Month: October 2021
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New Research on Dimensions of Uncertainty: A Spatiotemporal View of Five COVID-19 Datasets

Research scientists from the US COVID Atlas team at the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab (HEROP) are pleased to share their new article, Dimensions of Uncertainty: A Spatiotemporal View of Five COVID-19 Datasets, which was published this week in the journal Cartography and Geographic Information Sciences. Dylan Halpern, Qinyun Lin, and Marynia Kolak from HEROP…
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October Seminar & Journal Club on Neighborhood Change

The Healthy Regions & Policies Lab & the Center for Spatial Data Science Invites You: Sequence Methods in the Study of Neighborhood Change Wei Kang, PhD University of California, Riverside Inland Center for Sustainable Development Tuesday, October 26th Invited Talk October 26th @9:00 CST (Register Here) There is a recent surge in research focused on…
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SSD Student Profile: Margot Bolanos-Gamez

Margot Bolanos-Gamez worked with the Healthy Regions + Policies Lab this summer as her summer RAship through the Social Institute in Social Research Methods (SSIRM). Organized by the Social Sciences Division (SSD) at UChicago, the Institute exposes students to the ins and outs of social science research through coursework, workshops and hands-on experience. Last summer,…
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Announcing RFP: Oral Histories Production Project

The US COVID Atlas aims to bring a human perspective to a world saturated with COVID-19 data. The US COVID Atlas (USCovidAtlas.org) is a free, interactive data visualization tool, led by the Healthy Regions + Policies Lab and Center for Spatial Data Science at UChicago, that connects COVID-19 data with community health contexts to deliver…
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AAG 2022 Call: Spatial Data Science for Impact

The Healthy Regions & Policies Lab and the Center for Spatial Data Science share an open call for proposals for in-person and/or virtual contributions for an AAG 2022 special session on Spatial Data Science for Impact.
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Welcoming Fall 2021 Research Assistants

HEROP is thrilled to welcome three new and five returning student Research Assistants (RAs) for the Fall 2021 quarter at UChicago.