Category: Students
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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.
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Thank you 2022/2023 RAs!
In May 2023, 8 Healthy Regions Research Assistants graduated and migrated. We are thankful for their meaningful contributions and wish them the best in their future endeavors. Graduating RAs We are so proud of our 2023 graduates! These RAs worked at the HeRoP Lab as they completed their studies. Dr. Wataru Morioka earned his Ph.D.…
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New RAs Join the Lab on Opioid Environment, Redlining Research Projects
The Healthy Regions & Policies Lab is thrilled to welcome three new RAs and five returning RAs for the Winter 2022 term. HEROP Research Assistants (RAs) are UChicago students from multidisciplinary academic and professional backgrounds that have taken coursework in and are passionate about applying spatial analysis and GIScience to real-world applications. RAs work closely…
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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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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.
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Evaluating Access for Opioid Risk Environments
This summer we are pleased to share research highlights from our Spatial Data Science Summer Fellows, showcasing their work on the US COVID Atlas and opioid risk environment research projects. This week, Data Science Fellow Rachel Vigil (BA ’22) shares an update on her work on evaluating measures of access for opioid risk environment research projects. …
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We’re Hiring Research Assistants for Fall 2021 👋
The Healthy Regions & Policies Lab (HEROP) is hiring three new Research Assistant (RA) positions for the Fall 2021 quarter. These positions are open to undergraduate and graduate students. Pay starts at $15/hr, with a time commitment of 8-10 hrs/week. See below for full descriptions. Interested students can apply here. Returning RAs should also indicate…
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Constructing a Model to Study the Built Environment
This summer we are pleased to share research highlights from our Spatial Data Science Summer Fellows, showcasing their work on the US COVID Atlas and opioid risk environment research projects. This week, Built Environment Data Science Fellow Christian Villaneuva (BA ’22) shares an update on their work developing a model for measuring the built environment’s impact on…
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Interactive Web Mapping with Opioid Environment Data
This summer we are pleased to share research highlights from our Spatial Data Science Summer Fellows, showcasing their work on the US COVID Atlas and opioid risk environment research projects. This week, Summer Institute in Social Research Methods (SISRM) Fellows Margot Bolanos-Gamez (BS and BA ‘23) and Ziqian (Alexa) Jin (BA ‘24) share an update on…
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Explorations into US COVID Atlas Data Infrastructure
This summer we are pleased to share research highlights from our Spatial Data Science Summer Fellows, showcasing their work on the US COVID Atlas and multiple opioid risk environment research projects. This week, Spatial Infrastructures Data Engineering Fellow Jinfei Zhu (MAPPS ‘22) shares an update on her work with the US COVID Atlas. This piece…
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