Category: Social Determinants of Health
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The 2025 SDOH & Place 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…
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Join Us at APHA 2025: Visit Booth #1418!
It’s not our first time presenting at APHA, the nation’s premiere public health conference, but it is our first time at the Exhibit Hall! Find us at Booth #1418.
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Innovations in Mapping Health & Structural Drivers of Disease & Well-Being
Our editorial team (Dr. Kolak with Dr. Yanjia Cao and Dr. Michael Desjardins, Ph.D.) is thrilled to share that the our Collection at the Journal of Maps has been released, built and carefully curated over the past three years!! 😮 🤯 Check it out now at JOM.
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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!
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Call for SDoH Measurement “Research Guide” Reports
Generate a public-friendly short report on the measurement of a specific social determinant of health topic for a national RWJF project: SDOH & Place. There is greata ootential to expand your report with an expert in your field to a manuscript, leveraging access to a network of scholars studying Community-Level SDOH. U.S. based scholars participating…
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Access, Time, & the Social Determinants of Health
The Health and Medical Geography Specialty Group (HMGSG) at the American Association of Geographers is thrilled to invite you to an upcoming online webinar! Join us for an hour of insightful discussion on a health geography topic of immense significance.
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Building Data Equity #APHA2024
Marynia Kolak, Keon Gilbert, Erica Walker, MSc, ScD, and moderator George Hobor shared insights on building data capacity at this year’s American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, improving data accessibility, and prioritizing community voice and engagement in the data collection process.
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Who gets access to medications for opioid use disorder?
HeRoP Lab’s director Dr. Marynia Kolak was a co-author on two studies recently published in JAMA Open. Both examined different dimensions of access to medications for opioid use disorder, for different populations.
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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…
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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…
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