City of Rochester, United States
Professor Timothy Dye is a medical anthropologist and social epidemiologist who specializes in applied public health, particularly within marginalized, isolated, and global populations, and with a content focus on social and cultural determinants of health. Dr. Dye's work commonly involves the integration of qualitative data and methods with quantitative data and methods, which provides unique opportunities in biomedical informatics and data science. Dr. Dye represents the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) on CODATA, and emphasizes 1) the human relationship with data and 2) the value of curating, analyzing, and using unstructured (qualitative) data. Dr. Dye’s research program focuses upon developing and understanding community-driven solutions to public health problems, and has included funded projects around such topics as micronutrition among women and children in Tibet (CDC), informatics and public health decision making in Costa Rica (NIH), and injury and culture in Antarctica (NSF). In recent years, Dr. Dye has led teams around the world, including Lebanon, Turkey, China, South Africa, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Tanzania, Nigeria, Tibet, India, Kashmir, Ladakh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Petite Martinique, Kenya, Antarctica, Northern Ireland, and the United Kingdom. In the U.S., Dr. Dye has conducted fieldwork and lead field teams in New York State (rural and urban), West Virginia, Oklahoma, Hawaii, California, Puerto Rico, North Carolina, and Massachusetts. Dye’s work spans the private sector, local/ state/ national/ international government sectors, and non-profit and civil service organizations. Dr. Dye is an elected Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology, a Fellow and Chartered Geographer of the Royal Geographic Society (UK), has received two Fulbright awards, and was awarded the NSF's Antarctic Service Medal of the USA.
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