyurl.com/y426lfrt

Rapid surveillance of COVID-19 in the United States using a prospective space-time scan statistic: Detecting and evaluating emerging clusters Check the details here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @Dr_Desjardins92, @ericdelmelle

A related favorite: picking coordinating colors for my map elements to fit in the color family of my slide theme

One month until Election Day. Let’s do this, America.

Thanks to @ijturton for making this John Snow Cholera Map face mask for geographers around the world seeking to avoid the current pandemic! redbubble.com/i/mask/John-Sn…

I'm looking for a #postdoc interested in #cancer #epidemiology, cancer #survival, multiple malignancy, healthcare utilization, SEER-Medicare, claims #data, & breast, CRC, kidney, NHL, pancreas, HCC/liver cancer. #epitwitter #AcademicTwitter Posting is here utsouthwestern.edu/education/grad…

Excited to share about this collaboration w @Sandi_L_Pruitt, @S_Craddock_Lee, @jmeberth, and others! Pop health could be more strategic in deploying mobile mammography to increase access to cancer prevention services for uninsured women authors.elsevier.com/a/1bBPQKt2py2Bm

From Dallas Morning News -- TIMELAPSE: Vehicles line up to receive food from the North Texas Food Bank at Fair Park youtube.com/watch?v=GWn3gr…