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Education

PhD in Geography (May 2017)

University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
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 (May 2013)

University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
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 (April 2011)

Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)
Magna Cum Laude
Emphasis in GIS

Academic Positions

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (2017 to present)
Instructor, Dept. of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa (2015)

Awards, Honors & Grants/Fellowships

GEEMaP (Geoinformatics for Environmental and Energy Modeling and Prediction) NSF IGERT Traineeship, University of Iowa (2013-2017)
Presidential Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Iowa (2013-2017)
Travel Grant, GEEMaP, University of Iowa (2015, 2016)
Travel Grant, Dept. of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa (2016)
CGRER (Center for Global & Regional Environmental Research) Graduate Student Travel Award, University of Iowa (2015)
Jacques May Thesis Prize (Master’s Division), Health and Medical Geography Specialty Group of AAG (2014)
Travel Grant, Graduate School, University of Arkansas (2013)
Student Assistantship, MAPPS/ASPRS 2012 Fall Conference in Tampa, FL (2012)
Valedictorian, Geography Dept., Brigham Young University (2011)

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Young, S.G., Hayes, C., Aram, J., Tait, M. Doctor Hopping for prescription opioids associated with increased odds of high-risk use. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. doi: 10.1002/pds.4838

Gruca, T.S., Nelson, G.C., Thiesen, L., Asprey, D.P., & Young, S.G. (2018) The workforce trends of physician assistants in Iowa (1995-2015). PLOS ONE, 13(10), e0204813. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0204813

Young, S.G., Kitchen, A., Kayali, G., & Carrel, M. (2018) 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

Martin, B.E., Carrel, M., Baroch, J.A., Young, S.G., Schmit, B., Nolting, J., Yoon, K.-J., Lutman, M.W., Pedersen, K., Bowman, A., Slemons, R., Smith, D.R., DeLiberto, T., & Wan, X.-F. (2017) US feral swine were exposed to both avian and swine influenza A viruses. Applied Environmental Microbiology, 01346-17. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01346-17

Carrel, M., Zahrieh, D., Young, S.G., Oleson, J., Ryckman, K.K., Wels, B., Simmons, D.L., & Saftlas, A. (2017) 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.0177930

Young, S.G., Carrel, M., Kitchen, A., Tamerius, J., Malanson, G.P., Ali, M.A., & Kayali, G. (2017) How’s the flu getting through? Landscape genetics suggests both humans and birds spread H5N1 avian influenza virus in Egypt. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 49, 293-299. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2017.02.005

Young, S.G., Carrel, M., Malanson, G.P., Ali, M.A., & Kayali, G. (2016) 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

Carrel, M., Young, S.G., & Tate, E. (2016) 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

Young, S.G., Tullis, J.A., & Cothren, J. (2013). 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

Young, S.G. & Jensen, R.R. (2012). 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

Papers Under Review or Revision

Gruca, T.S., Nelson, G.C., & Young, S.G. Reevaluating primary care Health Professional Shortage Areas in Iowa. (under review)

Kayali, G., Kandeil, A., Ali, M., & Young, S.G. Ecological niches and replication fitness of co-circulating avian influenza viruses in Egypt. (under review)

Works in Progress

El-Hassan, N.O., Goudie, A., Nembhard, W., Zarate, Y., Young, S.G., Kaiser, J., Wan, F., Gokun, Y. Spatial analysis and prevalence of gastroschisis in Arkansas, 1998-2013.

Book Chapters

Tullis, J.A., Alsumaiti, T.S., Cothren, J.D., Lanter, D.P., Limp, W.F., Linck, R.F., Shi, X., Young, S.G. (2015). Geoprocessing, workflows, and provenance. In P. S. Thenkabail (Ed.), Remote Sensing Handbook, Vol 1, Data: Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies (1st ed.). Taylor & Francis.

Selected Presentations

Speaker underlined

Invited Talks

Young, S.G. (Nov 2018). Are you sure that’s a thing? A brief introduction to medical geography. AR GIS Users Forum & OPENGATE Outreach Partnership Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas

Young, S.G. (Sep 2018). An introduction to using GIS and medical geography in public health. Department of Geosciences Colloquium, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas

Young, S.G. (Feb 2018). Geospatial technologies and public health: Moving beyond mapping. Public Health Grand Rounds. Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock, Arkansas

Seminars

Young, S.G. (Nov 2017). Medical geography and GIS for public health. Research and Applications Seminar. Department of Biomedical Informatics, UAMS, Little Rock, Arkansas

Young, S.G. (Oct 2017). More than maps: GIS in public health. Public Health Seminar. College of Public Health, UAMS, Little Rock, Arkansas

Conferences & Symposia

Young, S.G. (Oct 2017). Animal rabies in Arkansas, 1995-2016. 2017 Arkansas GIS Users Forum Training and Symposium. Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Young, S.G., Carrel, M., Kitchen, A. (Jul 2017). Unlocking pandemic potential: key substitutions in avian influenza H5N1 in Egyptian isolates. International Medical Geography Symposium. Angers, France

Young, S.G., Gruca, T.S., Nelson, G.C. (Apr 2017). Re-evaluating primary care Health Professional Shortage Areas in Iowa. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts

Young, S.G., Carrel, M., Kitchen, A., Kayali, G. (Apr 2016). The 11th Egyptian plague: A landscape genetics analysis of avian influenza in Egyptian poultry. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California

Carrel, M., Young, S.G., Tate, E. (Apr 2016). Pigs in space: Determining the environmental justice landscape of swine Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in Iowa. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California

Young, S.G. (Jul 2015). Avian influenza in Egypt: ecological niche modeling and co-infection risk. International Medical Geography Symposium. Vancouver, BC, Canada

Young, S.G., Carrel, M., Kayali, G. (Apr 2015). Landscape genetics of avian influenza in Egypt. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois

Bales, Z., Landgren, J., Muñoz, C., Smith, A., Young, S.G., Santos, K., Cowles, M.K. (Oct 2014). Modeling and predicting mine sites for hydraulic fracking silica sand in north eastern Iowa. Annual GEEMaP Workshop. Iowa City, Iowa

Young, S.G.(Mar 2013). Landscape epidemiology: West Nile virus in the US. American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland

Young, S.G., Mpedi, O., Tullis, J. (May 2012). Change detection after the 2007 Pisco, Peru earthquake: looking for landslides. ASPRS Central Region Annual Meeting. Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Young, S.G., Tullis, J., Mpedi, O. (Feb 2012). Remote sensing-assisted landslide detection after the 2007 Pisco, Peru earthquake. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. New York City, New York

Posters and Other

Young, S.G., Aram, J., Hayes, C., Tait, M. (Apr 2018). Doctor shopping and high-risk use of opioid prescriptions in Arkansas. Presented at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana

Young, S.G., Carrel, M., Young, R., & Lynch, C. (Apr 2014). Cutaneous melanoma in Iowa exhibits spatial clustering by stage and sex. Presented at the 15th Annual Student Interdisciplinary Health Research Poster Session, Iowa City, Iowa

Wilson, E., Distelhorst, K., Hughes, M., Young, S.G., Griffith, S., Nygaard, T., Voyich, J. (2009). Expression and function of bovine CCL28. Poster presentation. American Association of Immunologists Annual meeting. Seattle, Washington

Teaching Experience

Instructor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (2017-present)

• Environmental and Occupational Health (ENVH 5102; Spring 2018, Summer 2018)

Instructor, Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa (2015)

• Health and Environment: GIS Applications (GEOG 4150; Fall 2015)

Guest Lecturer, University of Iowa (2014-2016)

• Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (EPID 6550; Fall 2016)
• Health and Environment: GIS Applications (GEOG 4150; Fall 2014)

Lead Content Developer, Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas (2012-2013)

• Intro to Geographic Information Sciences (GEOS 3543 Online)
• Intro to Geospatial Analysis Using ArcGIS (GEOS 3553 Online)

Teaching Assistant, Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas (2011-2013)

• Intro to Geographic Information Sciences (GEOS 3543; Fall 2011, Fall 2012)
• Intro to Geographic Information Sciences (GEOS 3543 Online; Fall 2012, Spring 2013)
• Vector GIS (GEOS 4583; Spring 2012)
• Advanced Vector GIS (GEOS 5033; Spring 2012)

Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, Brigham Young University (2009-2011)

• Intro to GIS (GEOG 212; Fall 2009, Winter 2010, Fall 2010)
• Global Environment (GEOG 101; Fall 2010, Winter 2011)

Professional Memberships

• Association of American Geographers (AAG)
  • Geographic Information Systems and Science Specialty Group
  • Health and Medical Geography Specialty Group (HMGSG)
  • Remote Sensing Specialty Group
  • Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group (SAM)
• American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
• International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID)

Service and Outreach

Graduate Student Mentoring

• Krista Garner (PhD), “An examination of Arkansas ticks, their associated pathogens, and human disease risks and a survey of school-aged children to assess their knowledge, perceived risk, and protective behaviors in regards to ticks” (Dissertation Committee Member, current)
• Carl Richard Taffner (MPH), “Development of a methodologically sound and statistically valid Ixodes species tick surveillance plan for defined geographic areas of Arkansas” (MPH Culminating Experience Project Advisory Committee Member, 2017)

Undergraduate Student Mentoring

• Griffin Kight, “GIS Analysis of Crime in Pine Bluff, Arkansas” (Summer Internship, 2018)

Editorial Freelancing and Consulting

• Textbook: “Introduction to Geospatial Technologies” (4th ed.) by Brad Shellito (2017)
• Textbook: “Discovering GIS and ArcGIS” (2nd ed.) by Brad Shellito (2016)
• Textbook: “Introduction to Geospatial Technologies” (3rd ed.) by Brad Shellito (2015)
• Textbook: “Discovering GIS and ArcGIS” (1st ed.) by Brad Shellito (2014)
• Textbook: “Introduction to Geospatial Technologies” (2nd ed.) by Brad Shellito (2013)
• Consulting: Milburn, A. (PI), Rainwater, C. (Co-PI) (2013). Models for Disaster Relief Shelter Location and Supply Routing. Final Report for MBTC DOT 3028.

Peer Review

• Article, Genes (2018)
• 2 Articles, Landscape Ecology (2017-2018)
• 3 Articles, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2017-2018)
• Article, Sustainability (2016)
• 2 Articles, Applied Geography (2013)
• Article, Geography Compass (2011)

Departmental & Professional Society Service

• Graduate Student Representative to Faculty Meetings, Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa (2015-2016)
• Conference Volunteer, AAG Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2016)
• Graduate Committee, Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa (2014-2015)
• President, UA Student Chapter of the ASPRS, Fayetteville, AR (2012-2013)
• Moderator, “Disasters – Mapping” Technical Session, ASPRS Annual Meeting 2013 in Baltimore (2013)
• ASPRS Student Assistant, MAPPS-ASPRS Fall Specialty Conference (2012)
• ASPRS Volunteer, The Glossary of Mapping Sciences 2nd Edition (2012)

Other Service

• Pack Committee Chair, Cub Scout Pack 220, Iowa City, IA (2015-present)
• 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) (Fall 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 (Fall 2015)
• Presentations to AP Geography classes at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, IA (Spring 2015)
• “Modeling and predicting potential frac sand mine locations” – Interdisciplinary project with GEEMaP and Winneshiek County, IA, supported by the IISC (Fall 2014 – Spring 2015)

Certifications & Training

• Graduate Certificate in Informatics (Geoinformatics), University of Iowa (2015)
• Esri ArcGIS Desktop Associate 10.1 Certification
• CITI Human Research Curriculum: Biomedical (IRB-01)
• CITI Human Research Curriculum: Social & Behavioral (IRB-02)
• CITI Human Research Curriculum: VA Human Subjects Protection