William Kuang-Yao Pan | Scholars@Duke

William Kuang-Yao Pan
Associate Professor of Global Environmental Health

William Pan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Health, joined the faculty at Duke in 2011. He holds a joint appointment at DGHI and the Nicholas School of Environment, and is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Pan’s research interests focuses on Population, Health, and Environmental interactions in developing countries, with particular interest in translational research directed toward sustainable development activities and global environmental health. He has worked in countries throughout Latin America and Africa on topics ranging from land use change, reproductive health, migration, tuberculosis, HIV, enteric infections, and childhood nutrition. Pan received his doctoral training in Biostatistics from UNC-Chapel Hill with a focus on demography and spatial analysis. He also received a Master of Public Health from Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Global Environmental Health, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2018
Assistant Research Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2011
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Institute 2010

Contact Information

310 Trent Drive, Room 227, Box 90519, Durham, NC 27708
90519, 310 Trent Drive, Rm 227, Durham, NC 27708
william.pan@duke.edu (919) 684-4108
http://globalhealth.duke.edu/people/faculty/pan-william

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- DrPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2003
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Health, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2011 - 2018
- Adjunct Assistant Prof of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 2010 - 2011
Recognition
In the News
- APR 20, 2018
  
  How Duke Researchers Built Community Trust to Change Policy in the Peruvian Amazon
- DEC 19, 2016
  
  Connecting Health and the Environment in the Peruvian Amazon
- OCT 7, 2016
  
  Fostering a Collaborative Research Environment in Peru
- OCT 5, 2016
  
  DGHI Research Leads Peruvian Government to Change Policy on Gold Mines
- JUN 2, 2016 Nature
  
  Duke study guides relief: Peru's gold rush prompts public-health emergency
- DEC 30, 2015 Next City
  
  Health professor turns to space for malaria cure
- DEC 9, 2015
  
  Developing an Early Warning System for Disease in the Peruvian Amazon
- AUG 18, 2015
  
  Global Health Student in Peru Yields Unexpected Discoveries
- JAN 9, 2015
  
  Mercury from Gold Mines Accumulates Hundreds of Miles Downstream
- AUG 27, 2014
  
  DGHI Students Continue Oral Hygiene Community Outreach in Peru
- AUG 7, 2014
  
  Duke Summer Course in Venice Looks at Impacts of Sea-Level Change
- AUG 5, 2014
  
  Study Eyes Health Risks Of Drilling And Mining In Peru
- SEP 9, 2013
  
  After the Gold Rush in Peru: A Bass Connection
- APR 16, 2013
  
  Duke in Pictures: Studying Mercury Contamination in Peru
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - Africa (Continent)
- Research
- Teaching
  - Italy (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Duke CTSA (KL2) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
- Duke CTSA (TL1) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
- GW150184 Mitochondrial dysfunction and Gulf War Illness awarded by United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity 2016 - 2019
- One Health Innovation Fellowships for Zoonotic Disease Research in Mongolia awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2019
- An Early Warning System for Vector-borne Disease Risk in the Amazon awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2015 - 2019
- Duke University Program in Environmental Health awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2013 - 2019
- "LUCIA": Land use, Climate and Infections in Western Amazonia awarded by Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2012 - 2018
- Measurement of new EED biomarkers in MAL-ED Trial specimens awarded by Johns Hopkins University 2016 - 2018
- Impact of El Nino on Environmental Mercury and Human Exposure awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2018
- Effects of Social Context, Culture and Minority Status on Depression and Anxiety awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital 2012 - 2016
- Population-environment dynamics influencing malaria risk in the Peruvian Amazon awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2013
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Wyatt, L, Permar, SR, Ortiz, E, Berky, A, Woods, CW, Amouou, GF, Itell, H, Hsu-Kim, H, and Pan, W. "Mercury Exposure and Poor Nutritional Status Reduce Response to Six Expanded Program on Immunization Vaccines in Children: An Observational Cohort Study of Communities Affected by Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 4 (February 21, 2019). Full Text
  - Pizzitutti, F, Mena, CF, Feingold, B, and Pan, W. "Modeling asymptomatic infections and work-related human circulation as drivers of unstable malaria transmission in low-prevalence areas: a study in the Northern Peruvian Amazon." Acta Tropica (January 28, 2019). Full Text
  - Pan, WK, Seidman, JC, Ali, A, Hoest, C, Mason, C, Mondal, D, Knobler, SL, Bessong, P, and MAL-ED Network Investigators, . "Oral polio vaccine response in the MAL-ED birth cohort study: Considerations for polio eradication strategies." Vaccine 37, no. 2 (January 2019): 352-365. Full Text
  - Pizzitutti, F, Pan, W, Feingold, B, Zaitchik, B, Álvarez, CA, and Mena, CF. "Out of the net: An agent-based model to study human movements influence on local-scale malaria transmission." Plos One 13, no. 3 (January 2018): e0193493-null. Full Text
  - Wyatt, L, Ortiz, EJ, Feingold, B, Berky, A, Diringer, S, Morales, AM, Jurado, ER, Hsu-Kim, H, and Pan, W. "Spatial, Temporal, and Dietary Variables Associated with Elevated Mercury Exposure in Peruvian Riverine Communities Upstream and Downstream of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, no. 12 (December 15, 2017). Full Text
  - Hoest, C, Seidman, JC, Lee, G, Platts-Mills, JA, Ali, A, Olortegui, MP, Bessong, P, Chandyo, R, Babji, S, Mohan, VR, Mondal, D, Mahfuz, M, Mduma, ER, Nyathi, E, Abreu, C, Miller, MA, Pan, W, Mason, CJ, Knobler, SL, and MAL-ED Network Investigators, . "Vaccine coverage and adherence to EPI schedules in eight resource poor settings in the MAL-ED cohort study." Vaccine 35, no. 3 (January 2017): 443-451. Full Text
  - Pan, WK, and López-Carr, D. "Land use as a mediating factor of fertility in the Amazon." Population and Environment 38, no. 1 (September 1, 2016): 21-46. Full Text
  - Lee, C, Whetten, K, Omer, S, Pan, W, and Salmon, D. "Hurdles to herd immunity: Distrust of government and vaccine refusal in the US, 2002-2003." Vaccine 34, no. 34 (July 2016): 3972-3978. Full Text
  - Miranda, JJ, Bernabé-Ortiz, A, Diez-Canseco, F, Málaga, G, Cárdenas, MK, Carrillo-Larco, RM, Lazo-Porras, M, Moscoso-Porras, M, Pesantes, MA, Ponce, V, Araya, R, Beran, D, Busse, P, Boggio, O, Checkley, W, García, PJ, Huicho, L, León-Velarde, F, Lescano, AG, Mohr, DC, Pan, W, Peiris, D, Perel, P, Rabadán-Diehl, C, Rivera-Chira, M, Sacksteder, K, Smeeth, L, Trujillo, AJ, Wells, JCK, Yan, LL, García, HH, and Gilman, RH. "Towards sustainable partnerships in global health: the case of the CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases in Peru." Globalization and Health 12, no. 1 (June 2, 2016): 29-null. (Review) Full Text
  - Tudor, C, Van der Walt, ML, Margot, B, Dorman, SE, Pan, WK, Yenokyan, G, and Farley, JE. "Occupational Risk Factors for Tuberculosis Among Healthcare Workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa." Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 62 Suppl 3 (May 2016): S255-S261. Full Text
  - Wyatt, LH, Diringer, SE, Rogers, LA, Hsu-Kim, H, Pan, WK, and Meyer, JN. "Antagonistic Growth Effects of Mercury and Selenium in Caenorhabditis elegans Are Chemical-Species-Dependent and Do Not Depend on Internal Hg/Se Ratios." Environmental science & technology 50, no. 6 (March 3, 2016): 3256-3264. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Lee, JGL, Pan, WK, Henriksen, L, Goldstein, AO, and Ribisl, KM. "Is There a Relationship Between the Concentration of Same-Sex Couples and Tobacco Retailer Density?." Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 18, no. 2 (February 2016): 147-155. Full Text
  - Salmon-Mulanovich, G, Blazes, DL, Lescano, AG, Bausch, DG, Montgomery, JM, and Pan, WK. "Economic Burden of Dengue Virus Infection at the Household Level Among Residents of Puerto Maldonado, Peru." The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 93, no. 4 (October 2015): 684-690. Full Text
  - Platts-Mills, JA, Babji, S, Bodhidatta, L, Gratz, J, Haque, R, Havt, A, McCormick, BJ, McGrath, M, Olortegui, MP, Samie, A, Shakoor, S, Mondal, D, Lima, IF, Hariraju, D, Rayamajhi, BB, Qureshi, S, Kabir, F, Yori, PP, Mufamadi, B, Amour, C, Carreon, JD, Richard, SA, Lang, D, Bessong, P, Mduma, E, Ahmed, T, Lima, AA, Mason, CJ, Zaidi, AK, Bhutta, ZA, Kosek, M, Guerrant, RL, Gottlieb, M, Miller, M, Kang, G, Houpt, ER, and MAL-ED Network Investigators, . "Pathogen-specific burdens of community diarrhoea in developing countries: a multisite birth cohort study (MAL-ED)." The Lancet. Global Health 3, no. 9 (September 2015): e564-e575. Full Text
  - Ribeiro, FKC, Pan, W, Bertolde, A, Vinhas, SA, Peres, RL, Riley, L, Palaci, M, and Maciel, EL. "Genotypic and Spatial Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in a High-Incidence Urban Setting." Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 61, no. 5 (September 2015): 758-766. Full Text
  - Lee, JGL, Goldstein, AO, Pan, WK, and Ribisl, KM. "Relationship Between Tobacco Retailers' Point-of-Sale Marketing and the Density of Same-Sex Couples, 97 U.S. Counties, 2012." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 12, no. 8 (July 28, 2015): 8790-8810. Full Text
  - O'Meara, WP, Mott, JA, Laktabai, J, Wamburu, K, Fields, B, Armstrong, J, Taylor, SM, MacIntyre, C, Sen, R, Menya, D, Pan, W, Nicholson, BP, Woods, CW, and Holland, TL. "Etiology of pediatric fever in western Kenya: a case-control study of falciparum malaria, respiratory viruses, and streptococcal pharyngitis." The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 92, no. 5 (May 2015): 1030-1037. Full Text
  - Miranda, JJ, Bernabé-Ortiz, A, Diez-Canseco, F, Málaga, G, Cardenas, MK, Carrillo-Larco, RM, Pesantes, MA, Araya, R, Boggio, O, Checkley, W, García, PJ, León-Velarde, F, Lescano, AG, Montori, V, Pan, W, Rivera-Chira, M, Sacksteder, K, Smeeth, L, García, HH, and Gilman, RH. "Building a platform for translational research in chronic noncommunicable diseases to address population health: lessons from NHLBI supported CRONICAS in Peru." Global heart 10, no. 1 (March 2015): 13-19. (Review) Full Text
  - Diringer, SE, Feingold, BJ, Ortiz, EJ, Gallis, JA, Araújo-Flores, JM, Berky, A, Pan, WKY, and Hsu-Kim, H. "River transport of mercury from artisanal and small-scale gold mining and risks for dietary mercury exposure in Madre de Dios, Peru." Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts 17, no. 2 (February 2015): 478-487. Full Text
  - Pizzitutti, F, Pan, W, Barbieri, A, Miranda, JJ, Feingold, B, Guedes, GR, Alarcon-Valenzuela, J, and Mena, CF. "A validated agent-based model to study the spatial and temporal heterogeneities of malaria incidence in the rainforest environment." Malaria journal 14 (January 2015): 514-. Full Text
  - Hoest, C, Seidman, JC, Pan, W, Ambikapathi, R, Kang, G, Kosek, M, Knobler, S, Mason, CJ, Miller, M, and MAL-ED Network Investigators, . "Evaluating associations between vaccine response and malnutrition, gut function, and enteric infections in the MAL-ED cohort study: methods and challenges." Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 59 Suppl 4 (November 2014): S273-S279. Full Text
  - MAL-ED Network Investigators, . "The MAL-ED study: a multinational and multidisciplinary approach to understand the relationship between enteric pathogens, malnutrition, gut physiology, physical growth, cognitive development, and immune responses in infants and children up to 2 years of age in resource-poor environments." Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 59 Suppl 4 (November 2014): S193-S206. Full Text
  - Platts-Mills, JA, McCormick, BJJ, Kosek, M, Pan, WK, Checkley, W, Houpt, ER, and MAL-ED Network Investigators, . "Methods of analysis of enteropathogen infection in the MAL-ED Cohort Study." Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 59 Suppl 4 (November 2014): S233-S238. Full Text
  - Richard, SA, McCormick, BJJ, Miller, MA, Caulfield, LE, Checkley, W, and MAL-ED Network Investigators, . "Modeling environmental influences on child growth in the MAL-ED cohort study: opportunities and challenges." Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 59 Suppl 4 (November 2014): S255-S260. Full Text
  - Lee, G, Paredes Olortegui, M, Peñataro Yori, P, Black, RE, Caulfield, L, Banda Chavez, C, Hall, E, Pan, WK, Meza, R, and Kosek, M. "Effects of Shigella-, Campylobacter- and ETEC-associated diarrhea on childhood growth." The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 33, no. 10 (October 2014): 1004-1009. Full Text
  - Tudor, C, Van der Walt, M, Margot, B, Dorman, SE, Pan, WK, Yenokyan, G, and Farley, JE. "Tuberculosis among health care workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a retrospective cohort analysis." BMC public health 14 (August 30, 2014): 891-. Full Text
  - Hahn, MB, Olson, SH, Vittor, AY, Barcellos, C, Patz, JA, and Pan, W. "Conservation efforts and malaria in the Brazilian Amazon." The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 90, no. 4 (April 2014): 591-594. Full Text
  - Anderson, W, Guikema, S, Zaitchik, B, and Pan, W. "Methods for estimating population density in data-limited areas: evaluating regression and tree-based models in Peru." Plos One 9, no. 7 (January 2014): e100037-null. Full Text
  - Barbieri, AF, and Pan, WK. "People, Land, and Context: Multilevel Determinants of Off-farm Employment in the Ecuadorian Amazon." Population, Space and Place 19, no. 5 (September 2013): 558-579. Full Text
  - Mergler, MJ, Omer, SB, Pan, WKY, Navar-Boggan, AM, Orenstein, W, Marcuse, EK, Taylor, J, DeHart, MP, Carter, TC, Damico, A, Halsey, N, and Salmon, DA. "Association of vaccine-related attitudes and beliefs between parents and health care providers." Vaccine 31, no. 41 (September 2013): 4591-4595. Full Text
  - Valle, D, Zaitchik, B, Feingold, B, Spangler, K, and Pan, W. "Abundance of water bodies is critical to guide mosquito larval control interventions and predict risk of mosquito-borne diseases. (Published online)" Parasit Vectors 6 (June 18, 2013): 179-. (Letter) Full Text Link to Item
  - Lee, G, Pan, W, Peñataro Yori, P, Paredes Olortegui, M, Tilley, D, Gregory, M, Oberhelman, R, Burga, R, Chavez, CB, and Kosek, M. "Symptomatic and asymptomatic Campylobacter infections associated with reduced growth in Peruvian children." Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases 7, no. 1 (January 31, 2013): e2036-null. Full Text
  - Barbieri, AF, and Pan, WK. "People, land, and context: Multilevel determinants of off-farm employment in the ecuadorian amazon." Population, Space and Place 19, no. 5 (2013): 558-579. Full Text
  - Chang, SW, Pan, WS, Beltran, DL, Baldelomar, LO, Solano, MA, Tuero, I, Friedland, JS, Torrico, F, and Gilman, RH. "Gut Hormones, Appetite Suppression and Cachexia in Patients with Pulmonary TB." PLoS ONE 8, no. 1 (2013). Full Text
  - Gavidia, CM, Verastegui, MR, Garcia, HH, Lopez-Urbina, T, Tsang, VCW, Pan, W, Gilman, RH, Gonzalez, AE, and Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru, . "Relationship between serum antibodies and Taenia solium larvae burden in pigs raised in field conditions." Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases 7, no. 5 (January 2013): e2192-null. Full Text
  - Mergler, MJ, Omer, SB, Pan, WKY, Navar-Boggan, AM, Orenstein, W, Marcuse, EK, Taylor, J, deHart, MP, Carter, TC, Damico, A, Halsey, N, and Salmon, DA. "Association of vaccine-related attitudes and beliefs between parents and health care providers." Vaccine 31, no. 41 (2013): 4591-4595. Full Text
  - Messina, JP, and Pan, WK. "Different ontologies: Land change science and health research." Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 5, no. 5 (2013): 515-521. Full Text
  - Messina, JP, and Pan, WK. "Different ontologies: land change science and health research." Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability (2013). Full Text
  - Parker, BS, Olortegui, MP, Yori, PP, Escobedo, K, Florin, D, Pinedo, SR, Greffa, RC, Vega, LC, Ferrucci, HR, Pan, WK, Chavez, CB, Vinetz, JM, and Kosek, M. "Hyperendemic malaria transmission in areas of occupation-related travel in the Peruvian Amazon." Malaria Journal 12, no. 1 (2013). Full Text
  - Lee, G, Yori, P, Olortegui, MP, Pan, W, Caulfield, L, Gilman, RH, Sanders, JW, Delgado, HS, and Kosek, M. "Comparative effects of vivax malaria, fever and diarrhoea on child growth." International Journal of Epidemiology 41, no. 2 (2012): 531-539. Full Text
  - Farley, JE, Ram, M, Pan, W, Waldman, S, Cassell, GH, Chaisson, RE, Weyer, K, Lancaster, J, and Van der Walt, M. "Outcomes of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among a cohort of South African patients with high HIV prevalence." Plos One 6, no. 7 (January 2011): e20436-null. Full Text
  - Singh, A, Pathak, PK, Chauhan, RK, and Pan, W. "Infant and child mortality in India in the last two decades: a geospatial analysis." Plos One 6, no. 11 (January 2011): e26856-null. Full Text
  - Labrique, AB, and Pan, WK-Y. "Diagnostic Tests: Understanding Results, Assessing Utility, and Predicting Performance." American Journal of Ophthalmology 149, no. 6 (2010): 878-881.e2. Full Text
  - Maciel, ELN, Pan, W, Dietze, R, Peres, RL, Vinhas, SA, Ribeiro, FK, Palaci, M, Rodrigues, RR, Zandonade, E, and Golub, JE. "Spatial patterns of pulmonary tuberculosis incidence and their relationship to socio-economic status in Vitoria, Brazil." International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 14, no. 11 (2010): 1395-1402.
  - Pan, WK-Y, Erlien, C, and Bilsborrow, RE. "Morbidity and mortality disparities among colonist and indigenous populations in the Ecuadorian Amazon." Social Science and Medicine 70, no. 3 (2010): 401-411. Full Text
  - Vittor, AY, Pan, W, Gilman, RH, Tielsch, J, Glass, G, Shields, T, Sánchez-Lozano, W, Pinedo, VV, Salas-Cobos, E, Flores, S, and Patz, JA. "Linking deforestation to malaria in the Amazon: characterization of the breeding habitat of the principal malaria vector, Anopheles darlingi." The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 81, no. 1 (July 2009): 5-12.
  - Salmon, DA, Sotir, MJ, Pan, WK, Berg, JL, Omer, SB, Stokley, S, Hopfensperger, DJ, Davis, JP, and Halsey, NA. "Parental vaccine refusal in Wisconsin: a case-control study." Wmj : Official Publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin 108, no. 1 (February 2009): 17-23.
  - Salmon, DA, Smith, PJ, Pan, WKY, Navar, AM, Omer, SB, and Halsey, NA. "Disparities in preschool immunization coverage associated with maternal age." Human Vaccines 5, no. 8 (2009): 557-561. Full Text
  - Villarán, MV, Montano, SM, Gonzalvez, G, Moyano, LM, Chero, JC, Rodriguez, S, Gonzalez, AE, Pan, W, Tsang, VCW, Gilman, RH, Garcia, HH, and Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru, . "Epilepsy and neurocysticercosis: an incidence study in a Peruvian rural population." Neuroepidemiology 33, no. 1 (January 2009): 25-31. Full Text
  - Vittor, , AY, , Gilman, RH, Tielsch, J, Glass, G, Shields, T, Lozano, WS, Pinedo, VV, and Patz, JA. "Ecological characteristics of Anopheles darlingi breeding habitat in the Amazon." American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygeine 81, no. 1 (2009): 5-12. (Academic Article)
  - Walkup, JT, Barlow, A, Mullany, BC, Pan, W, Goklish, N, Hasting, R, Cowboy, B, Fields, P, Baker, EV, Speakman, K, Ginsburg, G, and Reid, R. "Randomized controlled trial of a paraprofessional-delivered in-home intervention for young reservation-based american indian mothers." Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 48, no. 6 (2009): 591-601. Full Text
  - Beck, AL, Cabrera, L, Pan, WKY, Cama, V, Friedland, JS, Ghatei, MA, Bloom, SR, Lewis, J, and Gilman, RH. "Peptide YY: a gut hormone associated with anorexia during infectious diarrhea in children." The Journal of Pediatrics 153, no. 5 (November 2008): 677-682. Full Text
  - Kosek, M, Yori, PP, and Pan, WK. "Erratum: Epidemiology of highly endemic multiply antibiotic-resistant shigellosis in children in the Peruvian Amazon (Pediatrics (2008) 122:3 (e541-e549))." Pediatrics 122, no. 5 (November 1, 2008): 1163-1164. Full Text
  - Kosek, M, Yori, PP, Pan, WK, Olortegui, MP, Gilman, RH, Perez, J, Chavez, CB, Sanchez, GM, Burga, R, and Hall, E. "Epidemiology of highly endemic multiply antibiotic-resistant shigellosis in children in the Peruvian Amazon." Pediatrics 122, no. 3 (September 2008): e541-e549. Full Text
  - Salmon, DA, Pan, WKY, Omer, SB, Navar, AM, Orenstein, W, Marcuse, EK, Taylor, J, deHart, MP, Stokley, S, Carter, T, and Halsey, NA. "Vaccine knowledge and practices of primary care providers of exempt vs. vaccinated children." Human Vaccines 4, no. 4 (July 2008): 286-291. Full Text
  - Gavidia, CM, Gonzalez, AE, Zhang, W, McManus, DP, Lopera, L, Ninaquispe, B, Garcia, HH, Rodríguez, S, Verastegui, M, Calderon, C, Pan, WKY, and Gilman, RH. "Diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis, central Peruvian Highlands." Emerging Infectious Diseases 14, no. 2 (February 2008): 260-266. Full Text
  - Carr, DL, Murtinho, F, Pan, WKY, Barbieri, A, Bilsborrow, RE, Suchindran, C, and Whitmore, TM. "A multilevel anlaysis of population and deforestation in the Natural Park Sierra de Lacandón (Petén, Guatemala)." Documents D'Analisi Geografica , no. 52 (January 1, 2008): 49-67.
  - Escombe, AR, Moore, DAJ, Gilman, RH, Pan, W, Navincopa, M, Ticona, E, Martínez, C, Caviedes, L, Sheen, P, Gonzalez, A, Noakes, CJ, Friedland, JS, and Evans, CA. "The infectiousness of tuberculosis patients coinfected with HIV." PLoS medicine 5, no. 9 (2008): e188-. Full Text
  - Escombe, AR, Moore, DAJ, Gilman, RH, Pan, W, Navincopa, M, Ticona, E, Martínez, C, Caviedes, L, Sheen, P, Gonzalez, A, Noakes, CJ, Friedland, JS, and Evans, CA. "The infectiousness of tuberculosis patients coinfected with HIV." PLoS Medicine 5, no. 9 (2008): 1387-1396. Full Text
  - Oswald, WE, Hunter, GC, Lescano, AG, Cabrera, L, Leontsini, E, Pan, WK, Soldan, VP, and Gilman, RH. "Direct observation of hygiene in a Peruvian shantytown: Not enough handwashing and too little water." Tropical Medicine and International Health 13, no. 11 (2008): 1421-1428. Full Text
  - Pan, W, Carr, D, Barbieri, A, Bilsborrow, R, and Suchindran, C. "Forest clearing in the ecuadorian amazon: A study of patterns over space and time." Population Research and Policy Review 26, no. 5-6 (December 1, 2007): 635-659. Full Text
  - Escombe, AR, Oeser, CC, Gilman, RH, Navincopa, M, Ticona, E, Pan, W, Martínez, C, Chacaltana, J, Rodríguez, R, Moore, DAJ, Friedland, JS, and Evans, CA. "Natural ventilation for the prevention of airborne contagion." Plos Medicine 4, no. 2 (February 2007): e68-null. Full Text
  - Omer, SB, Pan, WKY, Halsey, NA, Stokley, S, Moulton, LH, Navar, AM, Pierce, M, and Salmon, DA. "Nonmedical exemptions to school immunization requirements: secular trends and association of state policies with pertussis incidence." Jama 296, no. 14 (October 2006): 1757-1763. Full Text
  - Saito, M, Pan, WK, Gilman, RH, Bautista, CT, Bamrah, S, Martín, CA, Tsiouris, SJ, Argüello, DF, and Martinez-Carrasco, G. "Comparison of altitude effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection between rural and urban communities in Peru." The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 75, no. 1 (July 2006): 49-54. Full Text
  - Barlow, A, Varipatis-Baker, E, Speakman, K, Ginsburg, G, Friberg, I, Goklish, N, Cowboy, B, Fields, P, Hastings, R, Pan, W, Reid, R, Santosham, M, and Walkup, J. "Home-visiting intervention to improve child care among American Indian Adolescent mothers: A randomized trial." Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 160, no. 11 (2006): 1101-1107.
  - Carr, DL, Pan, WKY, and Bilsborrow, RE. "Declining fertility on the frontier: The Ecuadorian Amazon." Population and Environment 28, no. 1 (2006): 17-39. Full Text
  - Conlisk, E, Proescholdbell, SK, and Pan, WKY. "Support for tobacco control policies among youth in North Carolina." North Carolina medical journal. 67, no. 3 (2006): 175-179.
  - Linkins, RW, Salmon, DA, Omer, SB, Pan, WKY, Stokley, S, and Halsey, NA. "Support for immunization registries among parents of vaccinated and unvaccinated school-aged children: A case control study." BMC Public Health 6 (2006). Full Text
  - Salmon, DA, Smith, PJ, Navar, AM, Pan, WKY, Omer, SB, Singleton, JA, and Halsey, NA. "Measuring immunization coverage among preschool children: Past, present, and future opportunities." Epidemiologic Reviews 28, no. 1 (2006): 27-40. Full Text
  - Barbieri, AF, Bilsborrow, RE, and Pan, WK. "Farm household lifecycles and land use in the Ecuadorian Amazon." Population and Environment 27, no. 1 (September 1, 2005): 1-27. Full Text
  - Pan, WKY, and Bilsborrow, RE. "The use of a multilevel statistical model to analyze factors influencing land use: A study of the Ecuadorian Amazon." Global and Planetary Change 47, no. 2-4 SPEC. ISS. (July 1, 2005): 232-252. Full Text
  - Pan, WKY, Walsh, SJ, Bilsborrow, RE, Frizzelle, BG, Erlien, CM, and Baquero, F. "Farm-level models of spatial patterns of land use and land cover dynamics in the Ecuadorian Amazon." Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 101, no. 2-3 (January 1, 2004): 117-134. Full Text
  - McDonnell, WF, Stewart, PW, Smith, MV, Pan, WK, and Pan, J. "Ozone-induced respiratory symptoms: Exposure-response models and association with lung function." European Respiratory Journal 14, no. 4 (1999): 845-853. Full Text
  - Mears, D, Pan, K, Xin-rong, G, and Thakor, N. "Sequential discrimination of atrial and ventricular tachyarrhythmias." Computers in Cardiology (May 1, 1991): 107-110.
  - Thakor, NV, Zhu, Y-S, and Pan, K-Y. "Ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation detection by a sequential hypothesis testing algorithm." IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 37, no. 9 (1990): 837-843. Full Text
  - Thakor, NV, and Pan, K. "Tachycardia and Fibrillation Detection by Automatic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Sequential Testing in Time Domain." Ieee Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine 9, no. 1 (January 1, 1990): 21-24. Full Text
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  - Pan, W, Branch, OL, and Zaitchik, B. "Impact of climate change on vector-borne disease in the Amazon." In Global Climate Change and Public Health, 193-210. January 1, 2014. Full Text
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