Research

Research Interests

  • Environmental Statistics.
  • Bayesian estimation of spatio-temporal models.
  • Space-State models and applications to Paleoclimate Reconstructions.
  • Bayesian estimation of Dynamical Systems. Applications to epidemiological models.
  • Applications of Statistical Learning techniques to epidemiological and climate modeling.

Recent Publications

For a complete list of publications, please check my ORCID user or Google Scholar.

  1. Orozco-Aguilar, L., López-Sampson, A., Barboza, L. A., Borda, M. J., Leandro-Muñoz, M. E., Bordeaux, M., Cerda, R. H., Villega, E. A., & Somarriba, E. (2024). Risk analysis and cacao pod survivorship curves to improve yield forecasting methods. Frontiers in Agronomy, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2024.1290035

  2. Monge-Rojas, R., Barboza, L. A., & Vargas-Quesada, R. (2023). Reducing dietary intake of added sugars could affect the nutritional adequacy of vitamin A in adolescents: the Costa Rica case. BMC Public Health, 23, 2503. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17243-w

  3. Chou-Chen, S. W., Barboza, L. A., Vásquez, P., García, Y. E., Calvo, J. G., Hidalgo, H. G., & Sanchez, F. (2023). Bayesian spatio-temporal model with INLA for dengue fever risk prediction in Costa Rica. Environmental and Ecological Statistics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10651-023-00580-9

  4. García, Y. E., Chou-Chen, S. W., Barboza, L. A., Daza-Torres, M. L., Montesinos-López, J. C., Vásquez, P., Calvo, J. G., Nuño, M., & Sanchez, F. (2023). Common patterns between dengue cases, climate, and local environmental variables in Costa Rica: A wavelet approach. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(10), e0002417. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002417

  5. Barboza, L. A., Chou Chen, S. W., Alfaro Córdoba, M., Alfaro, E. J., & Hidalgo, H. G. (2023). Spatio‐temporal downscaling emulator for regional climate models. Environmetrics, 34(7). https://doi.org/10.1002/env.2815

  6. Gómez, M. J., Barboza, L. A., Vásquez, P., & Moraga, P. (2023). Bayesian spatial modeling of childhood overweight and obesity prevalence in Costa Rica. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 651. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15486-1

Preprints

  1. Chou-Chen, S. W., & Barboza, L. A. (2024). Forecasting hospital discharges for respiratory conditions in Costa Rica using climate and pollution data. http://arxiv.org/abs/2401.03101

  2. Gómez, M. J., Barboza, L. A., Hidalgo, H. G., & Alfaro, E. J. (2023). Comparison of indicators to evaluate the performance of climate models. http://arxiv.org/abs/2307.04658