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Dean, Charmaine Dr.

Contact Information
Dean, Charmaine Dr.
Position: Professor
Faculty/Department: Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
Institution/Organization: Simon Fraser University (SFU)
Phone Number: +1-778-782-4919
Fax: +1-778-782-4368
Email: dean@sfu.ca
Website: http://www.stat.sfu.ca/~dean/
Address:
8888 University Drive
Burnaby
British Columbia
Canada
V5A1S6
  

General Information
Languages: English
Field(s) of Research:
Biostatistics
Climate Change and Impacts
Decision-Making and Analysis
Envirometrics
Forests and Forestry
Geography
Modeling
Natural Resources and Resource Management
Policy
Public Health and Epidemiology
Statistics

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Research Keywords

Methods for mapping disease or mortality rates of occurrence of events, for epidemiological research and health policy, taking into account the spatial arrangement of the regions and any correlations; provincial and localized policy impact; identification of hot spots of disease for surveillance purposes.

Application at the Canadian Forestry Service for mapping vegetation species abundance and diversity, and in studies to curb attacks of white pine weevil and certain weeds. Application to forest fire studies to isolate spatio-temporal trends in area burned and ignitions over the last century.

Publications

Nathoo, F. and Dean, C.B. (2007). A Mixed Mover-Stayer Model for Spatio-Temporal Two-State Processes, Biometrics, 63, 979-986.

Nathoo, F., Nielsen, J.D., and Dean, C.B. (2007). Spatial and Mixture Models for Recurrent Event Processes, Environmetrics, 18, 713-725.

Collaborative Activities

Collaborative research grant with Peter Guttorp, University of Washington; other informal links with colleagues in forestry and statistics internationally.

See the forestry national network being establishing by two colleagues and myself:
http://www.stat.sfu.ca/~dean/forestry/index.php
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