Bruno Wichmann, University of Alberta

Research

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Latest papers

A geocoded dataset of primary health care clinics in Brazil.
Data in brief · 2025 · first author
Machine learning estimates on the impacts of detection times on wildfire suppression costs.
PloS one · 2024 · senior author
Using machine learning to estimate health spillover effects.
The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2024 · first author

All 7 publications

Latest funding

Fostering sustainable agriculture as the foundation of a resilient and thriving food system in the Northwest Territories through co-created action and research
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,986,516
Tracking Change: the role of local and traditional knowledge in watershed governance
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$2,372,098
Generating Agri-Environmental Improvements: Integrating Social Networks into Conservation Auctions
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$43,033

All 3 grants and awards

7 publications.

01

A geocoded dataset of primary health care clinics in Brazil.

Wichmann B, Wichmann RM, Almeida de Oliveira T, Arantes Paixão C

Data in brief2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2025.112085 PMID: 41114289

02

Machine learning estimates on the impacts of detection times on wildfire suppression costs.

Huang MS, Wichmann B

PloS one2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313200 PMID: 39565826

03

Using machine learning to estimate health spillover effects.

Wichmann B, Moreira Wichmann R

The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care2024First author

DOI: 10.1007/s10198-023-01621-7 PMID: 37543994

04

Big data evidence of the impact of COVID-19 hospitalizations on mortality rates of non-COVID-19 critically ill patients.

Wichmann B, Moreira Wichmann R

Scientific reports2023First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-40727-z PMID: 37604881

05

COVID-19 and Indigenous health in the Brazilian Amazon.

Wichmann B, Wichmann R

Economic modelling2022First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2022.105962 PMID: 35874451

06

Nonparametric estimation of a primary care production function in urban Brazil.

Wichmann B, Wichmann R

Health economics review2020First author

DOI: 10.1186/s13561-020-00294-9 PMID: 33247784

07

Diversification and intensification of agricultural adaptation from global to local scales.

Chen M, Wichmann B, Luckert M, Winowiecki L, Förch W, Läderach P

PloS one2018

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196392 PMID: 29727457

Fostering sustainable agriculture as the foundation of a resilient and thriving food system in the Northwest Territories through co-created action and research

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative

Principal investigators: Spring, Andrew J.

Keywords: Food systems; Northwest Territories; Climate Change; agriculture; Wildfire' Resilience; sustainable farmer-led research; traditional food

$1,986,516

Tracking Change: the role of local and traditional knowledge in watershed governance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: traditional knowledge; indigenous; watershed; monitoring; indicators; governance

$2,372,098

Generating Agri-Environmental Improvements: Integrating Social Networks into Conservation Auctions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Wichmann, Bruno

Keywords: Conservation Auctions; Social Networks; Economic Experiments; Environmental Quality; Beneficial Management Practices

$43,033

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Wichmann, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "A geocoded dataset of primary health care clinics in Brazil." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]