William Pan, DrPH, Elizabeth Brooks Reid and Whitelaw Reid Professor of Population Studies and 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 Professor in the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is a biostatistician with expertise in spatial analysis, demography land use science, infectious disease epidemiology and environmental health.  He has over 20-years of experience leading large, multi-institutional and interdisciplinary research teams to study the impact of human-environment dynamics influencing human health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).  His work is primarily focused in Latin America, particularly the Amazon region.  His current research focuses on: (1) studying the health effects of mercury and other chemical exposures from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM); (2) developing tools for forecasting vector-borne disease risk, focusing particularly on the integration and modeling of climate, land use, population and malaria surveillance data; (3) studying the role of migration and social network connectivity influencing infectious disease transmission; (4) understanding the risk of lead exposure among hunters and their families, and to identify solutions to mitigate that risk; and (5) evaluating multi-faceted benefits of nature-based solutions related to agroforestry, climate resilience, livelihoods, and disease mitigation.

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Environmental Natural Sciences

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Recent Publications

  • Chapela-Lara, S; Arar, O; Fernandez, L; Villarreal-Palacios, D; Vilchez-Barreto, P; Gamboa-Moran, R; Rothenberg, SE; Pan, WK; O'Neal, SE
    The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 112, no. 1 ( ): 217 - 225
  • Marchese, MJ; Gerson, JR; Berky, AJ; Driscoll, C; Fernandez, LE; Hsu-Kim, H; Lansdale, KN; Letourneau, E; Montesdeoca, M; Pan, WK; Robie, E; Vega, C; Bernhardt, ES
    Environmental Research: Health 2, no. 3 ( ): 035001 - 035001
  • Recalde-Coronel, GC; Zaitchik, B; Pan, WK; Zhou, Y; Badr, H
    Journal of hydrometeorology 25, no. 5 ( ): 709 - 733
  • Janko, MM; Araujo, AL; Ascencio, EJ; Guedes, GR; Vasco, LE; Santos, RO; Damasceno, CP; Medrano, PG; Chac贸n-Uscamaita, PR; Gunderson, AK; O'Malley, S; Kansara, PH; Narvaez, MB; Coombes, C; Pizzitutti, F; Salmon-Mulanovich, G; Zaitchik, BF; Mena, CF; Lescano, AG; Barbieri, AF; Pan, WK
    BMJ open 14, no. 4 ( ): e078911
  • Gunderson, AK; Recalde-Coronel, C; Zaitchik, BF; Yori, PP; Rengifo Pinedo, S; Paredes Olortegui, M; Kosek, M; Vinetz, JM; Pan, WK
    Epidemiology and infection 152, ( ): e5