Dr. Ben Mayala is the Senior GIS Coordinator for The DHS Program. He leads the Geospatial team, implements geostatistical techniques to model DHS indicators, and produces interpolated model surfaces and estimates at the subnational administrative levels. Prior to joining The DHS Program, Dr. Mayala worked as a Research Scientist at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. Dr. Mayala holds a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of Notre Dame, with a specialty in Geospatial Modeling.