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Debarchana Ghosh

ghos0033@umn.edu

612-625-6080

Curriculum Vitae

Department Affiliations

Geography

Specialties

Geographic Information System
Spatial Analysis
Public Health
Health Geography

Educational Background

B.Sc: Geography, Presidency College, Calcutta University, India, 97/00.
MA: Geography, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, 00/02.
M.Phil: Population Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, 02/04.
PhD Candidate: Geography, University of Minnesota, USA, 05/09.

Publications

Effect of Exposure to Electronic Mass Media on the Knowledge and Use of Prenatal Care Services: A Comparative Analysis of Indian States: Ghosh, Debarchana, Ghosh, D., The Professional Geography, 58(3) 278 – 293, 2006. Download
Predicting Vulnerability of Indian Women to Domestic Violence Incident: Ghosh, Debarchana, Ghosh, D., Research and Practice in Social Sciences, 3 (1) 48 - 72, 2007. Link
Robust Principal Component Analysis and Geographically Weighted Regression: Urbanization in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area: Ghosh, Debarchana, Ghosh, D. and S. M. Manson, URISA Accepted with minor modifications, 2008.
West Nile Virus: Ghosh, Debarchana, Ghosh, D., Thousand Oakes, CA: SAGE, The Encyclopedia of Environment and Society., Forthcoming.
Infant Mortality Rate: Ghosh, Debarchana, Ghosh, D., Thousand Oakes, CA: SAGE, The Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, Forthcoming.
Epidemics: Ghosh, Debarchana, Ghosh, D., Thousand Oakes, CA: SAGE, The Encyclopedia of Environment and Society., Forthcoming.

Research Activities

Research Assistant: I work at the HEGIS Lab under the supervision of Prof. Steven M. Manson, 06 - -

Professional Activities

Presentation: Paper titled “Novel approaches to delineate West Nile virus transmission cycles on a micro-scale using Geographic Information Science technologies” at Association of American Geographers Conference , Boston, MA - April 2008
Poster: Titled “Traditional Vs Modern Clustering Techniques: A case study of West Nile Virus Incidence in Minnesota” at 130th Annual Applied Geography Conference , Indianapolis, IN - October 2007
Presentation: Paper titled “Robust Principal Component Analysis and Geographically Weighted Regression: Urbanization in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area of Minnesota” at Association of American Geographers Conference , San Francisco, CA - April 2007
Presentation: Paper titled “What is the Quality of Knowledge of HIV/AIDS among Indian Women? An Empirical Analysis” at 129th Applied Geography Conference, Tampa, FL October 2006
Presentation: Paper titled Predicting Vulnerability of Indian Women to Domestic Violence Incident at 2006 Association of American Geographers Conference at Chicago, March 2006
Presentation: Paper titled Application of Principal Component Analysis and GIS to delineate health care resource regions of Kansas at 128th Annual Applied Geography November 2005
Presentation: Paper titled Effect of Exposure to Mass Media on Knowledge and Use of Antenatal Care Services: A Comparative Analysis of Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Prade April 2005
Poster Presentation: Poster titled How the Electronic Mass Media Affects Knowledge and Awareness of HIV/AIDS in Indian Women – A Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis October 2004

Awards

Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School, University of Minnesota, Fall 2008 - Summer 2009
Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant. Graduate School. University of Minnesota, 2008
2nd Place Student Paper Award. Graduate Student Affinity Group. Association of American Geographers, 2008
Travel Award. Council of Graduate Studies (COGS). University of Minnesota2008
Travel Award. The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA) University of Minnesota, 2008
Travel Award. International Geographic Information Fund, Association of American Geographer, 2008
Graduate Research Award. International Geographic Information Fund, Association of American Geographer, 2008
Dissertation Research Grant. Association of American Geographer, 2008
Travel Grant. Department of Geography. University of Minnesota2008
3rd Place Best Poster Award. 130th Annual Applied Geography Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 2007
3rd Place Student Paper Award. Urban And Regional Information Systems Association, 2007
Ralph H. Brown Prize for Best Graduate Student Publication Award. Department of Geography, University of Minnesota, 2007
Travel Award. The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA), University of Minnesota2007
AAG International Geographic Information Fund, Student Travel Grant2007
Urban Geography Specialty Group Student Travel Support, 2006
Travel Award. Office for University Women. University of Minnesota.2006
Graduate Research Partnership Program. Summer Fellowship2006
Best Student Paper Award. Regional Development and Planning Specialty Group2006
Travel Award. The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA),2006
Best Student Paper Award. Asian Geography Specialty Group2005
Best Poster Award. 127th Annual Applied Geography Conference2004