Associate Professor
Department of Geography
Dartmouth College
My specialty is Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and quantitative spatial analysis, particularly as applied to health-related issues, including environmental health and healthcare service.
Selected Relevant Publications:
Carlos, H.A., Shi, X., Sargent, J., Tanski, S., Berke, E.M., 2010, Density estimation and adaptive bandwidths: A primer for public health practitioners, International Journal of Health Geographics, 9:39 (http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/9/1/39).
Shi, X., 2010, Selection of Bandwidth Type and Adjustment Side in Kernel Density Estimation over Inhomogeneous Backgrounds, International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 24(5): 643-660.
Sloan, C.D., Duell, E.J., Shi, X., Irwin, R., Andrew, A.S., Williams, S.M., Moore, J.H., 2009, Ecogeographic Genetic Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology. 33:281-289.
Shi, X., 2009, A GeoComputational Process for Characterizing the Spatial Pattern of Lung Cancer Incidence in New Hampshire, Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 99(3): 521-533.
Onega, T., Duell, E., Shi, X., Wang, D., Demidenko, E., and Goodman, D., 2008, Geographic Access to Cancer Care in The United States, Cancer, 112(4): 909-918.
Shi, X., Duell, E., Demidenko, E., Onega, T., Wilson, B., and Hoftiezer, D., 2007, A Polygon-based Locally Weighted Average Method for Smoothing Disease Rates of Small Units, Epidemiology, 18(5): 523-528.
Shi, X., 2007, Evaluating the Uncertainty Caused by P.O.Box Addresses in Environmental Health Studies: A restricted Monte Carlo Approach, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 21(3): 325-340.