Assane Gadiaga

Assane Gadiaga is a Research Fellow at the Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton. He specializes in spatial epidemiology, health geography, and population modelling, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. His work contributes to high-resolution population data for health risk assessment, vulnerability analysis, and sustainable development goals (SDGs).

• PhD in Geography from University of Namur, Belgium
• Current member of Worldpop Research Group

Research Interests: Spatial epidemiology and population modelling for health geography applications, particularly in low-resource settings. His methodologies integrate Bayesian hierarchical models, census data disaggregation, and spatial-autocorrelation analysis to improve demographic estimates.

Publications highlight his expertise in combining health intervention surveys with geospatial data to produce detailed population estimates. This work supports development organizations in tracking SDGs and health metrics.

External Roles: Member of the Worldpop Research Group, contributing to interdisciplinary projects involving census coordination, spatial statistics, and machine learning frameworks.