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2009 Summer Institute: GIS and Public Health
Date: June 10-12, 2009
Location: University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Presentations: click here to see the powerpoint presentations from the 2009 Institute
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By the end of the 3-day Institute, participants will be able to:
- Understand a broad range of ways that GIS can be applied to public health research, practice, and public policy
- Critically analyze maps and research results developed using GIS
- Learn how to create and analyze thematic maps, geocode addresses, and conduct basic queries
- Implement a variety of field data collection methods used in GIS such as handheld GPS technology
- Develop individual research agendas which incorporate GIS methods
**For more information regarding the GIS component of this institute, please email Amy Hillier at ahillier@design.upenn.edu.
ESRI, the world leader in GIS software, is providing two free
Virtual Campus Courses for additional GIS training. These free courses will be
raffled off to one lucky participant on the last day of the Institute.
Expert Course Instructors:
Charlie Branas, PhD
Dr. Branas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. His methodological interests combine aspects of health policy, operations research and epidemiology. Dr. Branas' research interests include emergency health systems and injury prevention. This research most prominently includes an NIH-funded study of alcohol outlets and firearm violence in the City of Philadelphia. Dr. Branas' current research is also national in scope, including a multi-state study of trauma centers and ambulance care funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Dr. Culhane is a social psychologist and Professor of Social Welfare Policy at the University of Pennsylvania and a faculty co-director of the Cartographic Modeling Lab. He is currently directing several collaborative efforts between the University and the City of Philadelphia to make administrative records more readily analyzable and sharable for policy analysis and planning purposes. These efforts involve the creation of interaective, web-based software applications, and the creation of an archived data system for tracking children through various school and social service programs. His research interests include studies of the housing and neighborhood factors associated with health and the neighborhood factors associated with child and youth development.
Amy Hillier, MSW PhD
Dr. Hillier is an Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning in the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania and a faculty co-director of the Cartographic Modeling Lab. She teaches classes in GIS and research methods and has served as the faculty director for Penn's Master of Urban Spatial Analytics program. Her research focuses on geographic disparities in housing and health, including historical mortgage redlining, food access, and childhood obesity.
Dr. Wiebe is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include environmental risk factors for injury, youth violence and intimate partner violence, alcohol use and alcohol availability, and the impact of daily routines on health-related behavior. A number of his studies examine how keeping a firearm at home relates to homicide, suicide, and unintentional shootings of household members. He also leads an NIH-funded study on how the nature and locations of adolescents' daily activities relate to the likelihood they will be assaulted.
Additional Presentations by:
- Latifah Griffin, Center for Tobacco Research, University of Pennsylvania
- Allison Karpyn, PhD, Director of Research and Evaluation, The Food Trust
- Giridhar Mallya, MD, MSHP, Director of Policy and Planning, Philadelphia Department of Public Health
- Jeremy Mennis, PhD, Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University
- Josh Metlay, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania
This institute is co-sponsored by:
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Please note that attendance is limited to 18 participants.
For more information please contact Wendy Voet or Jeannette Schroeder.
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