Connor Yuhao Wu

Dr. Connor Wu joined Troy University in August 2018. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Virginia Tech between 2016 to 2018. His postdoctoral research focused on the Alabama heat and its effects on health outcomes (e.g., preterm birth, non-accidental death, and fatal traffic accidents) under an NIH funded project. Before that, he was a Research Associate at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) with the primary responsibilities to investigate the association between historical plague outbreaks and climate change from the GIS perspective. He earned a Ph.D. degree in Geography from HKU, an MSc in Geomatics (GIS) from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and a BEng in Computer Science from the Beijing Normal University. He has experience in data collection and mining, statistics, and spatiotemporal analysis with GIS and remote sensing skills, and his research interests include public health, epidemiology, climate change, and transportation safety.

Education

• PhD in Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Jan 2010 - Jul 2014)
• MSc in Geomatics (GIS), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (Sept 2007 - Mar 2009)
• BEng in Computer Science, Beijing Normal University, China (Sept 2003 - Jul 2007)

Research Interests

• Personal heat exposure measurement
• Spatial analysis for estimating the effects of climate change on public health
• Quantitative methods for examining the association between climate change and crime
• GIS and statistical models for evaluating the contribution of climate change on plague outbreaks
• Quantitative methods on transportation safety and behavior geography

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers

• Wu, Connor Y. H. (2021). Heat waves and road traffic collisions in Alabama, United States. Annals of the American Association of Geographers.
• Wu, Connor Y. H., Lee, H. F., & Liu, H. (2020). Effect of temperature and precipitation change on crime in the metropolitan area in Virginia, USA. Asian Geographer, 37(1), 17-31.
• Wu, Connor Y. H., Bennett, M., Fox, K., Hubbard, A., Parkhurst, L., Sherrod, R., . . . Marmagas, S. W. (2019). Geological data and outreach methods for designing targeted home radon testing programs. Environmental Earth Sciences, 78(4), 120.
• Wu, Connor Y. H., Zaitchik, B. F., Swarup, S., & Gohlke, J. M. (2019). Influence of the Spatial Resolution of the Exposure Estimate in Determining the Association between Heat Waves and Adverse Health Outcomes. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 109(3), 875-886.
• Wu, Connor Y. H., Zaitchik, B. F., & Gohlke, J. M. (2018). Heat waves and fatal traffic crashes in the continental United States. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 119, 195-201.