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Research Interests
Furthering research that: (i) improves the condition of the environment; and (ii) enhances the quality of life among marginalized groups. My work approaches these problems from a spatial perspective, utilizing geographic information systems (GIS) to address environmental, health, and social research questions in a holistic manner.
Research Projects
-Border Wall Spatial and Demographic Analysis
-Mexican-American Neighborhoods and Health
-Novel A H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu) Outbreak Spatio-Temporal Analysis
Teaching
-Principles of Earth Science
-Principles of Earth Science Laboratory
-Conservation of Natural Resources
-Research Problems in Environmental Science
Peer-reviewed publications (since 2006)
Zou, B., F. B. Zhan, J. Gaines Wilson, and Y. Zeng. 2010. Performance of AERMOD at different temporal scales. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory.
Wilson, J. Gaines, S. Kingham and J. Pearce. 2010 (in press). Air pollution and restricted activity days among New Zealand school children. International Journal of Environment and Pollution.
Fisher-Hoch, Susan, A.R. Rentfro, J.J. Salinas, A. Perez, H.S. Brown, B.M. Reininger, B.I. Restrapo, J. Gaines Wilson, M.M. Hossain, M.H. Rahbar, C.M. Hanis, J.B. McCormick. 2010 (in press). Socioeconomic status and prevalence of obesity and diabetes in a Mexican American community, Cameron County, Texas. Preventing Chronic Diseases.
Tian, Nancy, J. Gaines Wilson, and F. B. Zhan. 2010 (in press). Female breast cancer mortality clusters within racial groups in the United States. Health and Place.
Zou, B., J. Gaines Wilson, Zhan, F. B., and Zeng, Y. 2009. An emission-weighted proximity model for air pollution exposure assessment. Science of the Total Environment 407: 4939-45.
Zou, B., J. Gaines Wilson, Zhan, F. B., and Zeng, Y. 2009. Spatially differentiated and source-specific population exposure to ambient urban air pollution. Atmospheric Environment 43: 3961-88.
Cavanaugh, J., P. Zawar‐Reza and J. Gaines Wilson. 2009.
Spatial attenuation of ambient
particulate matter within an urbanised native forest patch. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 8:21-30.
Zou, B., J. Gaines Wilson, F.B. Zhan and Y. Zeng. 2009. Review of air pollution exposure
assessment methods utilized in epidemiological studies. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 11: 475-490.
Raphael E. Arku, J. Vallarino, K. L. Dionisio, H. Choi, R. Willis, J. Gaines Wilson, C. Hemphill, A. Quaye, S. Agyei‐Mensah, J. Spengler, and M. Ezzati. 2008. Characterizing air pollution in two low-income neighborhoods in Accra, Ghana. Science of the Total Environment 402: 217-31.
Sabel, C. E., J. Gaines Wilson, S. Kingham, C. Tisch, and M. Epton. 2007. Spatial implications of covariate adjustment on patterns of risk: Respiratory hospital admissions in Christchurch, New Zealand. Social Science and Medicine 65: 43‐59.
Wilson, J. Gaines and P. Zawar‐Reza. 2006. Intraurban‐scale dispersion modelling of particulate matter concentrations: Applications for exposure estimates in cohort studies. In Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes. Crete, Greece.
Wilson, J. Gaines, S. Kingham, and A. Sturman. 2006. Intraurban variations of particulate matter air pollution in Christchurch, New Zealand: Implications for epidemiological studies. Science of the Total Environment 367: 559‐72.
Wilson, J. Gaines and P. Zawar‐Reza. 2006. Intraurban‐scale dispersion modelling of particulate matter concentrations: Applications for exposure estimates in cohort studies. Atmospheric Environment 40: 1053‐63.
Durand, M. and J. Gaines Wilson. 2006. Spatial analysis of respiratory disease clusters on an urbanized geothermal field. Environmental Research 101: 238‐45.
Kingham, Simon, M. Durand, J. Harrison, J. Gaines Wilson, and M. Epton. 2006. Winter comparison of TEOM, MiniVol and DustTrak PM10 monitors in a wood smoke environment. Atmospheric Environment 40: 338‐47.
Durand, M. and J. Gaines Wilson. 2006. Ball lightning and fireballs during volcanic air pollution. Weather 61: 40‐3.
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