BMElab

 

Ben Allshouse

Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7431

Phone: (919) 818 8632
Fax: (919) 966 7911
Email: ben_allshouse@unc.edu

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Education

 

Honors and Associations

 

Research Interests

  • Exposure Assessment and Spatiotemporal Mapping
  • Bayesian Maximum Entropy (BME) Analysis
  • Environmental Statistics
  • Environmental Epidemiology

 

Research and Teaching Positions

Projects

 

Publications

  • Hampton KH, Fitch MK, Allshouse WB, Doherty IA, Gesink DC, Leone PA, Serre ML, Miller WC (2010) Mapping health data: improved privacy protection with donut method geomasking. American Journal of Epidemiology 172(9):1062-1069.
  • Allshouse WB, Fitch MK, Hampton KH, Gesink DC, Doherty IA, Leone PA, Serre ML, Miller WC (2010) Geomasking sensitive health data and privacy protection: an evaluation using an E911 database. Geocarto International 25(6):443-452.
  • Allshouse WB, Pleil JD, Rappaport SM, Serre ML (2009) Mass fraction spatiotemporal geostatistics and its application to map atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons after 9/11. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 23(8):1213-1223.

 

Presentations

  • Allshouse WB, Fitch MK, Hampton KH, Gesink Law DC, Doherty IA, Leone PA, Serre ML, Miller WC. An evaluation of privacy protection when geomasking STI data, 18th International Society for STD Research Conference, London, June 2009. Poster Presentation.
  • Fitch MK, Allshouse WB, Hampton KH, Gesink Law DC, Doherty IA, Leone PA, Serre ML, Miller WC. A comparison of estimated versus actual k-anonymity when geomasking sensitive health data, 2008 International Conference on Environmental Epidemiology and Exposure, Pasadena, October 2008. Oral Presentation.
  • Hampton KH, Fitch MK, Allshouse WB, Gesink Law DC, Doherty IA, Leone PA, Serre ML, Miller WC. Protecting patient confidentiality when mapping health data: an analysis of geomasking algorithms, 2008 International Conference on Environmental Epidemiology and Exposure, Pasadena, October 2008. Poster Presentation.
  • Allshouse WB, Hall DJ, Mills KT, Wing S, Serre ML. Spatiotemporal exposure assessment of atmospheric hydrogen sulfide produced by industrial hog operations, 2008 International Conference on Environmental Epidemiology and Exposure, Pasadena, October 2008. Poster Presentation.
  • Allshouse WB, Hampton KH, Leone PA, Miller WC, Serre ML. Methods for space/time mapping of HIV incidence rates in North Carolina, 2008 International Conference on Environmental Epidemiology and Exposure, Pasadena, October 2008. Poster Presentation.
  • Allshouse WB. Space/time modeling of hydrogen sulfide from hog CAFOs in Eastern North Carolina, Environmental Sciences & Engineering Departmental Seminar Series, Chapel Hill, February 6, 2008.
  • Allshouse W, Serre M, Hall D, Mills K, Wing S. Community based monitoring of ambient hydrogen sulfide levels near swine operations, 2007 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, Washington, November 2007. Poster Presentation.
  • Fitch M, Allshouse W, Serre M, Hampton K, Law DG, Leone P, Miller W. Geomasking algorithms to protect confidentiality of sexually transmitted infections in spatial epidemiology, 2007 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, Washington, November 2007. Roundtable Discussion.
  • Allshouse W, Serre M, Hall D, Mills K, Wing S. Assessment of hydrogen sulfide exposure for a community with a high density of industrial hog operations, 2007 Conference of the International Society of Exposure Analysis, Durham, October 2007. Poster Presentation.
  • Allshouse W, Serre M, Hall D, Mills K, Wing S. Spatiotemporal Bayesian Maximum Entropy modeling of hydrogen sulfide concentrations using data collected at different observation time scales near swine operations, 2007 Joint Statistical Meetings, Salt Lake City, July 2007. Poster Presentation.
  • Allshouse WB, Serre ML, Pleil J, Rappaport SM. A space/time particulate matter mass fraction framework for the assessment of outdoor exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons after 9/11 in New York City, 2006 International Conference on Environmental Epidemiology and Exposure, Paris, September 2006. Poster Presentation.

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