Janey Messina

Dr. Janey Messina is an Associate Professor in Quantitative Social Science Methods at the University of Oxford, holding joint appointments in both the School of Geography and the Environment and the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies. She specializes in health geography and spatial epidemiology, integrating GIS and quantitative methods into public health research.

• BA in Geography (2005), University of California, Los Angeles
• MS in Geography (2008), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• PhD in Geography (2011), University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Her research focuses on:

• Spatial epidemiology of infectious diseases (dengue, Zika, malaria, hepatitis C)
• Population-environment interactions in developing countries
• Impact of urbanisation, climate change, and economic shifts on disease patterns
• Modelling disease risk and vaccine distribution

She has supervised graduate research students on topics including human-environment interactions in Brazil, greenspace and wellbeing during the pandemic, and urban development in Beijing vs London. Her work has been featured in media discussions on disease emergence and inequality.