Author: Marynia

• August 12, 2024

  International Medical Geography Symposium – Atlanta 2024

  HeRoP Lab members visited Atlanta, Georgia earlier this summer to engage in rich discussions and present at the 2024 International Medical Geography Symposium.
• June 24, 2024

  Dr. Morioka at CaGIS+UCGIS

  At the 2024 CaGIS+UCGIS Symposium, Wataru, a postdoctoral researcher in the HeRoP lab, was awarded the ICA Scholarship by the International Cartographic Association (ICA). This scholarship aims to “support early career scholars and professionals in advancing their careers in cartography and GIScience.” Wataru also presented a poster titled “Short-term Course for High School Students to…
• May 7, 2024

  Introducing the 2024 SDOH & Place Fellows

  Exciting news from the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab! We’re thrilled to introduce the 2024 cohort of the SDOH & PLACE Fellowship. This virtual program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, empowers participants to craft impactful visualizations of social determinants of health using spatial data. Learn more about the pioneers who are set to…
• March 14, 2024

  Seeking SDOH Data Super Users

  Do you use social determinants of health (SDOH) data on neighborhoods or communities in your research, advocacy work, and/or classroom? We are developing an “SDOH Super User Group” to learn more about current practices and existing challenges of accessing SDOH data across a wide range of applications.
• March 14, 2024

  Be a Part of Environmental & Climate Justice in Chicago

  Be a part of Climate & Environmental Justice in Chicago! Join the team to design & expand ChiVes, a NASA-funded project connecting data on the environment with neighborhoods. Add your and your community’s own stories, photos, events, news and more to the project.Add your own imprint. Co-designers receive $25+ per workshop and can also earn…
• November 3, 2023

  Apply for the SDOH & Place Fellowship Program

  The SDOH & Place Fellowship The SDOH & Place Fellowship is a part-time virtual program of the new SDOH & Place Project, sponsored by the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with funding in part from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Throughout this program, Fellows will learn how to…
• October 26, 2023

  CFP for AAG 2024: Place & SDOH Symposium

  Place & the Social-Spatial Determinants of Health Symposium CFP for AAG Annual Meeting 2024Honolulu, Hawai’i, April 16 – April 20, 2024 Submission Deadline: November 16, 2023 Sponsoring AAG Specialty Groups: Health & Medical Geography, Community Geographies Collaborative, Geographic Information Science and Systems Description The Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) refer to the wide range of…
• September 20, 2023

  September Speaker Series: Alavez on Grief & Loss

  Join us this Friday for our first talk of the HEROP Speakers Series, and we’re excited to co-sponsor with the Department of Geography & GIScience at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• April 27, 2023

  Data, Action, Policy: The Pandemic’s Impact on Black Communities

  Join us to discuss and call for data needs & action related to Covid-19 in Black Communities, learn about emerging research on the social determinants of health & the pandemic, & get access to toolkits & resources to support advocacy efforts and grant applications. Register for the workshop at: go.illinois.edu/3YrsLater Overview Keynote Talk by Jamelle Watson-Daniels, Harvard…
• February 1, 2023

  Seeking Postdoctoral Scholar in 2023

  We are seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to work on a new project to advance health equity with improved social determinant of health (SDOH) data discovery and community practice tools for health researchers, policymakers, and community organizations.  @Healthy Regions & Policies Lab     @Department of Geography & GIScience     @UIUC The Project The PLACE…