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Contact Information:
Phone: +1-519-888-4567 ext. 38369
Fax: 519-725-2827
Office: EV3 - 3251
Email: j9law(at)uwaterloo.ca
CV: Read more
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Degrees:
| Ph.D. |
Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Canada, 2000 |
| University Teaching Diploma |
University of New Brunswick, Canada, 1999 |
| M.Sc. |
Land Information Systems, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 1994 |
| B.Sc. |
Survey and Mapping Sciences, North East London Polytechnic, UK, 1985 |
Research Interests:
GIS and Spatial Analysis Methodologies and their Applications in Public Health and Crime Research; Spatial Demography; Spatial Statistics; Bayesian Spatial Analysis; Hierarchical Spatial Modeling; Spatial Epidemiology; Environmental Criminology; Healthy communities and the Built Environment; Neighbourhood/Community Effect; Geomatics, Land Information Systems; Health Planning; Law Enforcement Planning.
Contact Jane Law for more information on research opportunities.
Graduate Student Supervision:
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# of students currently
supervising/co-supervising |
Total # of student
supervisions/co-supervisions |
| Masters |
10 |
27 |
| PhD |
3 |
4 |
Recent/Key Publications:
- Christidis, T.*, and J. Law (2012) “The Use of GIS in Wind Turbine and Wind Energy Research”, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 4, 012701 (2012); DOI: 10.1063/1.3673565
- Law, J. and Ping W. Chan (2011) “Bayesian Spatial Random Effect Modeling for Analyzing Burglary Risks Controlling for Offender, Socioeconomic, and Unknown Risk Factors” Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, DOI: 10.1007/s12061-011-9060-1.
- Law, J. and Ping W. Chan (2011) “Monitoring Residual Spatial Pattern using Bayesian Hierarchical Spatial Modelling for Exploring Unknown Risk Factors” Transactions in GIS, Vol. 15:4, 521-549.
- Chan, W.*, J. Law, and P. Seliske (2011) “Bayesian Spatial Methods for Small-Area Injury Analysis: a Study of Geographic Variation of Falls in Older People in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Region in Ontario, Canada” Injury Prevention, DOI:10.1136/injuryprev-2100-040068.
- Haining, R. and J. Law (2011) “Geographical Information Systems Models and Spatial Data Analysis” in Research Tools in Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, edited by Batabyal, A. and P. Nijkamp, World Scientific Publishing, pp 377-401.
- Law, J. (2012) “Health and the Environment: A Geographical Study of Drugs at Different School Neighbourhoods”, Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Environment Science and Development, Vol. 8, pp 230-236..
- Christidis, T.*, and J. Law (2012) “Challenges to Studying the Health Effects of Wind Turbines among Different Research Designs”, Proceedings of 2012 International Conference on Clean and Green Energy, IACSIT Press, Vol. 27, pp 1-5.
- Law (2011) “Bayesian Spatial Analysis of Recorded Injuries for Strategic Planning to Prevent Injuries: Variable versus Equal Weighting of Neighbours in Conditional Autoregressive Modelling”, GEOMED: 7th International, Interdisciplinary Conference on Spatial Statistics and Geomedical Systems, Victoria, British Columbia, 2011
- Law (2011) “Understanding the Distribution of Crime: Does It Matter When and Where They Occur? A Bayesian Spatio-temporal Analysis approach”, Session onApplications of Spatial-temporal Analysis in GIScience, American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA, 2011
- Chan, W.* J. Law, and P. Seliske (2011) “Exploring the Association between Seniors’ Falls and Housing Condition using GIS and Bayesian Spatial Analysis”, Combined Research Day in Geriatric Medicine, Hamilton, Canada, 2011.
- Chan, W.*, J. Law, and P. Seliske (2011) “Bayesian Spatial Methods for Small-area Injury Analysis: a Case Study of Seniors’ Falls in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Region”, Association of Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario 2011 Conference, Horseshoe Valley, Ontario.
- Meng, G., J. Law, and M. Thompson (2010). “Small-scale health-related indicator acquisition using secondary data spatial interpolation.” International Journal of Health Geographics 2010, 9:50 (13 October 2010).
- Haining R., G. Li, R. Maheswaran, M. Blangiardo, J. Law, N. Best, and S. Richardson (2010). "Inference from ecological models: estimating the relative risk of stroke from air pollution exposure using small area data.” Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology Vol. 1, 123-131.
- Law, J., and P. W. Chan (2009). “GIS in Public Health”in W. Dong (ed.) Public Health Sciences,Renmin University Press, Beijing, pp 199-218.
- Law, J. (2009). Book review: “Lawson, A.B. Bayesian Disease Mapping: Hierarchical Modeling in Spatial Epidemiology. CRC 2008.” Biometrics Vol. 65, 661-662.
- Haining,R., J. Law, and D. Griffith (2009). “Modelling small area counts in the presence of overdispersion and spatial autocorrelation.” Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 53: 2923-2937.
- Haining, R.P and J. Law (2007). “Combining Police Perceptions with Police Records of Serious Crime Areas: a Modelling Approach.” Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, Vol. 170: 4, 1019-1034.
- Haining, R.P, J. Law, Maheswaran, R., T. Pearson, and P. Brindley (2007). “Bayesian Modelling of Environmental Risk: a Small Area Ecological Study of Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in relation to Modelled Outdoor Nitrogen Oxide Levels.” Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment Vol. 21, No. 5, 501-509.
- Law, J., R. P. Haining, R. Maheswaran, and T. Pearson (2006). "Analysing the Relationship between Smoking and Coronary Heart Disease at the Small Area Level: A Bayesian Approach to Spatial Modelling." Geographical Analysis 38:2 140-159.
- Maheswaran, R., R. P. Haining, T. Pearson, J. Law, P. Brindley, and N. G. Best (2006). "Outdoor NOx and Stroke Mortality: Adjusting for Small Area Level Smoking Prevalence Using a Bayesian Approach." Statistical Methods in Medical Research 15, 499-516.
- Maheswaran, R., R. P. Haining, P. Brindley, J. Law, T. Pearson, P. R. Fryers, S. Wise, and M. J. Campbell (2005). "Outdoor Air Pollution and Stroke in Sheffield, United Kingdom: A Small-Area Level Geographical Study." Stroke 36, 239-43.
- Maheswaran, R., R. P. Haining, P. Brindley, J. Law, T. Pearson, P. R. Fryers, S. Wise, and M. J. Campbell (2005). "Outdoor Air Pollution, Mortality, and Hospital Admissions from Coronary Heart Disease in Sheffield, UK: A Small-Area Level Ecological Study." European Heart Journal 2543-2549.
- Law, J., and R. P. Haining (2004). "A Bayesian Approach to Modelling Binary Data: The case of High-Intensity Crime Areas." Geographical Analysis 36:3 197-216.
- Law, J., and D. Willms (2002). “Provincial maps depicting neighbourhood types” in: D. Willms (ed.) Vulnerable Children: Findings from Canada’s National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth,The University of Alberta Press and Human Resources Development Canada 389-406.
Courses Taught:
02/08/2012
