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Teratology Society Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Award for presenting research on heat waves and preterm birth in Teratology Society 58th Annual Meeting in 2018 ($500USD)
Teratology Society Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Award for presenting research on heat waves and preterm birth in Teratology Society 58th Annual Meeting in 2018 ($500USD)
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Teratology Society Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Award for presenting research on heat waves and preterm birth in Teratology Society 58th Annual Meeting in 2018 ($500USD)
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Connor Yuhao Wu
Greetings!
Welcome to my personal website! I’m Connor, and my work sits at the intersection of geography and information systems. What drives me is a simple but pressing question: how do the technologies we design—tools like generative AI—end up amplifying inequities in everyday life? Two ideas shape how I approach this. Geographers have long relied on Tobler’s First Law, the reminder that “near things are more related than distant things.” In information systems, Sociotechnical Systems theory offers a parallel insight: technologies never act alone but are always intertwined with people, organizations, and institutions. Taken together, these perspectives urge me to think about place and context not as background details, but as active forces in shaping what technologies do.
My research takes this synthesis into healthcare, asking how the uneven geography of data, providers, and infrastructure—when combined with the organizational choices built into IT systems—creates patterned advantages for some communities and barriers for others. Thanks for stopping by; I hope you’ll find ideas here that spark your own curiosity about how digital tools reshape the landscapes we live in.
Education
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Ph.D. in Management Science and Information Systems, Oklahoma State University, USA (Aug 2023 - Expected 2027)
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Ph.D. in Geography, The University of Hong Kong*, Hong Kong (Jan 2010 - Jul 2014)
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MSc in Geomatics (GIS), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (Sept 2007 - Mar 2009)
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BEng in Computer Science, Beijing Normal University, China (Sept 2003 - Jul 2007)
Research Interests
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AI-induced Healthcare Equity & Accessibility
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Healthcare Analytics
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Heatwaves & Climate Change
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Personal Heat Exposure Measurement
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Transportation Safety
Professional Experience
Oct 2022 — Oct 2023 Research Associate (Remote)
Center for Geographic Analysis
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Aug 2018 — May 2023 Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Department of Geospatial Informatics
Troy University
Troy, AL
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Feb 2016 — Jun 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow
Population Health Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Jan 2014 — Jan 2016 Research Associate
Department of Geography
Faculty of Social Sciences
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
Apr 2009 — Dec 2009 Research Associate
Department of Geography
Faculty of Social Sciences
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
Notes:
World University Rankings (2023)
* The University of Hong Kong (HKU):