Tao Hu
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University.
I’m an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Oklahoma State University. Before joining OSU, I was a postdoc research fellow in the Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA) at Harvard University and the Department of Geography at Kent State University. My research interests focus on leveraging multi-source geospatial big data (e.g., remote sensing images, Google Street View images, geolocated social media data, and smartphone users’ mobility data) and advanced spatial statistical and GeoAI (Geospatial Artificial Intelligence) models to address pressing challenges in population health and environmental health, such as health disparities and heat vulnerabilities. I have published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles with 5 ESI Highly Cited papers (top 1%). My research have been supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). CV
Research Interests:
- Geospatial Big Data Analytics
- Human Behavior and Population Health
- Geolocated Social Media Analysis
- Applications of Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI)
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| Oct 30, 2024 |  PhD student Una Lixiaona Yu published her research article “Using smartphone user mobility to unveil actual travel time to healthcare: An example of mental health facilities” in the top journal Health & Place DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103375. |
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| Oct 25, 2024 | Team PI Dr. Tao Hu gave a presentation, entitled ‘Geospatial Big Data in Public Health’, at the Seminer hosted by the Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management (NREM) at OSU. |
| Oct 09, 2024 | Team PI Dr. Tao Hu gave a presentation at the Rural Renewal Initiative (RRI) Symposium, entitled ‘Mapping Healthcare Access in Rural Oklahoma: A GIS-based Approach’. Details… |
| Aug 20, 2024 | Team PI Dr. Tao Hu is awarded a 3-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant focused on integrating human behavior and wastewater data to improve infecitous disease outbreaks detection and response. Details… |
| Aug 01, 2024 | PhD student Ehsan Foroutan received a Travel Award to attend NSF-funded I-GUIDE Summer School. |