Dawn Nekorchuk
Research Scientist III at Spatial Informatics Group, LLC
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolDawn Nekorchuk is a Research Scientist III based in Seattle with nine years of applied expertise at the intersection of medical geography, spatial epidemiology, and infectious disease transmission modeling. She has led operational forecasting projects—ranging from West Nile virus integration of human, mosquito, and environmental data to malaria early warning systems in Ethiopia—building tools that public health officials can run and maintain locally. Her background blends rigorous PhD-level spatial analysis with hands-on biostatistics and software development for public health decision support. Having worked in both academic and government settings, she brings practical experience translating complex models into actionable reports and operational workflows. Dawn’s career reflects a rare combination of field-focused disease surveillance and technical capacity-building for international partners.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
MSPH, Public Health, MSPH, Public Health at University of Hawaii at ManoaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geography (Medical Geography), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geography (Medical Geography) at University of FloridaB.S, Biology, B.S, Biology at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGraduate Diploma, Geographical Information Systems, Graduate Diploma, Geographical Information Systems at Flinders UniversityBiochemistry track, Biochemistry track at Mary Baldwin University
Github Skills (26)
prediction-model10
forecast9
prediction9
modeling8
energy-system8
csv6
transition6
sas6
parsing5
tidy5
tidyverse5
animation5
spss5
r4
animated4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
EcoGRAPH/ArboMAP
Jun 2021 - Oct 2022
Arbovirus Modeling and Prediction to Forecast Mosquito-Borne Disease Outbreaks
Contributions:6 releases, 261 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 4 months
predictionoutbreaksforecastdiseaseprediction-model
EcoGRAPH/epidemiar-demo
Mar 2019 - Jun 2020
Contributions:9 releases, 180 commits, 69 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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