Joni Downs

 

Dr. Joni Downs is an Associate Professor in the USF School of Geosciences.  Her research aims to develop new methods of spatial analysis and modelling that can be broadly applied within GIScience and related fields. Specific statistical and mathematical approaches of interest include: computational movement analysis, agent-based modelling, spatial optimization, and point pattern analysis.  Application areas of interest encompass a variety of topics, including wildlife ecology, public health and safety, and sustainability. She is also interested in geovisualization, particularly in how it facilitates spatial analysis and modelling.

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Disease-Related Publications

Joni Downs, Garrett Hyzer, Eric Marion, Zachary Smith, Patrick Vander Kelen, Thomas Unnasch.  2015.  Mapping eastern equine encephalitis virus risk for white-tailed deer in Michigan. Applied Geography 64: 66-730.

 

Patrick T. Vander Kelen, Joni Downs, Thomas R. Unnasch, and Lillian M. Stark.  2014. A risk index model for predicting eastern equine encephalitis virus transmission to horses in Florida.  Applied Geography 48: 79-86.

 

Patrick T. Vander Kelen, Joni Downs, Lillian M. Stark, Rebecca W. Loraamm, James H. Anderson and Thomas R. Unnasch. 2012.  Spatial epidemiology of eastern equine encephalitis in Florida.  International Journal of Health Geographics 11: 47.

 

Patrick T. Vander Kelen, Joni Downs, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, Christy L. Ottendorfer, Kevin Hill, Steve Sickerman, José Hernandez, Joseph Jinright, Brenda Hunt, John Lusk, Victor Hoover, Keith Armstrong, Robert S. Unnasch, Lillian M. Stark, and Thomas R. Unnasch. 2012. Habitat associations of Eastern Equine Encephalitis transmission in Walton County Florida.  Journal of Medical Entomology 49: 746-756.