Welcome to Health GIS Lab 

Greetings! I'm Abe Mollalo, an Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental Health, within the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina. I earned my PhD in Medical Geography from the University of Florida in 2019, where my work focused on spatial modeling of infectious diseases.

My research examines how place-based environmental exposures and neighborhood socioeconomic conditions—particularly in rural and underserved communities—influence Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Grounded in environmental epidemiology and health services research, I integrate large-scale administrative health data, disease registries, and environmental and socioeconomic datasets to investigate patterns of diagnosis, care, and outcomes. Using Bayesian spatial and spatiotemporal framework, I generate and evaluate policy-relevant, location-specific evidence to inform health care planning, resource allocation, and public health decision-making. 

I bring over seven years of teaching and mentoring experience at US universities, with significant expertise in remote and Hy-Flex teaching modalities. My primary educational objective is to train future generation of healthcare leaders, developing their geospatial mindset and critical thinking.