Dr. Curriero is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology with a joint appointment in the Departments of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  Dr. Curriero’s research focus is on the development and application of spatial and spatial-temporal statistical methods in the public health sciences.  Much of his current work involves translating methods of spatial science involving spatial data, GIS, and spatial statistics for building research capacity in wide-ranging health research applications.  A substantial part of Dr. Curriero’s academic agenda involves education; leading the development of the onsite spatial analysis curriculum at Johns Hopkins (including the four-course sequence in spatial analysis and the proposed spatial science certificate program) as well as director of the online Master of Applied Science in Spatial Analysis for Public Health program. Dr. Curriero also directs the Johns Hopkins Spatial Science for Public Health Center.