Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The Spatial Health Lab

Synthesizing Space & Place to Improve Healthcare

3
Lab Members
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Publications
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Active Grants
2022
Founded

What We Do

Research Focus Areas

Our lab investigates the intersection of place & health. We believe that understanding the spatial context in which people live and develop is critical for informed healthcare delivery. We specialize in leveraging GIS and spatial computing to enrich patient data and provide research support.

Spatial Computing

HIPAA-Compliant Route Estimation

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Population Health

Creating Insights for Policy Stakeholders

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EHR Integration

Linking EHR Records to Areal Indicators of Health

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Updates

Lab News

May 2026 Welcome to our new lab website! We're excited to share our research with the community.
Apr 2026 New paper accepted to Journal Name. Congratulations to the whole team!
Mar 2026 PhD student [Name] received the [Fellowship Name]. Congratulations!
Jan 2026 We're hiring! See the Contact page for open positions in the lab.

Recent Work

Selected Publications

2025

Title of Your Most Recent Paper

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Nature / Science / Journal Name, Volume(Issue), Pages

2024

Another Recent Conference Paper

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Proceedings of Conference Name (CONF 2024)

2023

An Older Journal Article

Your Name, Co-Author

Journal of Something Important, 12(3), 100–115

Join the Lab

We're Looking for Talented Researchers

We welcome applications from motivated PhD students, postdocs, and visiting researchers. If our work excites you, we'd love to hear from you.

Get in Touch