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dr. S. Amer (Sherif)

Senior Lecturer

About Me

Human Geographer with Expertise in Geospatial Health Research, Education, and Capacity Development

General information: Sherif obtained his Master of Science degree in human geography at the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands. After that he continued to study at ITC and obtained a Postgraduate diploma in Geo-Information Systems for Urban Applications. He then worked at Utrecht University with the National Centre of Expertise for Spatial Information Processing. After that he joined the Faculty ITC with the (now) department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management (PGM). While working at ITC he conducted his doctoral research, again at the University of Utrecht. From 2007 – 2014 Sherif was a member of the Management Team of the PGM department, in the first term responsible for the portfolio of externally financed projects and in the second term as course director and holding the portfolio education.

Education: Sherif has been involved in many aspects related to education: course design and implementation, course coordination and evaluation, as well as acquisition and execution of contract education in-house as well as with partners in the Global South. Over the years, he has conducted numerous capacity development assignments for international developing organizations, in countries such as Indonesia, China, Malawi, Egypt, Jordan, Tanzania, Rwanda and South Africa. He has extensive experience in international project management as team leader of international consortia involved in institution- and capacity building with various academic institutions in the Global South.

ResearchResearch activities focus on the application of Geo-information science methods and techniques for spatial planning of health care services, analysis of socio-spatial health seeking patterns, environmental health risk analysis, and the relation between socio-economic characteristics, health behaviour status and health behaviour. He is involved in co-supervision of PhD students on geospatial health topics (i.e. environmental risk factors for schistosomiasis transmission, stunting). As external expert involved in PhD research on malaria transmission in Southern Tanzania, and collaborating with AMC PhD research in Malawi on Etiology, Transmission and Management of Diarrheal Diseases in malnourished and/or HIV infected children in Malawi. In 2017, advised WHO Iraq on strategic spatial allocation of health resources to ensure the best possible access to health care for refugees during the Mosul liberation operation. On a regular basis Sherif reviews international project outcomes and contributions to international journals such as the Economic and Social Research Council, PLOS One, Malaria Journal, Transactions in GIS, and the international Journal of Geospatial Health.

Membership international networks: President International Society of Geospatial Health (GnosisGIS), Member International Society of Urban Health (ISUH), Associate Editor International Journal of Geospatial Health

 


Expertise

Medicine & Life Sciences
Growth Disorders
Rwanda
Schistosomiasis
Social Sciences
Epidemiology
Incidence
Public Health
Rwanda
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Schistosomiasis

Research

Research activities focus on the application of Geo-information science methods and techniques for spatial planning of health care services, analysis of socio-spatial health seeking patterns, environmental health risk analysis, and the relation between socio-economic characteristics, health behaviour status and health behaviour.

He is involved in co-supervision of PhD students on geospatial health topics (i.e. environmental risk factors for schistosomiasis transmission, stunting). As external expert involved in PhD research on malaria transmission in Southern Tanzania, and collaborating with AMC PhD research in Malawi on Etiology, Transmission and Management of Diarrheal Diseases in malnourished and/or HIV infected children in Malawi. In 2017, advised WHO Iraq on strategic spatial allocation of health resources to ensure the best possible access to health care for refugees during the Mosul liberation operation.

On a regular basis Sherif reviews international project outcomes and contributions to international journals such as the Economic and Social Research Council, PLOS One, Malaria Journal, Transactions in GIS, and the international Journal of Geospatial Health.

Membership international networks: President of the International Society of Geospatial Health (GnosisGIS), member International Society of Urban Health (ISUH), Associate editor International Journal of Geospatial Health

Publications

Recent
Al-Huraibi, A. , Amer, S. , & Blanford, J. I. (2023). Prioritizing the location of vaccination centers during a pandemic by bikes in The Netherlands. Poster Presentation.. Poster session presented at International Symposium on Geospatial Health, Enschede, Netherlands.
Al-Huraibi, A. , Amer, S. , & Blanford, J. I. (2023). Cycling to get my vaccination: how accessible are COVID-19 vaccination centers in the Netherlands. In P. van Oosterom, H. Ploeger, A. Mansourian, S. Scheider, R. Lemmens, & B. van Loenen (Eds.), 26th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science : Spatial data for design (Vol. 4, pp. 1-7). Article 16 (AGILE: GIScience Series). Copernicus. https://doi.org/10.5194/agile-giss-4-16-2023
AlArasi, H. , Martinez, J. , & Amer, S. (2022). Towards a nuanced understanding of children's participation and realizing social justice in the urban realm: A case study in the classroom with ethnic minority children. In G. H. Tonon (Ed.), Social Justice for Children in the South (pp. 97-114). (Evidence-Based Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies; Vol. 9). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5045-2_6
Anthonj, C. , Amer, S. , & Pfeffer, K. (2021). How multidisciplinary student groups at ITC at the University of Twente address global GeoHealth challenges with local actions. Newsletter Arbeitskreis Medizinische Geographie und Geographische Gesundheitsforschung in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie, 2021(1), 7-10.
Amer, S., & Bergquist, R. (2021). Transport geography: Implications for public health. Geospatial health, 16(1), 1-2. Article 1009. https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2021.1009
Arbab, P. , Martinez, J. , Amer, S. , & Pfeffer, K. (2021). Toward active transport as a utilitarian and recreational form of sustainable urban mobility. In E. G. Nathanail, G. Adamos, & I. Karakikes (Eds.), Advances in Mobility-as-a-Service Systems: Proceedings of 5th Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility, Virtual CSUM2020 (pp. 635-644). Article Chapter 62 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 1278). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61075-3_62
Qiu, G., Liu, X., Amiranti, A. Y., Yasini, M., Wu, T. , Amer, S. , & Jia, P. (2020). Geographic clustering and region-specific determinants of obesity in the Netherlands. Geospatial health, 15(1), 131-139. https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2020.839
Jia, P., Yu, C., Remais, J. V. , Stein, A., Liu, Y., Brownson, R. C., Lakerveld, J., Wu, T., Yang, L., Smith, M. , Amer, S., Pearce, J., Kestens, Y., Kwan, M., Lai, S., Xu, F., Chen, X., Rundle, A., Xiao, Q., ... James, P. (2020). Spatial lifecourse epidemiology reporting standards (ISLE-ReSt) statement. Health & place, 61, Article 102243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102243
Uwiringiyimana, V. (2019). Stunting spatial pattern in Rwanda: An examination of complementary feeding practices, mycotoxins exposure and environmental factors. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036548946

Education

Sherif has been involved in many aspects related to education: course design and implementation, course coordination and evaluation, as well as acquisition and execution of contract education in-house as well as with partners in the Global South. Over the years, he has conducted numerous capacity development assignments for international developing organizations, in countries such as Indonesia, China, Malawi, Egypt, Jordan, Tanzania, Rwanda and South Africa. He has extensive experience in international project management as team leader of international consortia involved in institution- and capacity building with various academic institutions in the Global South.

Courses Academic Year  2023/2024

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
 

Courses Academic Year  2022/2023

Projects

Over the years, Sherif has conducted numerous capacity development assignments for international developing organizations, in countries such as Indonesia, China, Malawi, Egypt, Jordan, Tanzania, Rwanda and South Africa. He has extensive experience in international project management as team leader of international consortia involved in institution- and capacity building with various academic institutions in the Global South.

Contact Details

Visiting Address

University of Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
Langezijds (building no. 19), room 1431
Hallenweg 8
7522NH  Enschede
The Netherlands

Mailing Address

University of Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
Langezijds  1431
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

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