Alexander Watts

Alexander (Sandy) Watts is the Public Health Industry Manager for Esri Canada. He supports the digital future of Canada’s public health community by illuminating the power of GIS for health challenges unique to Canadian populations. As a spatial epidemiologist, he has led various geospatial research projects for epidemic preparedness and responses, creating GIS-driven solutions that supported policy decisions and resource allocation strategies at the Public Health Agency of Canada, the US-CDC Division of Global Migration & Quarantine and the World Health Organization. Sandy is passionate about the potential for location intelligence and GeoAI innovations to solve longstanding and future public health challenges, especially to reduce health inequities.

2 months ago
Summer in the city: A new public health challenge

Public health analysts and emergency response teams can benefit from geographic tools that can support planning for hazards such as heat waves.

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22 days ago
The Esri Canada Monkeypox Tracker

An example of using ArcGIS Dashboards for a map visualization of open data on monkeypox.

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22 days ago
How can ArcGIS simplify public health data collection and standardization?

We look at ArcGIS solutions that support public health data collection, reporting, and action.

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9 months ago
In British Columbia, ArcGIS Dashboards unify the pandemic response

The BC COVID-19 Dashboard Project leverages multiple dashboards to more efficiently monitor, evaluate and respond to COVID-19 activity.

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about 1 year ago
Back to school during COVID-19: Why location matters

We show how socio-demographic and epidemiological data can help public health practitioners focus their surveillance and health promotion efforts.

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