Sigrid Van Den Abbeele is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Geography at UCSB. Broadly, Sigrid’s research falls within the study of population health and migration. Her research interests lie at the intersection of systemic inequality, population composition, public policy, and access to healthcare. Sigrid’s current work focuses on understanding the implications of the Affordable Care Act on the supply of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and exploring trends in residential mobility among the older age population. Sigrid received her bachelor’s degree in economics and mathematics from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, IA. She received her master’s degree in geography from UCSB. Her thesis examined the relationship between residential segregation, population composition, and the supply of FQHCs in urban counties in the U.S. She works in the Office of Teaching and Learning at UCSB on the Teaching and Learning Excellence Series (TALES).

Grants, Awards and Distinctions:

UCSB Student Community Justice Grant ($5000)

UCSB Graduate Student Association Excellence in Teaching Award 2023 

Sean Reid is a PhD Candidate in the Geography Department. Sean's research interests are broadly in Population Geography related to health, social vulnerability, migration, and utilization of novel data sources. His current research is focused on migration, mobility, and density of sexual and gender minorities in the United States and the contextual factors that influence their HIV health outcomes. Sean is also working on projects related to uncertainty quantification for vulnerability indices and digital data sources. Sean received his undergraduate degree from the University of Utah in Geography with a focus on GIS and Remote Sensing. He received his Master's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara focusing on migration patterns of sexual minorities in the United States.Before beginning his graduate studies, Sean was a research associate at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory where he worked as part of the Population Dynamics Group.

Grants, Awards and Distinctions:

Clinical and Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research Training (CCRT) Program Fellow, 2022-2024

Population and Social Data Science Incubator Program, Summer 2022 

Research Program on Migration and Health (PIMSA) Dissertation Grant Award. Density, migration, and mobility of Mexican Latino Immigrant MSM in the United States. 2021-2022. PI, $2,000.