[Population Modeling] Introduction

[Hyder, Ayaz]

Hello Everyone
I am a new faculty member at the College of Public Health, Ohio State University. I stumbled across this group by accident and I’m very glad that I did. I’ve mentioned a little more about my research below and look forward to fruitful discussions with fellow modelers.

My research focuses on understanding the role of multiple determinants of human health (environment, social, biology) operating at multiple levels (individual, neighborhood, regional). I use mathematical and computational approaches (e.g. systems science methods) to bring together theory, data and methods from multiple disciplines. In the past I’ve worked on a microsimulation model for esophageal cancer and cost-effectiveness analysis (manuscript under review), satellite-based air pollution exposure assessment and birth outcomes (paper<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24240652>), and predictive validation of agent-based models for influenza (paper 1<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23755236>, paper 2<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25979284>).

Current areas of research include complex systems models to predict childhood asthma, the integration of agent-based models of residential segregation and coupled economic-disease models of poverty traps, predictive models of infant mortality, and agent-based models of the food environment in Columbus, Ohio. I am also interested in philosophical discussions surrounding “Big Data” and what we mean by “model”.

I am currently looking for funding opportunities to fund my research ideas and I am open to collaborations. I would be happy to receive resumes of potential graduate students and postdocs interested in working in my research group.

Thanks

Ayaz Hyder, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Translational Data Analytics
College of Public Health, The Ohio State University
614-247-4936 | http://cph.osu.edu/people/ahyder



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