Paula Moraga

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Paula Moraga

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5266-0201
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Research Overview

​Professor Moraga's research focuses on the development of innovative statistical methods and computational tools for geospatial data analysis and health surveillance including methods to understand the geographic and temporal patterns of diseases, assess their relationship with potential risk factors, detect clusters, and evaluate the impact of interventions. She is also interested in the development of statistical software including R packages and interactive visualization applications for reproducible research and communication. Professor Moraga's work has directly informed strategic policy in reducing the burden of diseases such as malaria and cancer in several countries.

Key Research Areas

Statistics

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land

Education

Statistics, Ph.D., University of Valencia

2012

Biostatistics, M.S., Harvard University

2011

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  • 93 Article
  • 2 Conference contribution

  • A Comparison of Spatial and Nonspatial Methods in Statistical Modeling of NO2: Prediction Accuracy, Uncertainty Quantification, and Model Interpretation

    Lu, M., Cavieres, J. & Moraga, P., Jan 17 2023, In: Geographical Analysis.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Bayesian Hierarchical Models for the Combination of Spatially Misaligned Data: A Comparison of Melding and Downscaler Approaches Using INLA and SPDE

    Zhong, R. & Moraga, P., Jul 13 2023, In: Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Joint spatial modeling of the risks of co-circulating mosquito-borne diseases in Ceará, Brazil

    Pavani, J., Bastos, L. S. & Moraga, P., Sep 6 2023, In: Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology. 47, p. 100616

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • The Changing Trend of Paediatric Emergency Department Visits in Malaysia Following the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Masrani, A. S., Nik Husain, N. R., Musa, K. I., Moraga, P. & Ismail, M. T., Mar 22 2023, In: Cureus.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • The Global, Regional, and National Burden of Adult Lip, Oral, and Pharyngeal Cancer in 204 Countries and Territories

    GBD 2019 Lip, O., Cunha, A. R. D., Compton, K., Xu, R., Mishra, R., Drangsholt, M. T., Antunes, J. L. F., Kerr, A. R., Acheson, A. R., Lu, D., Wallace, L. E., Kocarnik, J. M., Fu, W., Dean, F. E., Pennini, A., Henrikson, H. J., Alam, T., Ababneh, E., Abd-Elsalam, S., Abdoun, M., & 265 othersAbidi, H., Abubaker Ali, H., Abu-Gharbieh, E., Adane, T. D., Addo, I. Y., Ahmad, A., Ahmad, S., Ahmed Rashid, T., Akonde, M., Al Hamad, H., Alahdab, F., Alimohamadi, Y., Alipour, V., Al-Maweri, S. A., Alsharif, U., Ansari-Moghaddam, A., Anwar, S. L., Anyasodor, A. E., Arabloo, J., Aravkin, A. Y., Aruleba, R. T., Asaad, M., Ashraf, T., Athari, S. S., Attia, S., Azadnajafabad, S., Azangou-Khyavy, M., Badar, M., Baghcheghi, N., Banach, M., Bardhan, M., Barqawi, H. J., Bashir, N. Z., Bashiri, A., Benzian, H., Bernabe, E., Bhagat, D. S., Bhojaraja, V. S., Bj�rge, T., Bouaoud, S., Braithwaite, D., Briko, N. I., Calina, D., Carreras, G., Chakraborty, P. A., Chattu, V. K., Chaurasia, A., Chen, M. X., Cho, W. C. S., Chu, D-T., Chukwu, I. S., Chung, E., Cruz-Martins, N., Dadras, O., Dai, X., Dandona, L., Dandona, R., Daneshpajouhnejad, P., Darvishi Cheshmeh Soltani, R., Darwesh, A. M., Debela, S. A., Derbew Molla, M., Dessalegn, F. N., Dianati-Nasab, M., Digesa, L. E., Dixit, S. G., Dixit, A., Djalalinia, S., El Sayed, I., El Tantawi, M., Enyew, D. B., Erku, D. A., Ezzeddini, R., Fagbamigbe, A. F., Falzone, L., Fetensa, G., Fukumoto, T., Gaewkhiew, P., Gallus, S., Gebrehiwot, M., Ghashghaee, A., Gill, P. S., Golechha, M., Goleij, P., Gomez, R. S., Gorini, G., Guimaraes, A. L. S., Gupta, B., Gupta, S., Gupta, V. B., Gupta, V. K., Haj-Mirzaian, A., Halboub, E. S., Halwani, R., Hanif, A., Hariyani, N., Harorani, M., Hasani, H., Hassan, A. M., Hassanipour, S., Hassen, M. B., Hay, S. I., Hayat, K., Herrera-Serna, B. Y., Holla, R., Horita, N., Hosseinzadeh, M., Hussain, S., Ilesanmi, O. S., Ilic, I. M., Ilic, M. D., Isola, G., Jaiswal, A., Jani, C. T., Javaheri, T., Jayarajah, U., Jayaram, S., Joseph, N., Kadashetti, V., Kandaswamy, E., Karanth, S. D., Karaye, I. M., Kauppila, J. H., Kaur, H., Keykhaei, M., Khader, Y. S., Khajuria, H., Khanali, J., Khatib, M. N., Khayat Kashani, H. R., Khazeei Tabari, M. A., Kim, M. S., Kompani, F., Koohestani, H. R., Kumar, G. A., Kurmi, O. P., La Vecchia, C., Lal, D. K., Landires, I., Lasrado, S., Ledda, C., Lee, Y. H., Libra, M., Lim, S. S., Listl, S., Lopukhov, P. D., Mafi, A. R., Mahumud, R. A., Malik, A. A., Mathur, M. R., Maulud, S. Q., Meena, J. K., Mehrabi Nasab, E., Mestrovic, T., Mirfakhraie, R., Misganaw, A., Misra, S., Mithra, P., Mohammad, Y., Mohammadi, M., Mohammadi, E., Mokdad, A. H., Moni, M. A., Moraga, P., Morrison, S. D., Mozaffari, H. R., Mubarik, S., Murray, C. J. L., Nair, T. S., Narasimha Swamy, S., Narayana, A. I., Nassereldine, H., Natto, Z. S., Nayak, B. P., Negru, S. M., Nggada, H. A., Nouraei, H., Nu�ez-Samudio, V., Oancea, B., Olagunju, A. T., Omar Bali, A., Padron-Monedero, A., Padubidri, J. R., Pandey, A., Pardhan, S., Patel, J., Pezzani, R., Piracha, Z. Z., Rabiee, N., Radhakrishnan, V., Radhakrishnan, R. A., Rahmani, A. M., Rahmanian, V., Rao, C. R., Rao, S. J., Rath, G. K., Rawaf, D. L., Rawaf, S., Rawassizadeh, R., Razeghinia, M. S., Rezaei, N., Rezaei, N., Rezaei, N., Rezapour, A., Riad, A., Roberts, T. J., Romero-Rodr�guez, E., Roshandel, G., S., M., S. N., C., Saddik, B., Saeb, M. R., Saeed, U., Safaei, M., Sahebazzamani, M., Sahebkar, A., Salek Farrokhi, A., Samy, A. M., Santric-Milicevic, M. M., Sathian, B., Satpathy, M., �ekerija, M., Senthilkumaran, S., Seylani, A., Shafaat, O., Shahsavari, H. R., Shamsoddin, E., Sharew, M. M., Sharifi-Rad, J., Shetty, J. K., Shivakumar, K. M., Shobeiri, P., Shorofi, S. A., Shrestha, S., Siddappa Malleshappa, S. K., Singh, P., Singh, J. A., Singh, G., Sinha, D. N., Solomon, Y., Suleman, M., Suliankatchi Abdulkader, R., Taheri Abkenar, Y., Talaat, I. M., Tan, K-K., Tbakhi, A., Thiyagarajan, A., Tiyuri, A., Tovani-Palone, M. R., Unnikrishnan, B., Vo, B., Volovat, S. R., Wang, C., Westerman, R., Wickramasinghe, N. D., Xiao, H., Yu, C., Yuce, D., Yunusa, I., Zadnik, V., Zare, I., Zhang, Z-J., Zoladl, M., Force, L. M. & Hugo, F. N., Sep 7 2023, In: JAMA Oncology.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • A Bayesian Joint Spatio-temporal Model for Multiple Mosquito-Borne Diseases

    Pavani, J. & Moraga, P., Nov 27 2022, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics. Springer International Publishing, p. 69-77 9 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

    1 Scopus citations

  • Burden of thyroid cancer in North Africa and Middle East 1990–2019

    Nejadghaderi, S. A., Moghaddam, S. S., Azadnajafabad, S., Rezaei, N., Rezaei, N., Tavangar, S. M., Jamshidi, H., Mokdad, A. H., Naghavi, M., Farzadfar, F., Larijani, B., Collaborators, GBD. . NAME. T. C. & Moraga, P., Sep 23 2022, In: Frontiers in Oncology. 12

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    2 Scopus citations

  • Estimates, trends, and drivers of the global burden of type 2 diabetes attributable to PM2.5 air pollution, 1990-2019: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Burkart, K., Cohen, A. J., Wozniak, S. S., Dai, X., Dandona, L., Dandona, R., Hay, S., Mokdad, A. H., Lim, S. S., Stanaway, J. D., Brauer, M., Dharmaratne, S. D., Morrison, S. D., Causey, K., Salvi, D. D., Abbafati, C., Adekanmbi, V., Adsuar, J. C., Ahmadi, K., Majeed, A., & 210 othersAlahdab, F., Al-Aly, Z., Alipour, V., Arabloo, J., Rezapour, A., Babaee, E., Tehrani-Banihashemi, A., Kasaeian, A., Kan, F. P., Alvis-Guzman, N., Amegah, A. K., Andrei, C. L., Negoi, R. I., Andrei, T., Mirica, A., Ansari, F., Aremu, O., Aripov, T., Banach, M., Barnett, A., Cerin, E., Barnighausen, T. W., Sheikh, A., Bedi, N., Behzadifar, M., Bejot, Y., Bennett, D. A., Lewycka, S., Bensenor, I. M., Bernstein, R. S., Bhattacharyya, K., Bijani, A., Biondi, A., Vacante, M., Bohlouli, S., Breitner, S., Brenner, H., Butt, Z. A., Camera, L. A., Valdez, P. R., Cantu-Brito, C., Carvalho, F., Fernandes, E., Freitas, M., Ribeiro, D., Chattu, V. K., Chauhan, B. G., Khan, J., Choi, J-Y. J., Chu, D-T., Zodpey, S., Daryani, A., Rafiei, A., Davletov, K., de Courten, B., Bin Zaman, S., Guo, Y., Li, S., Demeke, F. M., Denova-Gutierrez, E., Dhimal, M., Diaz, D., Djalalinia, S., Duncan, B. B., Schmidt, M. I., Zaki, M. E. S., Eskandarieh, S., Sahraian, M. A., Farzadfar, F., Mohajer, B., Moghaddam, S. S., Fazlzadeh, M., Maleki, A., Malekzadeh, R., Salimzadeh, H., Sepanlou, S. G., Rahim, F., Rahimi-Movaghar, V., Shirkoohi, R., Fareed, M., Fattahi, N., Pirsaheb, M., Sadeghi, E., Sharafi, K., Filip, I., Fischer, F., Foigt, N. A., Ghashghaee, A., Gill, P. S., Ginawi, I. A., Gopalani, S. V., Das Gupta, R., Habtewold, T. D., Hamadeh, R. R., Hamidi, S., Hankey, G. J., Hasanpoor, E., Pourjafar, H., Hassen, H. Y., Heibati, B., Hole, M. K., Hossain, N., Househ, M., Irvani, S. S. N., Jaafari, J., Jakovljevic, M., Jha, R. P., Jonas, J. B., Jozwiak, J. J., Kaydi, N., Khafaie, M. A., Khader, Y. S., Khan, E. A., Khan, M. N., Khatab, K., Khater, A. M., Kim, Y. J., Kimokoti, R. W., Kisa, A., Kivimaki, M., Knibbs, L. D., Kosen, S., Koul, P. A., Koyanagi, A., Defo, B. K., Kugbey, N., Lauriola, P., Lee, P. H., Leili, M., Lim, L-L., Linn, S., Shuval, K., Liu, Y., Lorkowski, S., Mahasha, P. W., Ndwandwe, D. E., Mahotra, N. B., Mamun, A. A., Manafi, N., Martini, S., Meharie, B. G., Tefera, Y. M., Menezes, R. G., Mestrovic, T., Miazgowski, B., Miazgowski, T., Miller, T. R., Mini, G., Mirrakhimov, E. M., Mohammed, S., Mohan, V., Monasta, L., Ronfani, L., Moraga, P., Mueller, U. O., Mukhopadhyay, S., Mustafa, G., Muthupandian, S., Naik, G., Nangia, V., Ningrum, D. N. A., Noubiap, J. J., Ogbo, F. A., Olagunju, A. T., Sathish, T., Onwujekwe, O. E., Ortiz, A., Owolabi, M. O., Dnb, M. P. A., Panda-Jonas, S., Park, E-K., Postma, M. J., Radfar, A., Rahman, M. A., Rai, R. K., Ranabhat, C. L., Raoofi, S., Rawal, L., Renzaho, A. M. N., Roever, L., Sabour, S., Saddik, B., Sahebkar, A., Salvi, S. S., Samy, A. M., Sanabria, J., Sarmiento-Suarez, R., Schutte, A. E., Shaikh, M. A., Shigematsu, M., Shiri, R., Soyiri, I. N., Tabares-Seisdedos, R., Temsah, M-H., Thankappan, K. R., Topor-Madry, R., Car, L. T., Ullah, I., Vasankari, T. J., Violante, F. S., Waheed, Y., Wolfe, C. D. A., Yamada, T., Yonemoto, N., Yu, C., Zhang, Y., Zodpey, S., Lim, S. S., Stanaway, J. D. & Brauer, M., Jul 6 2022, In: LANCET PLANETARY HEALTH. 6, 7, p. E586-E600

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    37 Scopus citations
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