Tag: sdoh

March 10, 2026

Counter-mapping in Marginalized Communities: HEROP Speaker Series

The HEROP Speaker Series invites participants to explore “Our Bodies, Our Places, Our Stories” on March 27th at 12 PM CT. Featuring Dr. AJ Kim, the event discusses marginalized communities’ hidden health resources through qualitative spatial data. Options for in-person and virtual attendance are available, promoting dialogue on social determinants of health.
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…
November 2, 2025

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.
July 2, 2025

Healthy Regions + NCSA at Geo4Lib Camp 2025

Healthy Regions & NCSA at Geo4Lib Camp 2025 In May 2025, Adam Cox and Pengyin Shan from the SDOH & Place Project team traveled to the University of Minnesota to attend Geo4Lib Camp, a small “unconference” for geospatial librarians and metadata experts from academic institutions across the U.S. Collaborating with members of this group since…
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…
January 21, 2025

SDOH & Place Fellowship—Call for Applications 2025

SDOH & Place Fellowship 2025 Applications Open! January 21, 2025 Herop Lab The SDOH & PLACE Fellowship is a part-time virtual program of the new SDOH & Place Project, sponsored by the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with funding in part from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Throughout…
November 14, 2024

Geospatial Data Science in Drug Use Research

Virtual NIDA Workshop on Geospatial Data Science Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 Time: 12-4PM EST (9-1PM PST) Register here | Agenda posted here Join the National Institutes on Drug Abuse in a virtual webinar to explore how we can harness the power of geospatial data science to advance our understanding of the epidemiology, prevention, and treatment of drug…