Prince Michael Amegbor

Scroll

Assistant Professor of Global and Environmental Health

As a health geographer using big data and a multi-methods approach in his research on the environmental and social determinants of health, Dr. Prince Michael Amegbor is an assistant professor in the Department of Global and Environmental Health. He specializes in visualizing the geospatial distribution of risks and burdens on health that are associated with environmental exposures. He works to unravel how factors such as climate change, air pollution and other environmental exposures contribute to health inequalities, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and other geographic contexts (e.g., Denmark).

Prior to his appointment at GPH, Dr. Amegbor was a postdoctoral research fellow with the Big Data Centre for Environment and Health (BERTHA) and the Department of Environmental Science at Aarhus University (Denmark). He is also a guest researcher at Statistics Denmark and has worked as a co-task leader of two European Union Horizon 2020 Projects: REGREEN and ICARUS (Integrated Climate forcing and Air pollution Reduction in Urban Systems).

Dr. Amegbor has published dozens of articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals including Scientific Report, Health & Place and Applied Geography. He earned his PhD in human geography from Queen’s University in Ontario, and holds an MPhil in development geography from the University of Oslo. He obtained his undergraduate degree in geography and resource development from the University of Ghana, Legon.

Below are links to the results from ICARUS – Favorite Location Study published in the Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science journal:

Education

PhD, Department of Geography & Planning, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

MPhil Developmental Geography, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

BA Geography & Resource Development, University of Ghana, Accra

Honors and awards

Principal's International Doctoral Award, Queen’s University (201520162017)

Quota Scheme Scholarship, Department of Sociology & Human Geography, University of Oslo (201220132014)

Areas of research and study

Aging and the Life Course

Alternative Medicine

Child Health

Complementary Medicine

Environmental Public Health Services

Immigrant Health

Public Health Policy

Social Determinants of Health

Socio-cultural Identities and Health Seeking Behaviors

Traditional Medicine

Urban Geography

Violence and Victimisation

Women's Health

Publications

Variations in Emotional, Sexual, and Physical Intimate Partner Violence Among Women in Uganda : A Multilevel Analysis

Failed retrieving data.

Determinants of Overnight Stay in Health Centres and Length of Admission : A Study of Canadian Seniors

Failed retrieving data.

Effect of cognitive and structural social capital on depression among older adults in Ghana : A multilevel cross-sectional analysis

Failed retrieving data.

Examining the Effect of Geographic Region of Residence on Childhood Malnutrition in Uganda

Failed retrieving data.

Health and socioeconomic risk factors for overnight admission among older adults in Ghana

Failed retrieving data.

Multilevel and spatial analyses of childhood malnutrition in Uganda : examining individual and contextual factors

Failed retrieving data.

Predictors of Unmet Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Need Among Persons of Sub-Saharan African Origin Living in the Greater Toronto Area

Failed retrieving data.

Modern or traditional health care? Understanding the role of insurance in health-seeking behaviours among older Ghanaians

Failed retrieving data.

What geography can tell us? Effect of higher education on intimate partner violence against women in Uganda

Failed retrieving data.

Does place matter? A multilevel analysis of victimization and satisfaction with personal safety of seniors in Canada

Failed retrieving data.

Predictors of basic self-care and intermediate self-care functional disabilities among older adults in Ghana

Failed retrieving data.

The use of dental care services in Alberta, Manitoba, and Newfoundland and Labrador : A comparative analysis

Failed retrieving data.

An Assessment of Care-Seeking Behavior in Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District : A Triple Pluralistic Health Sector Approach

Failed retrieving data.

Understanding usage and preference for health care therapies in a Ghanaian context : A pluralistic perspective

Failed retrieving data.