Category: Community

• August 25, 2026

  Welcoming Dr. Fath (Sandborn) as new Postdoc Scientist

  The Healthy Regions Lab is thrilled to bring on Dr. Hilary Fath (Sandborn) as the new Postdoctoral Research Scientist supporting the Localize Opioid Use Disorder (LOUD) Study, and the SDOH & Place Project. Hilary joins us from University of North Carolina at Chapin-Hill, where she completed her PhD under the supervision Dr. Paul Delameter at…
• August 13, 2026

  Join Our Free R Workshop on Community Spatial Data Access

  Join us for an upcoming free, technical workshop on accessing community spatial data in R. Building on our prior workshop that introduced spatial data, we’ll focus on finding, accessing, and integrating community-level data in an R-spatial environment.  Accessing Community Spatial Data in R August 31, 2026 | 11:30 – 1:00PM CT |  REGISTER by 8/29 This virtual…
• May 19, 2026

  Panel Event: Conceptualizing Opioid Geographies

  Wednesday, May 20, 2026,3 PM CST via Zoom Join us for a Panel & Roundtable of the Geospatial Consortium & Community of Practice, a collaboration of researchers and practitioners that meet regularly to share, discuss, and learn how geospatial methods, tools, and models can be used to build understanding and develop resources for the opioid…
• January 12, 2026

  SDOH & Place Fellowship—Call for Applications 2026

  The SDOH & Place Fellowship 2026, hosted by the University of Illinois, seeks applicants in health equity for a part-time virtual program. Participants will create place-based visualizations using social determinants of health data. With applications due February 28, 2026, the program includes workshops, stipends, and a conference.
• December 19, 2025

  Highlights from the SDOH & Place Symposium 2025

  From June 14th to 15th in Chicago, the SDOH & Place Project Symposium showcased the incredible dedication and innovative approaches of our community in addressing social determinants of health and place-based inequities. Fifteen SDOH & Place Fellows showcased their web mapping applications centered in equity, while community and health leaders joined to share progress in…
• June 11, 2025

  The 2nd SDOH & Place Symposium—Call for Applications

  How do you use SDOH data to understand, support, and advance Healthy Neighborhoods? Have you generated any web applications that map out SDOH in communities? Join us in Chicago this June for the first ever SDOH & Place Symposium!
• June 2, 2025

  Global Heat Action Day

  Exposure to heat remains a global challenge as the leading cause of weather-related deaths. On Global Heat Action Day, take a moment to learn about heat stress and what you can do to minimize its effect. If you’re a resident of the City of Chicago, it’s also a great day to share your feedback in…
• January 31, 2025

  GIS Day 2024 – Community Georeferencing of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

  This past GIS Day, November 20th, 2024, we at the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab hosted a “georeference-a-thon,” and created historical map mosaics of Champaign-Urbana in 1915.
• July 24, 2024

  The Inaugural SDOH & Place Project Symposium

  From June 14th to 15th in Chicago, the SDOH & Place Project Symposium showcased the incredible dedication and innovative approaches of our community in addressing social determinants of health and place-based inequities. Fifteen SDOH & Place Fellows showcased their web mapping applications centered in equity, while community and health leaders joined to share progress in…
• May 2, 2024

  The SDOH & Place Symposium—Call for Applications

  How do you use SDOH data to understand, support, and advance Healthy Neighborhoods? Have you generated any web applications that map out SDOH in communities? Join us in Chicago this June for the first ever SDOH & Place Symposium!