Ephraim M. Hanks
Associate Professor of Statistics
- W-250 Millennium Science Complex
- He/Him
- emh30@psu.edu
- 814-865-2956
Research Summary
Spatio-Temporal Statistics. Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling. Optimal Sampling. Animal Movement. Landscape Genetics.
Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Animals Model Telemetry Movement Prediction Spatial Data Animal Sars Virus Population Autocorrelation Epidemics Connectivity Resource Selection Sampling Continuous Time Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Power Plant Geostatistics Pathogens Ecology Vaccines Methodology Statistical Models Simulation Model BasedMost Recent Publications
A practical guide to understanding and validating complex models using data simulations
Graziella V. DiRenzo, Ephraim Hanks, David A.W. Miller, 2023, Methods in Ecology and Evolution on p. 203-217
SARS-CoV-2 Attack Rate and Population Immunity in Southern New England, March 2020 to May 2021
Thu Nguyen Anh Tran, Nathan B. Wikle, Fuhan Yang, Haider Inam, Scott Leighow, Bethany Gentilesco, Philip Chan, Emmy Albert, Emily R. Strong, Justin R. Pritchard, William P. Hanage, Ephraim M. Hanks, Forrest W. Crawford, Maciej F. Boni, 2022, JAMA network open on p. E2214171
A flexible movement model for partially migrating species
Elizabeth Eisenhauer, Ephraim Hanks, Matthew Beckman, Robert Murphy, Tricia Miller, Todd Katzner, 2022, Spatial Statistics
A Mechanistic Model of Annual Sulfate Concentrations in the United States
Nathan B. Wikle, Ephraim M. Hanks, Lucas R.F. Henneman, Corwin M. Zigler, 2022, Journal of the American Statistical Association on p. 1082-1093
SARS-CoV-2 epidemic after social and economic reopening in three U.S. states reveals shifts in age structure and clinical characteristics
Nathan B. Wikle, Thu Tran, Thu Nguyen-Anh Tran, Emily Strong, Bethany Gentilesco, Ephraim Hanks, Scott M. Leighow, Emmy Albert, Emily R. Strong, Karel Brinda, Haider Inam, Fuhan Yang, Sajid Hossain, Philip Chan, William P. Hanage, Maria Messick, Justin R. Pritchard, Maciej F. Boni, 2022, Science advances on p. eabf9868
Optimal SARS-CoV-2 vaccine allocation using real-time attack-rate estimates in Rhode Island and Massachusetts
Thu Nguyen Anh Tran, Nathan B. Wikle, Emily Strong, Emmy Albert, Haider Inam, Emily Strong, Karel Brinda, Scott M. Leighow, Fuhan Yang, Sajid Hossain, Justin R. Pritchard, Philip Chan, William P. Hanage, Ephraim M. Hanks, Maciej F. Boni, 2021, BMC Medicine
Social fluidity mobilizes contagion in human and animal populations
Ewan Colman, Vittoria Colizza, Ephraim M. Hanks, David P. Hughes, Shweta Bansal, 2021, eLife
A Sample Covariance-Based Approach For Spatial Binary Data
Sahar Zarmehri, Ephraim Zarmehri, Ephraim Hanks, Lin Lin, 2021, Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics
A novel quantitative framework for riverscape genetics
Shannon L. White, Ephraim M. Hanks, Tyler Wagner, 2020, Ecological Applications
A lattice and random intermediate point sampling design for animal movement
Elizabeth Eisenhauer, Ephraim Hanks, 2020, Environmetrics
Most-Cited Papers
Spatial autoregressive models for statistical inference from ecological data
Jay M. Ver Hoef, Erin E. Peterson, Mevin B. Hooten, Ephraim M. Hanks, Marie Josèe Fortin, 2018, Ecological Monographs on p. 36-59
Continuous-time discrete-space models for animal movement
Ephraim M. Hanks, Mevin B. Hooten, Mat W. Alldredge, 2015, Annals of Applied Statistics on p. 145-165
Circuit theory and model-based inference for landscape connectivity
Ephraim M. Hanks, Mevin B. Hooten, 2013, Journal of the American Statistical Association on p. 22-33
Reconciling resource utilization and resource selection functions
Mevin B. Hooten, Ephraim M. Hanks, Devin S. Johnson, Mat W. Alldredge, 2013, Journal of Animal Ecology on p. 1146-1154
Hierarchical animal movement models for population-level inference
Mevin B. Hooten, Frances E. Buderman, Brian M. Brost, Ephraim M. Hanks, Jacob S. Ivan, 2016, Environmetrics on p. 322-333
Animal movement constraints improve resource selection inference in the presence of telemetry error
Brian M. Brost, Mevin B. Hooten, Ephraim M. Hanks, Robert J. Small, 2015, Ecology on p. 2590-2597
Social, spatial, and temporal organization in a complex insect society
Lauren E. Quevillon, Ephraim M. Hanks, Shweta Bansal, David P. Hughes, 2015, Scientific Reports
On the relationship between conditional (CAR) and simultaneous (SAR) autoregressive models
Jay M. Ver Hoef, Ephraim M. Hanks, Mevin B. Hooten, 2018, Spatial Statistics on p. 68-85
Temporal variation and scale in movement-based resource selection functions
M. B. Hooten, E. M. Hanks, D. S. Johnson, M. W. Alldredge, 2014, Statistical Methodology on p. 82-98
Confronting models with data: The challenges of estimating disease spillover
Paul C. Cross, Diann J. Prosser, Andrew M. Ramey, Ephraim M. Hanks, Kim M. Pepin, 2019, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences