Diane Benbella
PhD in Health Geography
- Role
- Adjunct Professor Health and Gis at Kent State University
- Location
- Danbury, CT, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Diane Benbella
A passionate and well-rounded health geographer with 3+ years of experience in GIS analysis. I combine health and medical geography concepts and theories with geospatial technologies such as GIScience and statistics to study exposure, risk, and epidemiology of health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa and the USA.
Experience
Adjunct Professor Health and Gis
Sep 2025 — Present
Designing a graduate-level Health GIS course that blends geospatial technology with public health theory. Developing comprehensive lectures, lab exercises, and assessments using ArcGIS Online to teach spatial data analysis. Incorporating content on public health, epidemiology, and spatial analysis to illustrate real-world health geography applications. Collaborating with faculty and curriculum committees to ensure the course aligns with program requirements and learning outcomes.
Education
University of Connecticut
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Health Geography
2016
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Master's Degree, Geography and Environmental Resources
2014 — 2016
Makerere University
Bachelor's Degree, Conservation Biology
2008 — 2011
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