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Using Geographic Information Systems to Study Social Determinates of Health with ArcGIS Pro and R
June 6-7, 2024
Flagstaff, AZ
An introduction to GIS using ArcGIS Pro and R. This workshop sets out from the premise that we cannot understand the topics of health and illness by looking only at biological phenomena. Rather we must additionally consider a variety of social, political, economic, and cultural forces that shape health outcomes. Often this entails looking at data in a geospatial manner. Beginning with basic geoprocessing tasks, Sonya Gupta and Ryan Zomorrodi will introduce the core concepts behind GIS analyses and participants will work through interactive sessions where they make their own map products along with the presenters. These workshops will include individual ArcGIS Pro and R sessions going over basic GIS workflows within both environments.
Sonya Gupta is a graduate student at Harvard University pursuing a master’s degree in Regional Studies with a focus on medicine/public health. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she received her Bachelor’s Degrees in Russian Studies and Biological Sciences with a minor in Sociology. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she self-learned GIS to better map Chicago’s health disparities. Realizing its potential to better understand and address health disparities, Sonya co-developed the Geoadvocates workshop series and materials. Sonya is passionate about the intersection of social medicine, health, and environment. In the fall, she will be starting medical school.
Ryan Zomorrodi is a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Chicago pursuing a master’s degree in Biostatistics with a concentration in Health Analytics. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences with minors in Public Health and Computer Science. He co-developed GeoAdvocates materials to share his passion for using to better understand health disparities. Ryan also works full time as a GIS Analyst at the Children’s Environmental Health Initiative working on the CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) GIS Capacity Building Project.
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