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  • October Seminar & Journal Club on Neighborhood Change

    The Healthy Regions & Policies Lab & the Center for Spatial Data Science Invites You: Sequence Methods in the Study of Neighborhood Change Wei Kang, PhD University of California, Riverside Inland Center for Sustainable Development Tuesday, October 26th Invited Talk October 26th @9:00 CST (Register Here) There is a recent surge in research focused on

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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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  • Announcing RFP: Oral Histories Production Project

    The US COVID Atlas aims to bring a human perspective to a world saturated with COVID-19 data. The US COVID Atlas (USCovidAtlas.org) is a free, interactive data visualization tool, led by the Healthy Regions + Policies Lab and Center for Spatial Data Science at UChicago, that connects COVID-19 data with community health contexts to deliver

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  • AAG 2022 Call: Spatial Data Science for Impact

    The Healthy Regions & Policies Lab and the Center for Spatial Data Science share an open call for proposals for in-person and/or virtual contributions for an AAG 2022 special session on Spatial Data Science for Impact.

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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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  • Investigating Particulate Matter Hotspots with Low-Cost Sensors

    By Anastasia Montgomery, PhD Candidate, Northwestern University Anastasia is a PhD Candidate at Northwestern University in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Her research focuses on the interplay between air quality and climate change, integrating data science principles to analyze observational and simulated datasets. HEROP was thrilled to collaborate with Anastasia this summer this

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  • US COVID Atlas Wins Honorable Mention in 2021 Innovation by Design Awards

    The US COVID Atlas is honored to be recognized by Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards for 2021, receiving honorable mention in the Pandemic Response category. The project is led by the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab and the Center for Spatial Data Science at University of Chicago. We are thrilled to be included among

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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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