Fikriyah Winata

Fikriyah Winata is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geosciences at Mississippi State University, where she has been a faculty member since Fall 2022. Her work bridges geography and public health, focusing on how human interactions with places influence physical and mental well-being.

Her research interests include:

• Health Geography
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Spatial and statistical analysis of public health issues
• Access to healthcare and healthy food environments
• Mental health facility accessibility
• Well-being of vulnerable populations, especially migrant workers

Winata employs GIS and spatial modeling to investigate health disparities in urban areas such as Jakarta, Chicago, and Mississippi. She is particularly interested in how public spaces support social networks and mental health among Indonesian female domestic workers in Hong Kong, who face mobility restrictions. She also studies access to mental health services in Mississippi, aiming to inform policy and improve community health outcomes.

Although no publications are listed in the source text, her research trajectory emphasizes applied geospatial methods to address real-world public health challenges, particularly in urban and underserved settings.

She has no listed scientific awards in the provided information.

Winata is actively involved in teaching and curriculum development. She teaches courses such as Urban Geography, Intro to World Regional Geography, Geography of the Islamic World, and is introducing a new course on Health Applications of GIS. She views teaching as an integral part of her life and is passionate about mentoring students. Her educational journey began in a rural village in Indonesia, where she started teaching peers at a young age. She later moved to Tangerang for higher education and pursued geography after being unable to enter a public health program, eventually discovering her passion for health geography during graduate studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

She has no mentioned labs, research teams, or grant funding in the provided text, but her research implies engagement with geospatial labs and public health collaborations.