His research focus is spatial analysis applied to human health. He received his PhD. from the Joint Doctoral Program in Geography of San Diego State University / University of California, Santa Barbara, holds an M.A. in Geography from , San Diego State University, and a B.A. in Geography, The State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Aldstadt has received both NSF and NIH funding for his research on dengue fever transmission. He has been an instructor of previous CSISS workshops on spatial pattern analysis in a GIS environment and he developed laboratory materials for a Spatial Perspectives on Analysis for Curriculum Enhancement (SPACE) workshop. In 2004 Jared was a laboratory instructor at The Vespucci Initiative for the Advancement of Geographic Information Science's Summer Institute in Florence, Italy. More information about Aldstadt is available at: http://www.geog.buffalo.edu/people/ .