Scholar
Paula Moraga
Google Scholar ID: xxhTPIYAAAAJ
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Citations & Impact
Citations
118,155
H-index
68
i10-index
118
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- - Published extensively in leading journals
- - Author of the book 'Geospatial Health Data: Modeling and Visualization with R-INLA and Shiny' (2019, Chapman & Hall/CRC)
- - Author of the book 'Spatial Statistics for Data Science: Theory and Practice with R' (2023, Chapman & Hall/CRC)
- - 2023 winner of the prestigious Letten Prize, recognizing contributions to health, development, environment, and equality
Research Experience
- - University of Valencia: Developed disease surveillance methods and implemented them in open-source software R and SaTScan during her Ph.D.
- - Lancaster University, Harvard School of Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Queensland University of Technology, and University of Bath: Conducted statistical research with a focus on spatial epidemiology and modeling
- - KAUST: As the Principal Investigator of the GeoHealth research group, develops cutting-edge geospatial methods and computational tools to solve public health challenges
Education
- - Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the University of Valencia
- - Master's degree in Biostatistics from Harvard University
- - Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Valencia (awarded the “la Caixa” Fellowship)
- - Research project at Harvard Medical School (Ibercaja Research Fellowship)
- - Google Summer of Code project, writing code for the R project
- - Traineeship at the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Background
- Assistant Professor of Statistics at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the Principal Investigator of the Geospatial Statistics and Health Surveillance (GeoHealth) research group. Her research focuses on the development of innovative statistical methods and computational tools for geospatial data analysis and health surveillance.
Miscellany
- Worked in a technological company developing algorithms for optimal investment strategies.
Co-authors