Rate My Professor Imelda Moise

Imelda K. Moise is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Regional Studies at the University of Miami, with secondary appointments in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Miller School of Medicine and the Department of International Studies. She specializes in health geography and joined the faculty in 2015 following roles in international development, including Senior Advisor for GIS and Monitoring & Evaluation at John Snow Inc. (2013-2015), Research Program Specialist at the Center for Prevention Research and Development (2008-2013), and Peace Corps Volunteer in Zambia (1996-2001). Her education includes a Ph.D. in Geography with a health geography concentration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012), M.P.H. from the University of Illinois at Springfield (2015), M.Sc. in Geography from UIUC (2007), and B.A. in Geography and Environmental Studies (magna cum laude) from the University of Oregon (2005).

Moise's research examines spatial determinants of health, environmental change, post-disaster recovery, infectious disease dynamics, and health system resilience using geospatial analysis and mixed-methods approaches. Key publications include the co-edited volume Public Health and Development in Africa (Routledge, 2018); "Health interventions implemented in post-disaster South Asia: A scoping review" (International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2021); "Geographic disparities in violent crime during the COVID-19 lockdown, Miami-Dade County, Florida: 2018 and 2020" (Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2021); "Variation in Risk of COVID-19 Infection and Predictors of Social Determinants of Health in Miami-Dade County, Florida" (Preventing Chronic Disease, 2020); "Youth and Weapons: Patterns, individual and neighborhood correlates of violent crime arrests in Miami-Dade County, Florida" (Health & Place, 2020); and "Fighting mosquito bite during a crisis: capabilities of Florida mosquito control districts during the COVID-19 pandemic" (BMC Public Health, 2021). She has received the U.S. Fulbright Specialist designation (2019-2022), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Connections Grantee Award (2017-2018), Luis Glaser Mentorship Award (2021), James W. McLamore Social Science Award (2019-2020), and multiple scholarly recognition awards from the University of Miami. Moise has served as Academic Editor for PLOS ONE and secured grants from USAID, CDC, and foundations.