Neng Wan, BS, MS, PhD

Research Associate

College of Public Health
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Education

• 07/2011     PhD     Geographic Information Science, Texas State University-San Marcos
• 07/2006     MS      Cartography and GIS, Wuhan University, China
• 07/2003     BS       Geodesy, Wuhan University, China

Professional Experience

• 05/2011 — present     Research Fellow (Postdoctoral), University of Nebraska Medical Center
• 06/2010 — 04/2011    Research Assistant, Department of Geography, Texas State University – San Marcos
• 01/2010 — 05/2010    Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, Texas State University – San Marcos
• 01/2007 — 12/2009    Research Assistant, Department of Geography, Texas State University – San Marcos

Research Interests

• Subjects:     Health disparity, Healthcare accessibility, Aging, Human-environment interactions
• Methods:     GIS, Spatial analysis, Spatial statistics

Teaching Interests

• Undergraduate courses on geography and GIS
• Graduate courses on advanced spatial analysis and medical/health geography

Peer-reviewed Publication

• Wan, N., Qu, W., Whitington, J., Witbrodt, B., Henderson, M., Goulding, E., Schenk, A., Bonasera, S., and Lin, G. Assessing smart phones for generating life space indicators. Environment and Planning B (accepted)
• Wan, N., Zhan, F., Zou, B., and Wilson, JG. 2012. Spatial access to healthcare services and disparities in colorectal cancer stage at diagnosis in Texas. The Professional Geographer (in press)
• Wan, N., Zou, B., Sternberg, T. 2012. A three-step floating catchment area method for analyzing spatial access to health services. International Journal of Geographic Information Science (in press)
• Shen, J., Yang, M., Zou, B., Wan, N., and Liao, Y. 2012. Outlier detection of air temperature series data using probabilistic finite state automata based algorithm. Complexity (in press)
• Wan, N., Zhan, F., Zou, B., and Chow, T. 2012. A relative spatial access assessment approach for analyzing potential spatial access to colorectal cancer services in Texas. Applied Geography 32(2): 291-299.
• Wan, N., Zhan, F., Lu, Y., and Tiefenbacher, J. 2012. Access to health care and disparities in colorectal cancer survival in Texas. Health & Place 18(2): 321-329.
• Wan, N., Zhan, F., and Cai, Z. 2011. Socioeconomic disparity in prostate cancer mortality and the impact of geographic scale. Southern Medical Journal 104(8): 553-559.
• Wan, N., Zhan, F., and Cai, Z. 2011. A spatially weighted degree model for network vulnerability analysis. Geo-spatial Information and Science 14(4): 274-281.
• Zhu, Q., Wu, B., and Wan, N. 2007. A filtering strategy for the Harris detector to improve repeatability and information content, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 73(5): 547-53.
• Zhu, Q., Wu, B., and Wan, N. 2007. A sub-pixel location method for interest points by means of the Harris interest strength. The Photogrammetric Record 22(120): 321-35.
• Zhu, Q., Wu, B., and Wan, N. 2006. An interest point detection method to stereo images with good repeatability and information content (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Electronics 34(2): 205-09.

Presentations

• Wan, N. 2012. Using cell-phone GPS data to monitor adult life-space: a feasibility assessment. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York, NY, February 28, 2012.
• Wan, N., and Zhan, F. 2011. Disparities of colorectal cancer diagnosis in Texas, 1996-2003. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA, March 2011.
• Wan, N. 2010. A 3-step floating catchment area method for characterizing potential spatial access to medical services. Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Southwestern Division. Tahlequah, OK, October 2010.
• WAN, N. 2010. Socioeconomic disparity of prostate cancer mortality in Texas. 2nd Annual Cancer Research Symposium, Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, TX, April 2010.
• Wan, N., and Zhan, F. 2010. Socioeconomic disparities of prostate cancer mortality and the impact of geographic scale. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC, April 2010.
• Wan, N., and Zhan, F. 2009. Economic development and public health: What happened to the Austin-San Antonio Corridor during 2000-2006. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, NV, April 2009.
• Wan, N., and Zhan, F. 2008. A spatially weighted degree model for network vulnerability analysis. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, April 2008.

Scholarships and Awards

• Graduate College Scholarship, Texas State University-San Marcos, 2008, 2009, 2010
• Excellent Student Scholarship, Wuhan University, 2000, 2004.
• Third place of student paper competition, Southwestern Division, Association of American Geographers, Tahlequah, OK, 2010
• Excellent graduate student award, Wuhan University, 2006
• Excellent undergraduate student award, Wuhan University, 2001

Professional Organizations and Services

• Member of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), 2007-Present
• Member of the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Sciences (CPGIS), 2010-present
• Vice President, Chinese Cultural Group, Texas State University-San Marcos, 2008-2011
• Session Chair (GIS: Challenges for Analysis), Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York, NY, February 28, 2012.
• Session Chair, 5th Annual Texas Geography Student Research Symposium (TxGSRS), Texas State University-San Marcos, April 2009
• Reviewer for Journals: International Journal of Geographic Information Science, Applied Geography, Cancer Causes and Control, Southern Medical Journal, Soil and Sediment Contamination