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Brittany Krzyzanowski, PhD
Brittany Krzyzanowski, PhD, is a research assistant professor in the Neuroepidemiology Research Program of the Department of Neurology at Barrow Neurological Institute.
Dr. Krzyzanowski is a geographer with expertise in spatial epidemiology and human-environment interaction research. She studies the effects of environmental exposures on neurodegenerative diseases. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Association of Geographers, the Minnesota Population Center, and the Population Association of America.
Dr. Krzyzanowski earned her doctorate in geography from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and her master’s degree in experimental psychology from Central Michigan University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the neurology department at Washington University School of Medicine.
Dr. Krzyzanowski’s research expertise includes spatial data analysis, geostatistical modeling, chronic disease epidemiology, regionalization, and environmental health. Additional research interests involve health disparities, climate change, neurological disorders, air pollution, geographic masking, patient data privacy, and dynamic geographic visualization.
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, 2021-2022
- PhD, University of Minnesota, Geography, 2021
- MS, Central Michigan University, Experimental Psychology, 2013
- BA, Winona State University, Psychology and Geoscience, 2011
- American Academy of Neurology
- American Association of Geographers
- Minnesota Population Center
- Population Association of America
- Dissertation Doctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota, 2021
- Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota, 2020
- Health, Environment & Life Science Student Award, 2018
- Peter Gould Student Paper Competition Finalist, American Association of Geographers, 2017
- Esri Student Assistantship, Esri User Conference, 2016
- Ardis Serafin Young Scholar Award, Winona State University, 2011
- Alliss Academic Scholarship, Winona State University, 2010
Twenty Years of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Safe Harbor Provision: Unsolved Challenges and Ways Forward
Date: 08/2022
Authors: Brittany Krzyzanowski, Steven M. Manson
Use of a Geographic Information System to create treatment groups for group-randomized community trials: The Minnesota Heart Health Program.
Date: 03/2019
Authors: Brittany Krzyzanowski, Steven M Manson, Milton Mickey Eder, Len Kne, Niki Oldenburg, Kevin Peterson, Alan T Hirsch, Russell V Luepker, Sue Duval
Use of a Geographic Information System to create treatment groups for group-randomized community trials: The Minnesota Heart Health Program
Date: 03/2019
Authors: Brittany Krzyzanowski, Steven M. Manson, Milton Mickey Eder, Len Kne, Niki Oldenburg, Kevin Peterson, Alan T. Hirsch, Russell V. Luepker, Sue Duval
Spatial variation of pneumonia hospitalization risk in Twin Cities metro area, Minnesota.
Date: 11/2017
Authors: P Y Iroh Tam, B Krzyzanowski, J M Oakes, L Kne, S Manson
Geo-spatial Informatics in International Public Health Nursing Education
Date: 01/2016
Authors: Madeleine J. Kerr, Michelle L. Honey, Brittany Krzyzanowski
Brittany Krzyzanowski, PhD
Brittany Krzyzanowski, PhD, is a research assistant professor in the Neuroepidemiology Research Program of the Department of Neurology at Barrow Neurological Institute.
Dr. Krzyzanowski is a geographer with expertise in spatial epidemiology and human-environment interaction research. She studies the effects of environmental exposures on neurodegenerative diseases. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Association of Geographers, the Minnesota Population Center, and the Population Association of America.
Dr. Krzyzanowski earned her doctorate in geography from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and her master’s degree in experimental psychology from Central Michigan University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the neurology department at Washington University School of Medicine.
Dr. Krzyzanowski’s research expertise includes spatial data analysis, geostatistical modeling, chronic disease epidemiology, regionalization, and environmental health. Additional research interests involve health disparities, climate change, neurological disorders, air pollution, geographic masking, patient data privacy, and dynamic geographic visualization.
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, 2021-2022
- PhD, University of Minnesota, Geography, 2021
- MS, Central Michigan University, Experimental Psychology, 2013
- BA, Winona State University, Psychology and Geoscience, 2011
- American Academy of Neurology
- American Association of Geographers
- Minnesota Population Center
- Population Association of America
- Dissertation Doctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota, 2021
- Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota, 2020
- Health, Environment & Life Science Student Award, 2018
- Peter Gould Student Paper Competition Finalist, American Association of Geographers, 2017
- Esri Student Assistantship, Esri User Conference, 2016
- Ardis Serafin Young Scholar Award, Winona State University, 2011
- Alliss Academic Scholarship, Winona State University, 2010
Twenty Years of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Safe Harbor Provision: Unsolved Challenges and Ways Forward
Date: 08/2022
Authors: Brittany Krzyzanowski, Steven M. Manson
Use of a Geographic Information System to create treatment groups for group-randomized community trials: The Minnesota Heart Health Program.
Date: 03/2019
Authors: Brittany Krzyzanowski, Steven M Manson, Milton Mickey Eder, Len Kne, Niki Oldenburg, Kevin Peterson, Alan T Hirsch, Russell V Luepker, Sue Duval
Use of a Geographic Information System to create treatment groups for group-randomized community trials: The Minnesota Heart Health Program
Date: 03/2019
Authors: Brittany Krzyzanowski, Steven M. Manson, Milton Mickey Eder, Len Kne, Niki Oldenburg, Kevin Peterson, Alan T. Hirsch, Russell V. Luepker, Sue Duval
Spatial variation of pneumonia hospitalization risk in Twin Cities metro area, Minnesota.
Date: 11/2017
Authors: P Y Iroh Tam, B Krzyzanowski, J M Oakes, L Kne, S Manson
Geo-spatial Informatics in International Public Health Nursing Education
Date: 01/2016
Authors: Madeleine J. Kerr, Michelle L. Honey, Brittany Krzyzanowski