Dr. Erez Hatna

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Biography

Dr. Erez Hatna is a Clinical Associate Professor in Epidemiology at the NYU School of Global Public Health, specializing in geoinformatics, spatial analysis, and agent-based modeling. His research examines urban dynamics, particularly focusing on ethnic economic residential patterns within cities through the lens of agent-based computational models. These models simulate the formation of residential patterns influenced by the relocation decisions of households. Additionally, Dr. Hatna investigates the statistical regularities of urban systems and scaling laws in urban scaling. He is part of the Agent-based Modeling Lab at NYU, which focuses on large-scale epidemic models utilizing cognitively plausible agents to provide transformative insights into global public health modeling. Dr. Hatna has previously conducted research at Wageningen University, University College London, and Johns Hopkins University.

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Bachelor's degree from accredited institution Strong background in biological, chemical, physical, or mathematical sciences
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Open Program in Biomedical Sciences (Vilcek Institute) covers departments like Biochemistry, Pathology, Neuroscience, Microbiology, etc.