About
As an adjunct professor of geography with a multidisciplinary PHD in geography, ethics/philosophy and medicine I continue to work in three allied fields. First, issues of medical geography and the means by which epidemic and endemic diseases are understood spatially, primarily through mapping. This work has been both historical and contemporary, generating two books (Disease Maps: Epidemics on the Ground and Cartographies of Disease, New Enlarged Edition) and over 30 papers.
In addition, work continues in the area of medical ethics and bioethics with papers and two current book proposals in evaluation. The most recent book in this area was Ethics in Everyday Places: Mapping Moral Stress, Distress, and Injury. Again, over 50 papers published.
With a background in journalism as both a reporter and writer, I have since Jan. 26, 2020, done over 203 interviews with Canadian and International media on the Covid-19 pandemic. The most recent interviews were in Jan. 2023.
Teaching
Publications
Recent and forthcoming papers: GIS, Mapping and Health
Koch, T. 2022. Disease Mapping and Innovation: A History from Wood Block Prints to Web 3.0. Patterns 3 (6). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2022.100507
Koch, T. 2021. Viral geographies: Megaregions as extra-urban disease catchment. The Canadian Geographer: 1-14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/cag.12693
Koch, T. 2021. Welcome to the revolution: Covid-19 and the democratizationof spatial-temporal data. Patterns 2 (7): 1-10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/cag.12693
Koch, T. and K. Denike. 2021. Why populations are not planets – gravity and the limits of disease modeling by analogy. Journal of Geography and Regional Planning 14 (3): 105-112. doi: https://doi.org/10.5897/JGRP2021.0829
Koch, T. Mapping Public Health and Disease. History of Cartography Vol. 7. University of Chicago Press.
Koch, T. John Snow’s Broad Street Map: The legend. History of Cartrography Vol. 7. University of Chicago Press.
GIS, Mapping and Health: Books using GIS
Koch, T. 2011. Disease Maps: Epidemics on the Ground. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Koch, T. 2005. Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping, and Medicine. Redlands, CA: ESRI Press.
Koch, T. 2003. The Wreck of the William Brown: Lifeboat Murders and Trial. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre.
Koch, T. 2001. Scarce Goods: Justice, Fairness, and Organ Transplantation. Westport and London: Praeger Books.
Koch, T. 1990. Six Islands on Two Wheels: A Cycling Guide to Hawaii. Honolulu: Bess Press.