Andrew B. Lawson

Andrew B. Lawson is a Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), part of the College of Medicine. He holds a PhD in Spatial Statistics from the University of St. Andrews, UK. His research focuses on Bayesian statistics, spatial biostatistics, and hierarchical multilevel modeling, with over 160 journal articles and 10 authored books, including seminal works like *Handbook of Spatial Epidemiology* and *Bayesian Disease Mapping*. He is an MUSC Distinguished Professor and ASA Fellow, and serves as founding editor of *Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology*. His work includes advising the WHO on disease mapping and risk assessment.

Education: PhD in Spatial Statistics (University of St. Andrews, UK).

Research interests span spatial epidemiology, statistical methods for disease surveillance, and computational tools like OpenBUGS and INLA. Recent work addresses cancer survival disparities and spatial health policy applications.

Notable awards include the MUSC Distinguished Professor title and ASA Fellowship. He has led numerous international short courses on Bayesian disease mapping and spatial epidemiology techniques.