PALS Lab — Research Portal

Geospatial & Health
Research Outputs

A shared portal for data tools, indicator catalogues, and interactive dashboards developed within the PALS Lab research group.


PRECISE Network
Environmental & Social Determinants of Maternal Health

A curated geospatial indicator catalogue mapping the physical and social determinants of maternal health outcomes across three PRECISE study sites. Includes an AI research assistant for querying the participant dataset directly.

Kenya Mozambique The Gambia GIS Maternal Health
View Catalogue
Environmental Data
Environmental Indicators Dashboard

Explore environmental indicators and their spatial distribution across PRECISE study sites. Built on the PRECISE Big Table dataset, the dashboard surfaces patterns in climate, vegetation, and pollution for rapid exploratory analysis.

Streamlit Big Table Indicators
Open Dashboard
PALS Lab
PALSlab Hub

The shared analytical environment for the PALS Lab research group. Python and R kernels, pre-loaded libraries, shared data directories, and direct database connectivity — everything in one place for collaborative analysis and scripting.

JupyterHub Python R Shared Workspace
Open Hub
CHEAQI-MNCH
SPECTRA

Spatiotemporal Personal Exposure Characterization & TRAjectory Analyzer. An open-source platform for personal environmental exposure assessment, integrating GPS trajectory analytics, wearable sensor data, and indoor/outdoor context classification to generate reproducible, time-weighted exposure profiles for environmental epidemiology and urban health research.

R Shiny GPS Trajectory Wearable Sensors Exposure Profiling Sub-Saharan Africa
Open App
HarmonAIze
Climate & Health Data Harmonisation

An open-source toolkit for harmonising heterogeneous climate and health datasets at scale. AI-assisted workflows handle variable mapping, unit conversion, and schema unification — purpose-built for resource-constrained settings where data quality and interoperability are critical.

AI-assisted Climate Health Open Source
Open App
Geospatial Analysis
Africa Road Network Density

An Africa-wide H3 hexagon map of road network density (RND) derived from OpenStreetMap. RND — total road length per unit area — provides a continent-scale spatial proxy for traffic-related air pollution exposure. Explore at ~5 km² resolution with country-level filtering and summary statistics.

H3 Res 7 OpenStreetMap Africa-wide GIS
Open Map
Data Access
Database Access Request

Request a personal API token for programmatic access to the PALS Lab research database. Tokens enable authenticated queries against the PRECISE Big Table and linked datasets — ready to use from the Hub, notebooks, or any HTTP client.

API Token Database Authentication
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Data Access · Test
Database Access Request — DuckDB

Request direct access to the PRECISE Big Table via DuckDB — a fast in-process analytical database. Instantly receive a Python or R connection snippet ready to paste into your PALSlab Hub notebook. Designed for large analytical queries across ~2.4M records.

DuckDB Fast Queries PALSlab Hub Python / R
Request Access
Geospatial Extraction
PALSearth

Point-and-extract environmental data for any location and time window. Upload a CSV or shapefile, select from NDVI, land surface temperature, rainfall, elevation, soil properties, and more — then download analysis-ready results. Powered by Google Earth Engine.

Earth Engine Climate GIS Africa
Open PALSearth
Climate & Neonatal Health
NeoHeat — Neonatal Heat Risk Intelligence

Translates CMIP6 climate projections into city-level neonatal mortality estimates across Africa. Three evidence-based pathways: direct neonatal hyperthermia, heat-induced preterm birth, and excess stillbirths. Model mitigation interventions (canopy, cool roofs) and explore escalation trajectories to 2100.

CMIP6 Neonatal Mortality Africa Chersich 2020 DALYs
Open Dashboard

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