Tag: health

February 9, 2026

Neural Sensing and Urban Environments: HEROP Speaker Series

Linking human brain with urban environments using emerging GIS approaches. Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, February 27th, at 12 PM CST. Lunch will be served from 12-12:30pm, so please join us in person a bit early to eat & mingle! Jiaxin Feng,…
January 20, 2026

Exploring Historic Maps for Structural Racism Research

Mapping the Past: Historic Maps in Analyses of Structural Racism and Population Health. Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, January 30th, at 12 PM CST. Lunch will be served from 12-12:30pm, so please join us in person a bit early to eat &…
December 19, 2025

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…
November 11, 2025

November Speaker Series: Making Smell Count

Making Smell Count: Invoking olfactory experience in urban wellbeing and spatial analysis. Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, November 21st, at 12 PM CST. Lunch will be served from 12-12:30pm, so please join us in person a bit early to eat & mingle!…
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!
April 15, 2025

April Speaker Series: Spatial Epidemiology in Action

Spatial Epidemiology in Action: Insights from Disease Surveillance Programs. Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, April 25th, at 12 PM CDT. Lunch will be served from 12-12:30pm, so please join us in person a bit early to eat & mingle! Csaba Varga, DVM,…
March 6, 2025

March Speaker Series: ConnectedNest

ConnectedNest: Addressing Unmet Health Related Social Needs of People with Cancer Using Local Community Based Organizations. Join us for brunch, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, March 14th, at 10 AM CDT. Brunch will be served from 10-10:10am, so please join us in person a bit early…
February 3, 2025

The Urgency of SDOH Data

The Urgency of SDOH Data: Increasing Access w/ Human-Centered Data Science Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Thursday, Feb. 6th at 12:30 PM CDT. Lunch will be served from 12-12:30p, so please join in person a bit early to eat & mingle! The Healthy…
November 1, 2024

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.
October 31, 2024

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.