Jane Messina

My background is in Geography (B.A. from UCLA, M.S. from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), through which I discovered an interest for applying Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and quantitative methods to better understand the ways in which people interact with their environments to lead to varying health and disease outcomes.

After graduate studies I became a senior postdoctoral researcher with the Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group in the Zoology (now Biology) department at the University of Oxford in 2012, then starting my current role as Associate Professor (jointly appointed between the School of Geography and Environment and the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies) in 2016. My research focusses primarily on the spatial aspects of vector-borne disease spread, and I lecture in health and medical geography, quantitative methods, and geographic data science.

I have a passion for interdisciplinary collaboration and a commitment to addressing pressing health challenges through my work.

Supervision Interests: Quantitative health research, Health in developing countries.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janepmessina/ and www.janeymessina.co.uk