Joseph Oppong

Joseph Oppong is a Professor and Associate Dean of the Graduate School at the University of North Texas, specializing in medical geography with regional expertise in Africa and North America.

His research focuses on critical intersections of geography and public health, including:

• Neighborhood characteristics and HIV/AIDS spatial patterns in Texas
• Geographic distribution of tuberculosis genotypes
• GIS applications for disease spread modeling
• Climate-Buruli Ulcer relationships in Africa
• Schistosomiasis epidemiology in Ghana
• Urban slum health dynamics
• Computational epidemiology using computer simulations

Dr. Oppong actively mentors graduate students through thesis supervision, with recent projects covering:

• GIS implementation for UNT campus emergency disaster response
• Buruli Ulcer prevalence modeling in Ghana
• Geographic analysis of tuberculosis among Hispanic populations
• Spatial patterns of Lyme disease in Texas