Dr. Tiwari is a medical geographer who specializes in the application of spatial analysis methods and geospatial technologies for understanding the spatio-temporal dynamics of disease outcomes. Research interests include disease mapping, disease cluster analysis, environmental health, and computational geography.

Ph.D., Geography, The University of Iowa, 2008
M.A., Geography, The University of Iowa, 2006
B.E., Industrial Engineering, Bangalore University, Karnataka, India, 2000

GEOG 1500: Geography of the DFW Metroplex
GEOG 3190: Quantitative Methods in Geography
GEOG 4560/5560: Introduction to GIS Programming
GEOG 4580: GIS in Health
GEOG 5960: Geography Institute
GEOG 4410/5410: Location-Allocation Modeling

Articles

Oppong, J. R., Tiwari, C., Ruckthongsook, W., Huddleston, J., & Arbona, S. (2012). Mapping late testers for HIV in Texas. Health and Place, 18(3), 568-575.

Beyer, K., Tiwari, C., & Rushton, G. (2012). Five essential properties of disease maps. Annals of the Association of American Geographers.

Schneider-Jimenez, T., Mikler, A., & Tiwari, C. (2012). A novel space partitioning algorithm to improve current practices in facility placement. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans.

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Books

Tiwari, C. (2012). Methods for creating smoothed disease maps. In Geographic Health Data: Fundamental Techniques for Analysis. CABI.

Avina, A., & Tiwari, C. (2012). Carography and visualization. In Geographic Health Data: Fundamental Techniques for Analysis. CABI.

Tiwari, C., & Tewari, V. (2011). The status of GIS education in secondary schools in India. In A. Milson, A. Demirci & J. Kerski (Eds.), International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning with GIS in Secondary Schools. Springer.

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