HeRoP Lab members Catherine Discenza (PhD student), Kamaria Barronville (Research Specialist), Wataru Morioka (Postdoc), and Marynia Kolak (PI) visited Atlanta, Georgia earlier this summer to engage in rich discussions and present at the 2024 International Medical Geography Symposium (IMGS).
Presentations:
- Measuring Greenspace Access: Best & Current Practices for Healthy Places (C. Discenza)
- Leveraging Communities of Practice: Insights from the SDOH & Place Project Community Toolkit (K. Barronville)
- Optimal Spatial Access Measurement for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: Toward Medication Success and Social Justice (W. Morioka)
- ChiVes: Integrating Chicago Environmental Justice Data, Researchers, and Communities with Decentralized Web Architecture, Open GIS, and Participatory Design (M. Kolak – slides)
Dr. Kolak also served as a panel member for the following sessions: Geospatial indicators for urban planning – lessons from around the world (slides), and Reflecting on 40 Years of IMGS.
Healthy Regions & Policies Lab 
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