Hendesson

Hendesson Alves
Geographer · Master’s student in Geography at the University of Brasília (UnB)
I study how where people live, and extreme heat, affect their health, using Brazilian public health data (SUS), maps and spatial analysis. I am a research collaborator at the Laboratory of Geography, Environment and Health (LAGAS/UnB).
GitHub · LinkedIn · Lattes · ResearchGate · hendesson124@gmail.com
What I am working on
- localdatasus: an R package that takes Brazilian health data from the municipality down to the neighborhood.
- GeoCalor: a dashboard on heat waves and health, at LAGAS.
- My master’s in Geography at UnB.
Recent
- Oct 2026 · localdatasus 0.2.0 submitted to CRAN.
- Oct 2026 · Tutorial (in Portuguese): black-and-white academic maps in R.
- Sep 2026 · Course: SQL and PostGIS for health data.