Education
| PhD in Geography, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA | 2013-2017 |
| Dissertation: “Landscape Genetics of Avian Influenza (H5N1 and H9N2) in Egyptian Poultry from 2006-2015: Co-Infection, Key Substitutions, and Viral Diffusion” | |
| Advisor: Dr. Margaret Carrel |
| MA in Geography, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR | 2011-2013 |
| Thesis: “Landscape Epidemiology and Machine Learning: A Geospatial Approach to Modeling West Nile Virus Risk in the United States“ | |
| Advisor: Dr. Jason A. Tullis |
| BS in Geography (magna cum laude), Brigham Young University, Provo, UT | 2004-2011 |
Academic Appointments
| Assistant Professor | 2017-Present |
| Department of Environmental and Occupational Health | |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | |
| Little Rock, AR |
| Adjunct Assistant Professor | 2019 |
| Department of Geosciences | |
| University of Arkansas | |
| Fayetteville, AR |
| Instructor | 2015 |
| Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences | |
| University of Iowa | |
| Iowa City, IA |
Certification
| Graduate Certificate in Informatics (Geoinformatics), University of Iowa | 2015 |
| Esri ArcGIS Desktop Associate 10.1 Certification | 2012 |
Professional Memberships
| Association of American Geographers (AAG) | |
| Member | 2011-Present |
| American Public Health Association (APHA) | |
| Member | 2019-Present |
| American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) | |
| Member | 2012-2014 |
| President, University of Arkansas Student Chapter | 2013-2014 |
Honors & Awards
| Jacques May Thesis Prize (Master’s Division), Health and Medical Geography Specialty Group of AAG | 2014 |
| NSF IGERT. “GEEMaP (Geoinformatics for Environmental and Energy Modeling and Prediction).” (Trainee) $90,000 | 2013-2017 |
| University of Iowa Presidential Graduate Research Fellowship. (Fellow) $150,000 | 2013-2017 |
| Valedictorian, Geography Department, Brigham Young University | 2011 |
| Eagle Scout | 2001 |
Committee Assignments and Administrative Services
| Website Update and Revision Committee, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | 2018-Present |
Educational Activities
| Course and Curriculum Development | |
| Developer, GIS for Health Professionals, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | 2019 |
| Lead Content Developer, GEOS 3553: Intro to Geospatial Analysis Using ArcGIS, University of Arkansas | 2013 |
| Lead Content Developer, GEOS 3543: Intro to Geographic Information Sciences, University of Arkansas | 2012 |
| Courses Directed | |
| Environmental and Occupational Health (ENVH 5102), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | 2018-Present |
| Didactic Teaching | |
| Geospatial Applications and Information Science (GEOS 3543/5543), Instructor, University of Arkansas | 2019-Present |
| Environmental and Occupational Health (ENVH 5102), Instructor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | 2018-Present |
| Geospatial Applications and Information Science (GEOS 3543/5543), Instructor, University of Arkansas | 2019 |
| Foundations of Biomedical Informatics: Public Health Informatics (BMI 5103), Guest Lecturer, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | 2019 |
| Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (EPID 6550), Guest Lecturer, University of Iowa | 2016 |
| Health and Environment: GIS Applications (GEOG 4150), Instructor, University of Iowa | 2015 |
| Intro to Geographic Information Sciences (GEOS 3543), TA, University of Arkansas | 2011-2013 |
| Advanced Vector GIS (GEOS 5033), TA, University of Arkansas | 2012 |
| Vector GIS (GEOS 4583), TA, University of Arkansas | 2012 |
| Global Environment (GEOG 101), TA, Brigham Young University | 2010-2011 |
| Intro to GIS (GEOG 212), TA, Brigham Young University | 2009-2010 |
| Graduate Student Committees | |
| Gregory A. Sheridan, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, MPH ILEPAC Committee | 2019-Present |
| Krista Garner, University of Arkansas, PhD Dissertation Committee | 2018-Present |
| Meghan Ayers, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, MPH ILEPAC Committee | 2018-2019 |
| Carl Richard Taffner, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, MPH CEP Advisory Committee | 2017 |
Grants and Contract Awards
| Current | |||||
| Su (PI) | 09/01/19-08/31/20 | ||||
| Evaluating Impact of Diet and Fresh Food Access on Aggressive Prostate Cancer using Multi-Level Modeling | |||||
| NCI | |||||
| An administrative supplement to an existing NCI R15, this project uses geospatial accessibility and multi-level modeling to examine the relationships between fresh food access, folic acid intake, and prostate cancer aggressiveness. | |||||
| Role: Co-Investigator (10%) | |||||
| $87,299 | |||||
| 1U01DD001229, CDC | Nembhard (PI) | 09/01/18-08/31/23 | |||
| Component A: Arkansas Proposal to participate in the Birth Defects Study to Evaluate Pregnancy exposureS (BD-STEPS II) | |||||
| CDC | |||||
| To identify modifiable early pregnancy exposures that may decrease the occurrence of selected birth defects, discovering gene-environment interactions that lead to birth defects, and helping develop future generations of birth-defect researchers by training and mentoring junior researchers. | |||||
| Role: Co-Investigator (5%) | |||||
| $995,000 | |||||
| Past | |||||
| Young (PI) | 07/01/18-08/31/19 | ||||
| Mapping Unmet Demand for Mammography Services in Arkansas | |||||
| Mammovan BCBS & Wal-Mart Foundation Funds for MammoVan | |||||
| This project, with funding from the Mammovan BCBS & Wal-Mart Foundation Funds for MammoVan, seeks to identify and map all facilities in Arkansas providing mammography screening services, map theoretical demand for those services based on population distribution, and identify areas of unmet demand using capacitated optimization models for spatial accessibility. | |||||
| Role: Principal Investigator (5%) | |||||
| $16,035 | |||||
Publications
| Peer-reviewed Articles | |||
| 1. | Young SG, Jensen RR. Statistical and visual analysis of human West Nile virus infection in the United States, 1999-2008. Applied Geography, 34, 425-431. doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.01.008 | 2012 | |
| 2. | Young SG, Tullis JA, Cothren J. A remote sensing and GIS-assisted landscape epidemiology approach to West Nile virus. Applied Geography, 45, 241-249. doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.09.022 | 2013 | |
| 3. | Carrel M, Young SG, Tate E. Pigs in space: Determining the environmental justice landscape of swine concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in Iowa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(9), 849. doi:10.3390/ijerph13090849 PMCID: PMC5036682. | 2016 | |
| 4. | Young SG, Carrel M, Malanson GP, Ali MA, Kayali G. Predicting avian influenza co-infection with H5N1 and H9N2 in northern Egypt. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(9), 886. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13090886 PMCID: PMC5036719. | 2016 | |
| 5. | Young SG, Carrel M, Kitchen A, Tamerius J, Malanson GP, Ali MA, Kayali G. How’s the flu getting through? Landscape genetics suggests both humans and birds spread H5N1 in Egypt. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 49, 293-299. doi: 10.1016/j.meedgid.2017.02.005 PMID: 28179143. | 2017 | |
| 6. | Carrel M, Zahrieh D, Young SG, Oleson J, Ryckman KK, Wels B, Simmons DL, Saftlas A. High prevalence of elevated blood lead levels in both rural and urban Iowa newborns: spatial patterns and area-level covariates. PLOS ONE, 12(5), e0177930. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177830 PMCID: PMC5433780. | 2017 | |
| 7. | Martin BE, Carrel M, Baroch JA, Young SG, Schmit B, Nolting J, Yoon K-J, Lutman MW, Pedersen K, Bowman A, Slemons R, Smith DR, DeLiberto T, Wan X-F. US feral swine were exposed to both avian and swine influenza A viruses. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 01346-17. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01346-17 PMCID: PMC5601342. | 2017 | |
| 8. | Young SG, Kitchen A, Kayali G, Carrel M. Unlocking pandemic potential: prevalence and spatial patterns of key substitutions in avian influenza H5N1 in Egyptian isolates. BMC Infectious Diseases, 18(1). doi: 10.1186/s12879-018-3222-6 PMCID: PMC6035396. | 2018 | |
| 9. | Gruca TS, Nelson GC, Thiesen L, Asprey DP, Young SG. The workforce trends of Physician Assistants in Iowa (1995-2015). PLOS ONE, 13(10), e0204813. doi: 10.1271/journal.pone.0204813 PMCID: PMC6175273. | 2018 | |
| 10. | Young SG, Hayes CJ, Aram J, Tait MA. Doctor hopping and doctor shopping for prescription opioids associated with increased odds of high-risk use. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 28(8), 1117-1124. doi:10.1002/pds.4838 PMCID: PMC6679752. | 2019 | |
| 11. | Kandeil A, Hicks JT, Young SG, El Taweel AN, Kayed AS, Moatasim Y, Kutkat O, Bagato O, McKenzie PP, Cai Z, Badra R, Kutkat M, Bahl J, Webby RJ, Kayali G, Ali MA. Active surveillance and genetic evolution of avian influenza viruses in Egypt, 2016-2018. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 8(1), 1370-1382. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2019.1663712 PMID: 31526249 | 2019 | |
| Book Chapters | |||
| 1. | Tullis JA, Alsumaiti TS, Cothren JD, Lanter DP, Limp WF, Linck RF, Shi X, Young SG. Geoprocessing, workflows, and provenance. In PS Thenkabail (Ed.), Remote sensing handbook, vol 1, Data: characterization, classification, and accuracies (1st ed.). Taylor & Francis. | 2015 | |
Selected Abstracts & Presentations
[*Invited]
Oral Presentations
| National/International Meetings | |
| Young SG. Patient travel patterns and high-risk opioid use: Doctor Hopping and Doctor Shopping in Arkansas, USA. International Medical Geography Symposium, 4 Jul. Queenstown, New Zealand | 2019 |
| Young SG. Doctor shopping and doctor hopping: spatial analysis of patient travel for prescription opioids. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, 2 Apr. Washington, D.C. | 2019 |
| Young SG, Carrel M, Kitchen A. Unlocking pandemic potential: key substitutions in avian influenza H5N1 in Egyptian isolates. International Medical Geography Symposium, 4 Jul. Angers, France | 2017 |
| Young SG, Gruca TS, Nelson, GC. Re-evaluating Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas in Iowa. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, 5 Apr. Boston, Massachusetts | 2017 |
| Young SG, Carrel M, Kitchen A, Kayali G. The 11th Egyptian plague: A landscape genetics analysis of avian influenza in Egyptian poultry. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, 1 Apr. San Francisco, California | 2016 |
| Carrel M, Young SG, Tate E. Pigs in space: Determining the environmental justice landscape of swine Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in Iowa. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, 1 Apr. San Francisco, California | 2016 |
| Young SG. Avian influenza in Egypt: ecological niche modeling and co-infection risk. International Medical Geography Symposium, 7 Jul. Vancouver, BC, Canada | 2015 |
| Young SG, Carrel M, Kayali G. Landscape genetics of avian influenza in Egypt. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, 22 Apr. Chicago, Illinois | 2015 |
| Young SG. Landscape epidemiology: West Nile virus in the US. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Meeting, 28 Mar. Baltimore, Maryland | 2013 |
| Young SG, Tullis J, Mpedi O. Remote sensing-assisted landslide detection after the 2007 Pisco, Peru earthquake. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, 28 Feb. New York City, New York | 2012 |
| Local/Regional Meetings | |
| *Young SG. Using optimization models for spatial accessibility to health care. AR GIS Spring Meeting, 20 Mar. Little Rock, Arkansas | 2019 |
| *Young SG. An introduction to using GIS and medical geography in public health. Department of Geosciences Colloquium, 21 Sep. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas | 2018 |
| *Young SG. Are you sure that’s a thing? A brief introduction to medical geography. AR GIS Users Forum & OPENGATE Outreach Partnership Conference, 2 Nov. Little Rock, Arkansas | 2018 |
| *Young SG. Medical geography and GIS for public health. Research & Application Seminar. Department of Biomedical Informatics, 2 Nov. UAMS, Little Rock, Arkansas | 2017 |
| Young SG. Animal rabies in Arkansas, 1995-2016. Arkansas GIS Users Forum Training and Symposium, 5 Oct. Eureka Springs, Arkansas | 2017 |
| *Young SG. More than maps: GIS in public health. Public Health Seminar. College of Public Health, 26 Sep. UAMS, Little Rock, Arkansas | 2017 |
| Young SG, Carrel M, Kitchen A, Kayali G. The fifth Egyptian plague returns? A landscape genetics analysis of avian influenza in Egyptian poultry. Jakobsen Memorial Graduate Conference, 26 Mar. Iowa City, Iowa | 2016 |
| Young SG, Carrel M, Kayali G. Mapping co-infection risk for avian influenza in Egypt. Great Plains Emerging Infectious Diseases Conference, 10 Apr. Iowa City, Iowa | 2015 |
| Bales Z, Landgren J, Muñoz C, Smith A, Young SG, Santos K, Cowles MK. Modeling and predicting mine sites for hydraulic fracking silica sand in north eastern Iowa. Annual GEEMaP Workshop, 18 Oct. Iowa City, Iowa | 2014 |
| Grand Rounds Presentations | |
| *Young SG. Geospatial technologies for public health: Moving beyond mapping.Public Health Grand Rounds, 1 Feb. Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock, Arkansas | 2018 |
Poster Presentations
| National/International Meetings | |
| Kandeil A, Hicks JT, Young SG, El Taweel AN, Kayed AS, Moatasim Y, Kutkat O, Bagato O, McKenzie PP, Cai Z, Badra R, Kutkat M, Bahl J, Webby RJ, Kayali G, & Ali MA. Are H9N2 and H5N8 outcompeting H5N1 in Egypt? Active surveillace, niche models, and replication rates of avian influenza viruses in Egypt, 2016-2018. Centers for Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS) Annual Meeting, 24 Jun. Baltimore, Maryland | 2019 |
| El-Hassan NO, Young SG, Gokun Y, Wan F, Nembhard WN. Prevalence and spatial variability of gastroschisis in Arkansas, 1998-2013. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, 30 Apr. Baltimore, Maryland | 2019 |
| Young SG, Aram J., Hayes CJ, Tait MA. Doctor shopping and high-risk use of opioid prescriptions in Arkansas. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, 13 Apr. New Orleans, Louisiana | 2018 |
| Wilson E, Distelhorst K, Hughes M, Young SG, Griffith S, Nygaard T, Voyich J. Expression and function of bovine CCL28. American Association of Immunologists Annual Meeting, 11 May. Seattle, Washington | 2009 |
| Local/Regional Meetings | |
| Young SG, Carrel M, Young R, & Lynch C. Cutaneous melanoma in Iowa exhibits spatial clustering by stage and sex. Poster presentation at Student Interdisciplinary Health Research Poster Session, 29 Apr. Iowa City, Iowa | 2014 |
Other Scholarly Products
| Consultant/analyst: Milburn, A. (PI), Rainwater, C. (Co-PI). Models for disaster relief shelter location and supply routing. Final Report for MBTC DOT 3028. | 2013 |
| Expert Editorial Review: “Introduction to Geospatial Technologies” (2nd ed) by Brad Shellito | 2013 |
| Expert Editorial Review: “Discovering GIS and ArcGIS” (1st ed) by Brad Shellito | 2014 |
| Expert Editorial Review: “Introduction to Geospatial Technologies” (3rd ed) by Brad Shellito | 2015 |
| Expert Editorial Review: “Discovering GIS and ArcGIS” (2nd ed) by Brad Shellito | 2016 |
| Expert Editorial Review: “Introduction to Geospatial Technologies” (4th ed) by Brad Shellito | 2017 |
| Expert Editorial Review: “Introduction to Geospatial Technologies” (5th ed) by Brad Shellito | 2019 |
Professional Community Activities
| Peer Review | ||
| Article, Remote Sensing | 2019 | |
| Article, Journal of Clinical Medicine | 2019 | |
| Article, BMC Veterinary Research | 2018 | |
| Article, Landscape Ecology | 2018 | |
| 2 Articles, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2018 | |
| Article, Genes | 2018 | |
| Article, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease | 2018 | |
| Article, Landscape Ecology | 2017 | |
| 2 Articles, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2017 | |
| Article, Sustainability | 2016 | |
| 2 Articles, Applied Geography | 2013 | |
| Article, Geography Compass | 2011 | |
| Departmental, College, and University Service | ||
| Member, M7 Taskforce for Development of Public Health Informatics Certificate, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | 2018-Present | |
| Graduate Student Representative to Faculty Meetings, Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa | 2015-2016 | |
| Graduate Committee, Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa | 2014-2015 | |
| Professional Service | ||
| Conference Volunteer, AAG Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA | 2016 | |
| President, UA Student Chapter of the ASPRS, Fayetteville, AR | 2012-2013 | |
| Moderator, “Disasters – Mapping” Technical Session, ASPRS Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD | 2013 | |
| ASPRS Student Assistant, MAPPS-ASPRS Fall Specialty Conference in Tampa, FL | 2012 | |
| ASPRS Volunteer, The Glossary of Mapping Sciences 2nd Edition | 2012 | |
| Other Service | ||
| Pack Committee Chair, Cub Scout Pack 220, Iowa City, IA | 2015-2017 | |
| Den Leader, Cub Scout Pack 220, Iowa City, IA | 2013-2014 | |
| Geography Tutor, BYU | 2010-2011 | |
| Volunteer Research Assistant, BYU | 2009-2011 | |
| Full-Time Missionary, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Maryland Baltimore Mission | 2005-2007 | |
| Mentor, Provo Youth Mentoring Program, Provo, UT | 2004-2005 | |
| Community Outreach | ||
| “Examining radon levels in Woodbury County, Iowa” – Health and Environment: GIS Applications course in partnership with Siouxland Interstate Metropolitan Planning Council, the City of Sioux City, and the Siouxland District Health Department, supported by the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities (IISC) | 2015 | |
| “Mapped sources of Sioux City Farmers’ Market 2015 products: analysis of individual health outcomes and accessibility to healthy food choices” – Health and Environment: GIS Applications course in partnership with Siouxland Interstate Metropolitan Planning Council, the City of Sioux City, and the Sioux City Farmers’ Market, supported by the IISC | 2015 | |
| Presentations to AP Geography classes at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, IA | 2015 | |
| “Modeling and predicting potential frac sand mine locations” – Interdisciplinary project with GEEMaP and Winneshiek County, IA, supported by the IISC | 2014-2015 |
