University Development

Tonny J. Oyana, PhD.

Associate Professor of GIS and Graduate Program Director,

Department of Geography and Environmental Resources,

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Southern Illinois University,

Carbondale, IL 62901-4514

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Website:

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EDUCATION

PhD in GIS, University at Buffalo, State

University of New York (SUNY)

Major Advisor:

Dr. Peter Rogerson

Thesis:

On the detection of patterns, trends, and distributions of respiratory diseases

in Western New York: an analysis of asthma using geographic information systems

(GIS). Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Geography, Dissertation Abstracts

International A 63/12 (June 2003), p. 4423, State University of New York at

Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA, pp. 150.

GPA

3.9/4.0

MS in GIS with First Class Honors, National

University of Ireland, University College Cork (UCC), Cork, Ireland

Major Advisors:

Drs. John Tyrrell & Xuan Zhu

Thesis:

The Application of GIS to Resource Management and Environmental Planning in

Africa: The Case of Kampala City. Master of Science Thesis, University College

Cork a Constituent College of

the National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland.

BS Ed. (Biology, Geography) with HonorsUpper

Second Class Division, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.

COMPUTER AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SKILLS

DOS, MS-DOS, UNIX, Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98,

2000, NT, and XP operating systems.

PCs and workstations networked systems with

good problem solving skills for hardware and software (and willingness to

learn new skills).

Front-end and office software (Microsoft

Office, Word Perfect, Lotus Release, Microsoft Visio); graphic software (Corel

Draw, Freehand); statistical software (ClusterSeer, S-Plus, SAS, Minitab, and

SPSS); and Internet-based technologies (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Telnet,

Pine, Eudora and Microsoft Outlook).

Intermediate programming language skills:

Avenue Object Oriented Programming, Visual Basics, Java, Standard Query

Language (SQL), and Arc Scripts.

Web Design skills Hypertext Markup Language

(HTML), Java Applets and Java Scripts

High-end computing software: ESRI ArcGIS

Desktop/Family, IDRISI, GIW, Matlab, SOM and Fuzzy Clustering ToolboxesMajorGIS portfolios:

Implementation and Automation of

Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) Algorithm for Bio-Data Management, 2004 present,

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale;

Mapping sleeping disorders, Center for

Asthma and Environmental Exposure, 2003 present,

University at Buffalo, New York;

Mapping respiratory diseases, Center for

Asthma and Environmental Exposure, 2001 2003,

University at Buffalo, New York;

The role of GIS in Homeland Security,

Initiative to establish a Center of Excellence for Homeland Security.

Invited Guest at the Vet Diagnostic Lab, Under Secretary's Visit, Dr.

Charles McQueary, Department of Homeland Security. University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign, September 17th, 2003;

Mapping Urban Housing Demolitions between

1960 and 1990, Buffalo City, 2002 2003,

Erie County, New York;

Mapping injury locations and identification

of general rules for time-efficient trauma patient transport, Department of

Emergency Medicine, 2002, Erie County, New York;

GIS modeling and poverty analysis in Latin

America, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali,

Colombia, 1997 2000;

The use of GIS in Agriculture Research,

International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia, 1997;

Developed a prototype GIS for Kampala City

using spatial/mathematical operators and Kampala land-use decision support

system (KLDSS) 1996;

Selected optimal locations for landfill

using GIS 1996;

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1990 - 1991 Teacher

(Biology/Geography), Jangwani Secondary School, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

1992 Teacher (Biology/Geography),

Kisitu Girl's School, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

1993 - 1994 Trainee/Consultant, SNV

Netherlands Development Organization, Uganda

1993 - 1995 Teaching Assistant,

Department of Geography, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

1994 Child Advocacy Officer,

National Council of Children, Redd Barna, Norway

1995 - 1996 Graduate Tutor,

Department of Geography, University College Cork, Ireland

1996 -1998 Lecturer, Department

of Geography, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

1997 - 1998 Research Fellow/Project

Consultant, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Colombia

1998 - 1999 Teaching Assistant,

Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

2000 -2002 Research Assistant,

Department of Geography, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

2003 Postdoctoral Fellow,Center for Asthma and Environmental Exposure, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New

York

2003 2008Assistant Professor of GIS,

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA

2008 PresentAssociate Professor of GIS,

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA

HONORS & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1989 - 1993 Undergraduate Award,

Inter-University Council for East Africa

1995 - 1996 Postgraduate Fellowship,

Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin, Ireland

1995 - 1997 University of Nairobi

Collaboration Research Award, Center for Developmental Research, Denmark

1995 Cross Border Research Award,

United Nations Center for Regional Development

1996 Team Leader/Reviewer,

Encarta CD-ROM, Electronic Atlas (African Section of Microsoft Encarta 97

Encyclopedia by Microsoft Corporation Dublin, Ireland and USA)

1998, 1999 African Dissertation

Internship Award, Rockefeller Foundation

2000-2001 Reviewer, Mark Diamond

Dissertation Grants, University at Buffalo, New York

2000-2002 National Center

for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) Research Support and School of

Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Center for Asthma and Environmental Exposure

(CAEE) Research and Graduate Assistantships,

University at Buffalo, New York

2003 Reviewer, Journal of Community Health

and Epidemiology (JECH)

2003- Present

Member, American Academic of Sleep Medicine (AASM)

2004 Reviewer, Interdisciplinary Journal

-- Health and Place

CONSULTATION (CONSULTANT EXPERIENCE)

1993 Situation analysis for women and

children, Lira District (Redd Barna)

1993

Survey on Dodoma land-use management project and Dodoma village afforestation

project, Dodoma, Tanzania, SNV-Netherlands Development Organization

1994 Country Analysis, Uganda, SNV

Netherlands Development Organization

1994 Logistics study, community action program

(CAP), Arua, Uganda, SNV-Netherlands Development Organization

1994 Aids write-up, Redd Barna, Norway, Save The

Children

1994 The disadvantaged in Uganda, the case of a

poor family, Tororo District, Redd Barna, Norway, Save The Children

1994 A synopsis of silk production in Uganda

(value added products, USA client)

1995 Environment issues associated with

public health in a rural setting of Northern and North Eastern, Ministry of

Health, Uganda

1998-1999

GIS and Poverty Mapping Project, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT),

Cali, Colombia.

PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Oyana TJ, Rivers PA.

Geographic variations of childhood asthma hospitalization and outpatient

visits and proximity to ambient pollution sources at a U.S.-Canada border

crossing. International Journal of Health Geographics 2005; 4(1):14.

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Oyana TJ,

Johnson C. Local ecological factors, ultrafine particulate concentrations, and

asthma prevalence rates in Buffalo neighborhoods, New York. Journal of

Asthma 2005; 42(5):337-348.

Oyana TJ, Boppidi D, Yan J,

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, 2005. Integration of self-organizing maps (SOM) into a

geographic information systems (GIS) data model. InProceedings of

the Topology and Spatial Databases Workshop, April 5th-8th, 2005,The

Department of Geomatics Engineering at University College London, Department

of Geography and Geomatics, University of Glasgow and Laser-Scan.

Oyana TJ, Boppidi D, Yan J,

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS 2005. Exploration of geographic information systems

(GIS)-based medical databases with self-organizing maps (SOM): A case study of

adult asthma. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on

GeoComputation, August 1st-3rd, 2005, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan.

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Oyana TJ,

Thenappan A, Ayurookuzhi SJ. Association between traffic volume and healthcare

utilization for asthma among residents at a U.S. Canada border crossing point.

Journal of Asthma 2004; 41(3):289 304.

Oyana TJ, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS.

Spatial relationships among asthma prevalence, healthcare utilization, and

pollution sources in Buffalo neighborhoods, New York State. Journal of

Environmental Health 2004; 66(8):25 38.

Oyana TJ, Rogerson P,

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS. Geographic clustering of adult asthma hospitalization and

residential exposure to pollution sites in Buffalo neighborhoods at a

U.S. Canada Border Crossing Point. American Journal of Public Health 2004;

94(7):1250 1257.

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Oyana TJ,

Wydro P. Risk factors influencing asthma prevalence and chronic respiratory

illnesses among residents of different neighborhoods in Buffalo, New York.

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2004; 58:951 957.

Oyana TJ. Statistical

comparisons of positional accuracies of geocoded databases for use in medical

research. In Egenhofer M, Freksa C, and Miller H. (eds.): Extended Abstracts,

In Proceedings of the Third International Geographic Information Science,

GIScience 2004, October 20-23, 2004. Regents of the University of California:

pp. 309-313.

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Oyana TJ,

Johnson C, Wydro P. Local ecological factors and asthma prevalence rates in

Buffalo neighborhoods. Meeting the Challenge of Healthy People 2010:

Preventing and Controlling Asthma. National Conference on Asthma Abstracts,

Washington DC, June 19-21, 2003.

Lerner EB, Billitier AJ IV,

Oyana TJ, Moscati RM, Hunt R. Using a geographic information system to

identify general rules for time-efficient trauma patient transport. Research

Forum Abstracts, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Journal of the American

College of Emergency Physicians, October 2001; part 1, 38(4).

BOOKS AND BOOK REVIEWS

Oyana, TJ. and Nakileza, B.R. 2004. Cross-border activities in Eastern and

Southern Africa: implications for regional development. Chapter 2 (pp 13-20).

In: (eds.) Africa in World Affairs: Challenges to Humanities. Makerere

University Press, Inc. Kampala, Uganda.

Oyana, TJ. 2003. On the detection of patterns, trends, and distributions

of respiratory diseases in western New York: an analysis of asthma using

geographical information systems (GIS). Ph.D. Thesis, February 2003,

Department of Geography, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New

York, USA, pp. 150.

Oyana, TJ. On the detection of patterns, trends, and distributions of

respiratory diseases in Western New York: an analysis of asthma using

geographical information systems (GIS). Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Geography,

Dissertation Abstracts International - A 63/12 (June

2003), p. 4423, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York,

USA.

Sengendo, H., Oyana, TJ., Nakileza, B.R., and Musali,

P. 2001. The informal sector in employment creation in Kampala City.

Chapter 2 (pp 25-50). In: Alila, O.P., and Pedersen, P.O. (eds.) Negotiating

social space: East African Micro Enterprises. African World Press, Inc.

Trenton, New Jersey, USA.

Henninger, N., 1998. Mapping and Geographic Analysis of Human Welfare and

Poverty - Review and Assessment. World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C.,

USA.

http://www.povertymap.net/publications/doc/henninger

Jones,

A.L, 1997 (ed). The Arendal IV Workshop Report, UNEP CGIAR cooperation on

the Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Agricultural Research, Cali,

Colombia (Sept 23-25, 1997)

http://www.grida.no/cgiar/arendal4/arendal4.htmlOyana, T.J., 1996. The Application of Geographical Information Systems

(GIS) to Resource Management and Environmental Planning in Africa: The Case of

Kampala City. Unpublished Thesis, Master of Science Degree, University College

Cork a Constituent College of the National University of Ireland.

Oyana, TJ. 1994. Learning experience with the youth. In Guijt, I.,

Fuglesang, A., and Kisadha, T., (eds.) It is young trees that make a thick

forest: A report on Redd Barna s Learning Experience with Participatory Rural

Appraisal (Masaka District, Uganda, March 1994) IIED, London and Redd Barna

Norway., # 6,000

http://www.poptel.org.uk/iied/bookshop/ta_part.html

TECHNICAL WORK AND

OTHER PUBLICATIONSOyana TJ, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Dai D, 2004.Geographic clustering

of hospitalization visits by asthmatic children in Buffalo Neighborhoods near

a U.S.-Canada Border Crossing Point. Abstracts -- The Association of American

Geographer (AAG) 1994 -2004. Centennial Meeting 14-19 March 2004,

Philadelphia, PA.Oyana, T.J., and Rogerson, P., 2002. On the Ability of Individuals to

Construct Random Point Patterns.

Lwebuga-Mukasa, J.S., and Oyana, T.J., 2002. High Asthma Prevalence

Rate Among Two Suburban Schools Clustered Along Major Roadways.

Leclerc G, Ravnborg H, Nelson A, Barbier B, Couillaud P, Oyana T.J.,

Knapp EB, Ashby JA. 1999. Human welfare in Honduras and natural resource

management: the search for the missing link! CIAT Internal Seminars Series.

CIAT, Cali, Colombia. 8 p.Oyana, T.J., Couillaud, P., Leclerc, G., Knapp, R., and Bell, W., 1998.

Processing Social Indicators at Individual, Household Level and its

Localisation at Different Scales. Using the 1988 Population Census of

Honduras. GIS Poverty Mapping Project, Working Document for CIAT, CIAT Cali,

Colombia.Oyana, T.J., Couillaud, P., Leclerc, G., Knapp, R., and Bell, W., 1998.

Census Data: A Means of Understanding Spatial Complexities. A Case Study

Honduras. GIS Unit, CIAT, Cali, Colombia.Oyana, T.J., Sengendo, H., Nakileza, B.R., and Musali, P., 1997.

Theoretical and Empirical Consideration in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

in Kampala City, Uganda. The Institute for Development Studies, University of

Nairobi in Collaboration with the Center for Development Research, Copenhagen,

Denmark. Oyana, T.J., 1997. An Inventory of Existing Poverty Assessment Methods.

Working Paper for GIS/ Poverty Mapping Environment Project, International

Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). Oyana, T.J., 1996. Cross-Border Activities: Implications for Regional

Development, the Case of Eastern and Southern African Borders. Chimera. 11.

University College of Cork (UCC), Cork, Ireland.Oyana, T.J., 1996. The Conceptual Framework for African GIS.

Departmental Occasional Paper No. 151. Department of Geography, Makerere

University.Oyana, T.J., 1994. A preliminary study for the United Nations Center

for Regional Development. Planning for the development of Border Regions in

Eastern and Southern Africa: The Case of Busia Border Region, UNCRD, Nairobi,

Kenya.Oyana, T.J., 1991. A study of land-use, soil survey, and economic

activities in Bagamoyo and Dar-es-Salaam. Undergraduate thesis, University of

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.

PRESENTATIONS

Presenter,Geographic clustering of hospitalization visits by asthmatic

children in Buffalo Neighborhoods near a U.S.-Canada Border Crossing Point,

The Association of American Geographer (AAG) 1994 -2004. Centennial Meeting

14-19 March 2004, Philadelphia, PA.

Presenter, The role of GIS in Homeland Security: Initiative to establish a

Center of Excellence for Homeland Security. Invited Guest at the Vet

Diagnostic Lab, Under Secretary's Visit, Dr. Charles Mcqueary, Department of

Homeland Security. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, September 17th,

2003.

Presented a Paper on Small-Scale Enterprises in Kampala, Uganda, Institute

for Development Studies, University of Nairobi in Collaboration with Center

for Development Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2nd to 4th,

1997.

Presented a Paper on Cross-Border Activities: Implications for Regional

Development; The case of Eastern and Southern Africa at the International

Conference of the Faculty of Arts, Makerere University, March 5th-7th,

1997.

Presented a Paper on Planning for the Development of Border Regions -- The

Case of Kenya Uganda, at the International Workshop on Cross-Border

Activities, Kariba, Zimbabwe, August 23rd 25th, 1995.

Presented a Paper on The Role of Small-scale Enterprises in industrialization

in Africa, Nairobi Workshop. Institute for Development Studies, University

of Nairobi, 1995.

Presented a Paper at the inauguration of the Mountain Club of Uganda; The

Role of Geography in Mountaineering . Geography Department, Makerere

University, 1995.

PROCEEDINGS AND

CONFERENCES

Attended The GISScience 2000 Conference, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Participant.

Attended an African Dissertation Internship Awards Workshop, January 1999,

Queen s University, Kingston, Canada. Participant

Attended The Georgia Basin Forum Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. May 27

29, 1999. Participant.

Attended an e-African Dissertation Internship Awards Workshop, May June

1998, John Hopkins University, USA. Participant

Attended an International conference on Cork and Its People: The challenge of

Renewal; Cork Civic Trust / University College, Cork, Ireland. November 3rd

4th, 1995. Participant.

Attended an International Conference on Famine, Aging and Development;

University College Cork, Ireland and Tufts University Massachusetts, USA.

Participant. November 19th 22nd, 1995.

Attended Council for University Students in East Africa conference, 1993.

Attended a Project Review Workshop, SNV, Netherlands Development Organization

at Danish Training College, Arusha, Tanzania, 1993.

Attended teachers workshop organized by Aga Khan Mzizma Secondary School,

Tanzania, 1992.

LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE

Advisor, Cartography and GIS Specialization, Department of Geography, Southern

Illinois University, Carbondale, 2003 to present

Coordinator, Spatial and Environmental Analysis Laboratory (SEAL), Department

of Geography, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 2003 to present

Vice-President, Geography Graduate Students Association (GGSA), University at

Buffalo, New York, 2001-2002

Chief Advisor, Makerere University Geographical Society, 1994 - 1995.

Coordinator, Mountain Club of Uganda, Makerere University Branch, 1994 - 1995.

External Coordinator, Council for University Students in East Africa CUSEA,

February 1993.

Deputy Minister of Academics, Students' Affairs; Students' Representative of

the Faculty Board of Science and Chairman of the Ugandan Society, 1992 - 1993.

Secretary, Science Club and Committee Member, Geography Club in Kyambogo

College School, 1988 - 1989.

Class Representative in Elementary School and Key Contester in the National

and District (Jinja) Mathematics Contests, 1976 - 1979.

GRANTSPI,

"Cross-border activities research award" United Nations Center for Regional

Development (UNCRD), with Dr. Hannington Sengendo, Mr. Bob Nakileza, Mr. Frank

Tumwine, Amount US$ 1,500, 1995.PI, "The

role of informal sector in employment creation in UGANDA: The case of Kampala

City". Center for Development Research, Denmark/Institute for Development

Studies, University of Nairobi, with Dr. Hannington Sengendo, Mr. Bob

Nakileza, & Mr. Peter Musali, US$ 7,000, 1995 1997.

Principal GIS Analyst, Traffic pollution effects on the prevalence and

morbidity of asthma in a community at a U.S.-Canada Gateway, US $206,000 with

PI Dr. Jamson Lwebuga-Mukasa, CDC Grant # R01: CCR220259-01, September, 2001

to December 31, 2002.

Principal GIS Analyst, Traffic-related ultrafine air particulates and

childhood asthma, US $1,177,500 with PI Dr. Jamson Lwebuga-Mukasa, PHS NIH

Application not Funded, 2003.

Principal GIS Analyst, Air toxics exposure from vehicular emissions at border

crossing, US $761,792 for two years (starting 2004) with PI Dr. Spengler

John, Harvard School of Public Health & Co-PI Dr. Jamson Lwebuga-Mukasa,

Health Effects Institute (HEI). This is sub-grant funded through the Harvard

School of Public Health and University at Buffalo.PI, A

spatial characterization of sleeping disorders using geographical information

systems (GIS) in densely populated urban neighborhoods of Buffalo City, New

York, US $59,995, submitted to American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF).

PI, A

spatial characterization of sleeping disorders using geographical information

systems (GIS) in densely populated urban neighborhoods of Buffalo City, New

York, US $20,328, Funded by the Faculty Seed Grant Program (FSGP), Southern

Illinois Unversity at Carbondale, 2004-2005. PI,

Graduate Technology Enhancement Grant, US $4,700. Graduate Technology

Enhancement Grant Program, Southern Illinois Unversity at Carbondale, 2004.PI,

Geographical analysis of HIV/AIDS in Entebbe, Uganda, US $19,995 submitted

to National Geographic Society's Committee for Research and Exploration (NGS).

SOFTWARE CONTRIBUTIONS

ClusterSeer Software Version 2.0 Streamlining Diggle s focus cluster

detection method and detection of missed algorithms and Part of the

ClusterSeer 2 beta testing team 2003. BioMedware software for the

Environment and Health Sciences, TerraSeer Inc.

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