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Department of Environmental and Occupational health

Seth Wiafe, MPH Seth Wiafe

Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental & Occupational health, SPH
Academic Director, Health Geographics Programs, SPH

Email: swiafe@llu.edu

Loma Linda University, School of Public Health
Department of Environmental & Occupational health
Nichol Hall Room #1201
Loma Linda, California 92350
(909) 558-4000, extension 87596

Academic professional preparation | Publications | Research interests | Current projects | Completed projects | Current courses |

Academic and professional preparation

  • MPH, environmental & occupational Health Loma Linda University, School of Public Health
  • BSPH, health geographics Loma Linda University School of Public Health
  • Diploma, medical laboratory technology, Malamulo College of Medical sciences

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Publications

Samuel Soret, Synnove Knutsen, Larry Beeon, Mark Ghamsary, Floyd Petersen, Seth Wiafe. 2004. Evaluating the Spatial Alignment Between the EPA Air Pollution Monitoring Network and the Distribution of Cohort Locations: Experiences from the ASHMOG Study. Epidemiology. Vol 15, V, ISEE-506, July 2004 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Soret S., McCleary, K. J, Rivers, P.A., Montgomery, S.B. Wiafe, S.A . 2003. Understanding Health Disparities Through Geographic Information Systems, in Geographic Information Systems & Health Applications, O.A. Khan, and R. Skinner (eds.). Idea Group Publishing: Hershey, PA., 2002. 12-42.

Soret S., McCleary, K. J., Wiafe, S.A ., Rivers, P.A., and Montgomery, S.B. Access to kidney Transplantation in California ; A Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Assessment . Proceedings First Annual ESRI International Health GIS Conference, Washington, D. C., November 12-14, 2001.

Seth Wiafe. "Adventist Health International to map intestinal infection in Gimbie, Ethiopia using GIS". Scope, Loma Linda University & Medical Center Publication, Autumn, 2001.

Seth A. Wiafe. "Malamulo Lab goes back to basics", MOYO , A Health Journal of Malawi , April 1991.

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Research interests and School of Public Health activities

  • Geoinformatics and related geographic information analysis as applied to public and environmental health.

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Current projects

  • Relating Cardiovascular Disease Risk to Ambient Pollutants using Geographic Information Systems Technology and Bayesian Neural Networks; the ASHMOG Study.

  • Developing strategy for the use of GIS that supports health services delivery in the Health Ministry.

  • Developing & Coordinating Geo-referenced information system for the South African Diflucan Partnership Program.

  • Using Power Analysis to determine Teen Birth Rate Hot Spots in San Bernardino County.

  • Developing Adventist Health Information Network (ADHIN).

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Completed projects

  • Constructing and Managing database for the African American Health Initiative (AAHI) Health Planning Project of San Bernardino County
  • Creating a GIS-based Spatial Decision-making Support System (SDSS for the High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control Demonstration Project for San Bernardino County.

Current courses

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