Derek Van Berkel, PhD
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor
School for Environment and Sustainability
he/him/his
Environmental Change Analysis, Community Health Equity, Spatial Innovation
Derek Van Berkel's global and local work evaluates the human impact of land-cover and land-use changes on ecosystem services, employing spatial analysis and geovisualizations to craft solutions for environmental challenges and advance health equity. His interests in global health equity align with the Center's themes of addressing social and environmental determinants of health and developing technical solutions. Van Berkel's research leverages social theory, big data, and advanced modeling techniques, including machine learning and spatial-temporal modeling, to investigate spatial determinants of environmental change and promote health equity.
Contact Information
dbvanber@umich.eduCountry Focus
Ghana
India
Thematic Priorities
Social and environmental determinants of health
Technical solutions
Health Equity Focus
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Data science
Artificial intelligence, large language models, machine learning
Findable, accessible, interoperable, reuseable (FAIR) principles & ethical, legal, social implications (ELSI)
Social justice and equity
Access to care
Activism and advocacy
Eliminating poverty
Economic development
Financing
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