GISHealth2016: Full Schedule

Welcome to the 2016 GIS and Health Symposium!
Mapping the Way to Healthy Communities
June 1-3, 2016 - Washington, DC

The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), in partnership with the American Public Health Association (APHA), is pleased to announce the 2016 GIS and Health Symposium. The theme for this year’s Symposium is “Mapping the Way to Healthy Communities”. Attend to discuss and share information about the important topics impacting the health of our communities worldwide and how GIS is being used as to facilitate decisions and action.

May 27 is the deadline to register at the discounted rate. Creating an attendee profile within Sched DOES NOT REGISTER you for the conference or specific workshops. You must register for the conference here.

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10:30am EDT

Creating New Directions in Health for Vulnerable Populations

Presenters in this session will share how geospatial data and methods are advancing evaluations and interventions for specific health risks. Session presentations will cover the use of geonarratives and other techniques to explore lead risk in children and health conditions for homeless populations, as well as how GIS is being integrated with outreach to help with HIV prevention strategies.

Attendance at this session will offer 1.5 AICP credits, pending approval.

Moving the Needle: Advancing Policy on a Syringe Access Program (SAP) during HIV Outbreak in Indiana
Bernadette deLeon, GISP, MS, MA,Director of SPH-B IT Services and PhD Candidate, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington (IU SPH-B), Bloomington, IN United States
Geospatial Methods to Support Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention: Development of an Environmental Lead Index
Laura Schuch, Graduate Assistant, Kent State University, Kent, OH United States
Capturing Geographic Complexity in a Homeless Neighborhood: Spatial Video Geonarratives (SVG) in Skid Row, Los Angeles
Andrew Curtis, PhD, Professor, Kent State University, Kent, OH United States
Susanne Mitchell, MPH, Graduate Student, Kent State University, Kent, OH United States

Moderators

Imelda Moise

Speakers

Bernadette de Leon, GISP

Park Systems Planning Generalist, Indiana University, Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands

Retired as IT director of the Indiana University School of Public Health in Bloomington, Bernadette now applies her spatial analysis and cartographic skills to issues related to accessibility and inclusion in parks and on public lands. The Eppley Institute, which is now part of the... Read More →

Susanne Mitchell, MPH

Doctoral Student, Kent State University, College of Public Health

Susanne Mitchell, MPH is a doctoral student in the prevention science program in the College of Public Health at Kent State University. She has been a graduate research assistant for 18 months and works on a project funded by the National Institute of Justice which examines the intersection... Read More →

Laura Schuch, MPH

Graduate Assistant - PhD Candidate, Kent State University, Akron Children's Hospital

Laura Schuch is a Doctoral Candidate and Research Assistant in the Geography Department at Kent State University. For the past three years she has worked in the GIS, Health and Hazards Lab on projects focused on understanding the connection between environment and health at a finer-scale... Read More →

Andrew Curtis, PhD

Co-Director of GIS/Health & Hazards Lab, Kent State University

Andrew Curtis is the current Co-Director of the GIS | Health & Hazards Lab at Kent State University and is a former Director of the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Center for Remote Sensing and GIS for Public Health. His work employs geospatial technologies and geographic... Read More →

Creating New Directions in Health for Vulnerable Populations pdf

Thursday June 2, 2016 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Lafayette Park, 2nd Floor

Breakout Session

10:30am EDT

Using GIS to Fight Dengue and Zika

This session will share how GIS is being used to evaluate and target vector control programs in the U.S. and globally. Scientists and policy makers are leveraging geospatial data to improve the efficiency of response to outbreaks and to support initiatives to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

Attendance at this session will offer 1.5 AICP credits, pending approval.

Mapping Vector Control Programs at the Local Level to Combat Aedes Aegypti
Michelle Nichols, GIS Specialist, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Washington, DC United States
Jennifer Li, Director of Public Health Preparedness, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Washington, DC United States
Fight the Bite: Enhancing Essential Information with Location Technology for Biosurveillance
Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner, BVSc, MSc, MPH, MRCVS, Director of Global Disaster Response, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Washington, DC
Wendy Peloquin, GISP, Account Manager, GISinc, Birmingham, AL
How GIS Technologies Helped to Save Masses from Dengue Fever? A Case Study of Lahore District
Azmat Ali, University of the Punjab/SPADE Foundation, Lahore, Punjab Pakistan
Bilal Iqbal, Sr. Scientific Officer, National Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, Punjab Pakistan - Cancel - will not be presenting
Suitability of the United States for Zika Transmission Based on Vector Niches
Julie Obenauer, Student, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN United States

Moderators

Marilyn O'Hara Ruiz, Ph.D

Clinical Associate Professor, University of Illinois

(See update following this paragraph)Marilyn O’Hara Ruiz is a Medical Geographer in the Epidemiology Division of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois in Urbana. Her research and teaching focus on health, the environment, and the ecology of infectious... Read More →

Speakers

Azmat Ali

Director R&D, SPADE Foundation

With ten years of professional experience with international, public, private and development sector organizations and as PhD scholar in GIS/MIS/RS, with M.Sc. in POPULATION SCIENCES, M.Sc. in SPACE SCIENCES and SOCIAL ENTERPRISE MANAGEMNT PROGRAMME (SEMP) from Asia’s top class... Read More →

Bilal Iqbal

Punjab - Pakistan, Sr. Scientific Officer

Jennifer Li

Director of Public Health Preparedness, Association of County & City Health Officials

Jennifer Li is the Senior Director for Environmental Health and Disability at the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). She oversees several projects including environmental health practice, environmental public health tracking and vector control. Jennifer... Read More →

Julie Obenauer, MHS

DrPH Candidate, East Tennessee State University

Julie Obenauer, MHS, is a DrPH Candidate in Epidemiology at East Tennessee State University whose research focuses on using GIS and niche modeling to predict changes in vector habitats due to climate change. Currently, she is working on Aedes aegypti habitat suitability as a predictor... Read More →

Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner, BVSc, MSc, MPH, MRCVS

Director of Global Disaster Response, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner is an assisstant professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Penn State Hershey Medical Center and teaches three graduate courses on Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Terrorist Emergencies. In 2014 he received the Dean’s Award... Read More →

Michelle Nichols, MS

GIS Analyst, Pandemic & Catastrophic Preparedness, National Association of County & City Health Officials

Michelle Nichols is the lead GIS Analyst at The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). She specializes in providing local health departments with GIS services and is currently the GIS analyst on NACCHO’s Zika Response Team. Michelle began her GIS career... Read More →

Using GIS Vector Control to Combat Zika pdf

Thursday June 2, 2016 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Franklin Park AB, Lobby Level

Breakout Session

10:30am EDT

Who’s Getting Served?

Accessibility of services is vital to health outcomes. Presenters will review examples of the application of GIS and extensions such as Network Analyst to define areas served for general, emergency and specialized care services, distance and time to care, and the nature and equality of health outcomes.

Attendance at this session will offer 1.5 AICP credits, pending approval.

How the Definition of Rural Affects Rural Health
Penny Black, Rural Health Epidemiologist, Wisconsin Office of Rural Health, Madison, WI United States
Does Health Care Disparity Differ by Urban Form Type? A Comparative Analysis of Urban, Suburban, and Rural Areas
Sulhee Yoon, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL United States
Service Area Analysis of Certified Stroke Centers and Relationship with Stroke Morality Rates in Tennessee
Casey Morrell, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN United States
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Los Angeles: Location, Access and Service Among Young Adults Medical Marijuana Patients
Avat Kioumarsi, MPH, Ph.D Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA United States

Moderators

Wansoo Im

Associate Professor, Meharry Medical College

Wansoo Im has applied community participatory mapping method on environmental health, health equity, healthcare, transportation, and other planning-related fields. He has taught at Rutgers, NJIT, and UDMNJ for over 20 years. He is an associate professor at Department of Family and... Read More →

Speakers

Penny Black

Rural Health Epidemiologist, Wisconsin Office of Rural Health

Will work for data. As the Rural Health Epidemiologist for the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health, my not-hidden agenda includes making data understandable and pushing the use of data to inform decisions.

Casey Morrell

Research Assistant, East Tennessee State University

Casey is a recent Master of Public Health (MPH) graduate of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. She enjoys visualizing and displaying health data through geographic information systems. She currently serves as the research assistant for the Tennessee Stroke... Read More →

Avat Kioumarsi, MPH

Graduate Assistant, Drexel University

She is a doctoral candidate at Drexel University, Dornsife School of Public Health. She has been involved in the field of substance use for the last 9 years. She is working as data analyst on the 'Cannabis, Health and Young Adults' study funded by NIH. Her doctoral dissertation focuses... Read More →

Sulhee (Sunny) Yoon

Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Urban and Regional Planning at University of Florida

Sulhee (Sunny) is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at University of Florida. She also pursues her doctoral minor degree in Health Service Research. Her research applies spatial statistics and GIS to integrate built environment and public health... Read More →

Rural Health pblack pdf

Whos Getting Served pdf

Thursday June 2, 2016 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Farragut Square, Lower Level

Breakout Session

1:00pm EDT

Assessing the Impact of GIS in Planning for Health

Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) are being implemented across a host of disciplines and with wide variations in methodologies. This session will feature presentations of how GIS is being included in differing ways in health impact assessments and in the integration of health in planning.

Attendance at this session will offer:
1.5 AICP credits, pending approval.
1.5 CPH credits, pending NBPHE approval.

Hot-Spotting: Comparing GIS Data Utilization in HIAs in Alaska & North Carolina
Donald Kostelec, AICP, Principal, Kostelec Planning, Asheville, NC United States
Landscape Anthropometrics: A multi-Scale Approach to Integrating Health into Regional Land Use Planning
Arthi Rao, MS, Doctoral Candidate, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA United States
Invisible Environments and Micro-Geographies Matter: Integrating Sketch Maps with GIS to Improve the Utility of Health Impact Assessments
Jacqueline Curtis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Kent State University, Kent, OH United States
Spatial Analysis for Public Health: A Focus on What Comes Before and After the Map
Frank C. Curriero and Timothy Shields, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Moderators

Jennifer Rankin, PhD

Senior Manager, Research and Product Services, HealthLandscape

Dr. Rankin joined HealthLandscape in March 2015. Prior to this, she served as the Geospatial Informatics Senior Analyst for the Robert Graham Center. She directs geospatial projects for HealthLandscape, most notably the UDS Mapper. Her career has focused on issues related to primary... Read More →

Speakers

Donald Kostelec, AICP

Principal, Kostelec Planning

Don Kostelec, AICP, is the principal of Kostelec Planning in Asheville. He is applies Health Impact Assessments and integrated health/planning efforts across the US. Don has worked in the public and private sector managing municipal plans, comprehensive plans, and active transportation... Read More →

Tim Shields, MA

Associate Scientist, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology

Timothy Shields is an Associate Scientist in the Department of Epidemiology. Mr. Shields’ expertise is in incorporating geographic information systems (GIS) with public health applications. A primary focus of his work is on data management and environmental surveillance with respect... Read More →

Arthi Rao, MS

Program Manager, Informatics & Doctoral Candidate, American Cancer Society

Arthi Rao is a Program Manager in the Statistics & Evaluation Center and part of the GIS team at the American Cancer Society. Arthi brings to ACS experience with social determinants of health, healthy places, healthy communities, and methods for spatially analyzing these issues. Arthi... Read More →

Frank Curriero, Ph.D

Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology

Dr. Curriero is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology with a joint appointment in the Departments of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Curriero’s research focus is on the development and application of spatial and spatial-temporal... Read More →

Jacqueline Curtis, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Kent State University

Dr. Jacqueline W. Curtis is the Co-Director of the GIS | Health & Hazards Lab and Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Kent State University. Dr. Curtis focuses on the use of Geographic Information Science (GISc) and mixed methods to study health in derelict neighborhood... Read More →

Assessing the Impact of GIS in Planning for Health pdf

Thursday June 2, 2016 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
Lafayette Park, 2nd Floor

Breakout Session

1:00pm EDT

Breaking Out GIS to Enhance Understanding of Disease Risks

Presenters in this session will analyze the relationship between vector borne disease incidences and a number of spatial factors in order to understand outbreak risks and patterns.

Attendance at this session will offer:
1.5 AICP credits, pending approval.
1.5 CPH credits, pending NBPHE approval.

An Examination of the Spatial Factors of Dengue Cases in Quezon City, Philippine
Fernando Jr. Garcia, Assistant Professor,University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
Chikungunya and Dengue in Cali, Colombia: Epidemiological and Geospatial Analyses
Amy Krystosik, MPH, Graduate Assistant, Kent State University, College of Public Health, San Francisco, CA United States
The Use of Remote Sensing and GIS Data to Model Non-biomedical Risk Factors of Leptospirosis at the Community Level
Maria Vega Corredor, and Jacob Opadeyi, PhD, MBA, FRICS, Professor of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Trinidad and Tobago
Effect of Temperature and Precipitation Change on Historical Plague Outbreaks in Europe
Yuhao Wu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Population Health Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA United States

Moderators

Alyssa Randall

GIS Analyst & Environmental Scientist, Planning Communities, LLC

Alyssa Randall is a GIS Analyst and Environmental Scientist at Planning Communities in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her work mostly includes climate action planning, community and environmental impact assessment and equity analysis. She has a background in coastal science and environmental... Read More →

Speakers

Maria Vega Corredor

PhD candidate, University of The West Indies

Maria Cecilia Vega Corredor is a Doctor in Veterinary Medicine, with an MSc in tropical ecology. Currently she is a PhD candidate at the Department of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management at the University of The West Indies, with research interests in using multidisciplinary... Read More →

Jacob Opadeyi, PhD, MBA, FRICS

Professor of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management, The University of West Indies

Dr. Opadeyi has a PhD in Land Management and a Masters of Engineering from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, Canada; an MSc and a BSc in Surveying from the University of Lagos in Nigeria; an Executive MBA from the UWI. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA... Read More →

Fernando Jr. Garcia

Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines Manila

Fernando Garcia Jr. is a Health Economist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Administration, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila. He became more interested in the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) when he received a... Read More →

Amy R Krystosik, MPH

Graduate Assistant, Kent State University College of Public Health

Holds MPH in international health and development from Tulane SPHTM, Currently studying for doctorate in public health epidemiology at Kent State University College of Public Health with Mark A James. Interested in mapping vector borne diseases and promoting social justice in... Read More →

Yuhao Wu

Postdoctoral Fellow, Virginia Tech

Connor Wu has been the Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Virginia Tech since February 2016. Before that, he was the research associate at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) with the primary responsibilities to investigate the association between... Read More →

Breaking Out GIS to Enhance Understanding of Disease Risks pdf

Thursday June 2, 2016 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
Farragut Square, Lower Level

Breakout Session

1:00pm EDT

The ABCs of Health Disparities

The identification and response to spatially distributed health disparities using the application of GIS is an area of growing importance. This session features local, city and state level geospatial evaluations of disparities in health and access to health-supportive as well as resources that may be harmful to health outcomes.

Attendance at this session will offer 1.5 AICP credits, pending approval.

Alcohol Beverage Control, Privatization and the Spatial Distribution of Alcohol Outlets and Health and Social Disparities
Steven Melly, GIS Analyst, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA United States
Using Global Positioning Systems and Spatio-Temporal Data Mining to Study Community Mobility and Participation of Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses
Eugene Brusilovskiy,MUSA, Director, Laboratory on Geography, Mobility and Disability, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA United States
Gotta Go! A Case Study in Mapping Inclusive Facilities for A Diverse Community
Jennifer Murray, Director Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center, Student Life & Development, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States
Jennifer Woo, PhD Student, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States
Hui Xie, Ph.D Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States

Moderators

Russell S. Kirby, PhD, MS, FACE

Speakers

Hui Xie, Ph.D Candidate

PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

Hui Xie is a 4th year PhD candidate of Public Health at UW-Milwaukee. She has been working with different minority health projects and research studies focusing on intersecting identities and LGBT health. She is currently working on four research projects involving transgender and... Read More →

Steven Melly

GIS Analyst, Dornsife School of Public Health Drexel University

I am using GIS to create neighborhood measures of the physical and social environment that can be used in studies of urban health. I have focused on the relationship between the built environment and physical activity and on exposure to air pollution.

Jennifer Murray

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM)

Jennifer Murray has served as a part of the professional staff leadership team for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) for over ten years. Jennifer was elected to serve for two consecutive two-year terms... Read More →

Eugene Brusilovskiy, MUSA

Philadelphia, PA, Director, Laboratory on Geography, Mobility and Disability

Eugene Brusilovskiy is currently the Director of Data Analytics at the Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion. He also directs the Laboratory on Geography, Mobility and Disability at Temple University. Eugene holds a Masters Degree in Urban Spatial Analytics from the... Read More →

Jennifer Woo

PhD Student, Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health/University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Jennifer Woo is a third year PhD student in Public Health with a focus in Epidemiology at the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is interested in how the built environment over the lifecourse affects patterns of health outcomes... Read More →

The ABCs of Health Disparities pdf

Thursday June 2, 2016 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
Franklin Park AB, Lobby Level

Breakout Session

3:00pm EDT

Active Pathways to Health

This session will be packed with applications of GIS to support planning for active transportation for individuals of all ages and abilities. From the use of story maps to inform a regional active transportation plan and GIS and video to evaluate active transportation to schools to the analysis of bike share suitability and tools for navigating accessible routes, presenters will delve into the role of geospatial data in relating active transportation features with actual behaviors to inform planning.

Attendance at this session will offer 1.5 AICP credits, pending approval.

Where the Sidewalk Ends
Annie McCabe, GIS Specialist III, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, Columbus, OH United States
Personalized Accessibility Location Services (PALS) for Active Living
Hassan Karimi, Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA United States
Observation, Mapping, and Analysis of Child Injury Risk Behaviors in Micro-Environmental Contexts with Spatial Video and Geographic Information Systems
Jacqueline Curtis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Kent State University, Kent, OH United States

Moderators

Ann Steedly

Chief Operations Officer, Planning Communities, LLC

Ann Steedly is a founding partner with Planning Communities, a women-owned multi-disciplinary planning firm. She has 20 years of experience managing infrastructure, environmental and socioeconomic studies. Ann has expertise in multimodal transportation, community and recreational... Read More →

Speakers

Hassan Karimi

Professor and Director of the Geoinformatics Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Hassan Karimi is a Professor and Director of the Geoinformatics Laboratory in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. His research interests include geospatial information systems, navigation, location-based services, location-aware social networking... Read More →

Annie McCabe

GIS Specialist, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission

Annie has been a GIS Specialist for the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission in Columbus, Ohio for the past 7 years. She earned her B.S. in GIS and her M.A. in Geography, both from The Ohio State University. Currently, she is identifying areas of activity and economic vitality... Read More →

Jacqueline Curtis, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Kent State University

Active Pathways to Health pdf

Thursday June 2, 2016 3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Franklin Park AB, Lobby Level

Breakout Session

3:00pm EDT

GIS and Health Go Global

This session will feature several applications of GIS to current environmental and public health issues around the globe. Discover how spatial video is supporting field epidemiology, how accurate health indicator mapping can improve decisions in the health sector, by what modeling methods air quality impacts can be forecasted for rapidly industrializing areas, and in what ways vulnerable communities may be especially vulnerable to climate change.

Attendance at this session will offer 1.5 AICP credits, pending approval.

Mapping the Water-Health Nexus in Challenging Urban Environments: A Case Study of Spatial Video in Haiti
Andrew Curtis, PhD, Professor, Kent State University, Kent, OH United States
Jason Blackburn, PhD, Assistant, Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL United States
Using GIS for Defining Hospital Service Area at Jeddah City
Abdulkader Murad, FCinstCES, Professor, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia
Establishing a Relationship between Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Concentration and Traffic Density along the Roadways of a Small Island State: A Spatial Analysis Technique
Faisal Mohammed and Jacob Opadeyi, PhD, MBA, FRICS,Professor of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Trinidad and Tobago

Moderators

Bernadette de Leon, GISP

Park Systems Planning Generalist, Indiana University, Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands

Speakers

Jacob Opadeyi, PhD, MBA, FRICS

Professor of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management, The University of West Indies

Faisal Mohammed

Ph.D Student/Research Technician, The University of the West Indies

Research Technician for Mass Spectrometry Laboratory in the Department of Chemistry, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.Graduate Student in the Department of Chemistry, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine pursuing Ph.D in Environmental/Analytical Chemistry.Modelling... Read More →

Abdulkader Murad

Professor, King Abdulaziz University

Abdulkader A. Murad is a Fallow at the Charted Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors, FCInstCES, and a member of URISA. Currently, he is a Professor of GIS at King AbdulAziz University, Previous to this, he was is the GIS Advisor for the Vice President for projects in king AbdulAziz... Read More →

Andrew Curtis, PhD

Co-Director of GIS/Health & Hazards Lab, Kent State University

GIS and Health Go Global pdf

Thursday June 2, 2016 3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Farragut Square, Lower Level

Breakout Session

3:00pm EDT

Using Social Media in Health

Location-based social media contains a wealth of data freely available to everyone. When combined with GIS this data allows for new insights into health issues whether tracking the spread of disease or assessing public perceptions of environmental health issues. This session focuses on the barriers and opportunities for the use of location-based social media applications and crowdsourcing as methods of extracting and analyzing data.

Attendance at this session will offer 1.5 AICP credits, pending approval.

Analysis of the Relationship Between City Image and Perception of Smell in an Urban Environment
Junyoung Choi, Research Fellow (Ph.D), Land and Housing Institute, Daejeon, South Korea
Wansoo Im, Ph.D., Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN United States
Using FrackMap (a Harvard WorldMap) to Explore Peer-reviewed Literature Topics and Public Perceptions Expressed in Twitter Conversations
Nathalie DeMarcellis-Warin, Visiting Scientist, Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA United States
The Problems with Using Geocoded Tweets for Health Research
Eugene Brusilovskiy, MUSA, Director, Laboratory on Geography, Mobility and Disability, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA United States

Moderators

Liora Sahar, GISP, PhD

Scientific Director/Geospatial Research, American Cancer Society

Speakers

Nathalie DeMarcellis-Warin

Visiting Scientist, Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health

Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, PhD, is Visiting Scientist at Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health. She is Full Professor at Polytechnique Montreal, Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering and Vice-President... Read More →

Wansoo Im

Associate Professor, Meharry Medical College

Eugene Brusilovskiy, MUSA

Philadelphia, PA, Director, Laboratory on Geography, Mobility and Disability

Junyoung Choi, Ph.D.

Ph.D., Korea Land and Housing corp.

Dr. CHOI, JUNYOUNG obtained a master and Ph.D. degree in urban planning from Hanyang university. After that, he worked at urban information research center and research group for mass transit reform in Seoul Institute from 2001 to 2003 and then policy research center in Korea Local... Read More →

Using Social Media in Healthl pdf

Thursday June 2, 2016 3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Lafayette Park, 2nd Floor

Breakout Session

8:30am EDT

Patterns of Community Health and Wellbeing

Session presentations will highlight the use of GIS to examine the intersection of health and socio-geographic factors. GIS-based evaluations are supporting the identification of differences in health outcomes associated with variations in the availability of community resources and social capital.

Attendance at this session will offer:
1.5 AICP credits, pending approval
1.5 CPH credits, pending NBPHE approval.

The Relationship Between Resource Availability and Accessibility with Community Participation Among Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses
Eugene Brusilovskiy, MUSA, Director, Laboratory on Geography, Mobility and Disability, Temple University,Philadelphia, PA United States
Using a Rurality Classification System to Support Resource Allocation and Decision Making
Rentonia Morton, MPA, Program Manager, American Cancer Society,Atlanta, GA United States
Liora Sahar, PHD, GISP, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA United States
Kenneth Portier, MS, PHD,American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA United States
Using GIS for Research
Latrice Rollins, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Evaluation and Institutional Assessment,
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA United States

Moderators

Russell S. Kirby, PhD, MS, FACE

Speakers

Rentonia Morton, MPA

Program Manager, American Cancer Society

Rentonia Morton is a Program Manager in the Statistics & Evaluation Center (SEC), located at the national headquarters of the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, Georgia. In her role she serves as the lead for providing evaluation support to cancer prevention and survivorship programs... Read More →

Eugene Brusilovskiy, MUSA

Philadelphia, PA, Director, Laboratory on Geography, Mobility and Disability

Latrice Rollins, Ph.D.

Assistant Director of Evaluation and Institutional Assessment, Morehouse School of Medicine

Latrice Rollins is a social worker and evaluation generalist. She provides evaluation management and support for academic and community-based programs focused on public health workforce development programs, and reducing health disparities in various areas, including behavioral... Read More →

Liora Sahar, GISP, PhD

Scientific Director/Geospatial Research, American Cancer Society

Kenneth Portier

Patterns of Community Health and Wellbeing pdf

Friday June 3, 2016 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
Lafayette Park, 2nd Floor

Breakout Session

8:30am EDT

Power Tools for Community Health

This session will present tools and methods developed to integrate data on social, economic, political, infrastructure and other community health factors and evaluate their influence on health outcomes. Examples of tools developed for local, regional, and state level evaluations will be reviewed. Presenters will share the process of creating and deploying these tools that evaluate health, environment and livability data using different technologies and platforms.

Attendance at this session will offer:
1.5 AICP credits, pending approval.
1.5 CPH credits, pending NBPHE approval.

The Community Vital Signs API
Jennifer Rankin, PhD, Senior Manager, Research and Product Services, HealthLandscape, Washington, DC United States
Examining Health, Environment, and Livability through Partnerships and an Interactive Platform
Carla Jones, Research Associate, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA United States
Innovative Public Health GIS Efforts Examples from Vermont
Peter Young, MA-Geography, GISP, GIS Manager, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington, VT United States

Moderators

Mighty Fine MPH

Deputy Director, Center for Professional Development & Partnerships, American Public Health Association

Speakers

Pete Young, MA, GISP

GIS Manager, Vermont Dept. of Health

Pete Young, GISP, M.A. in Geography, University of Vermont Pete Young is an applied geographer with extensive experience using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. In addition to working as the Vermont Department of Health's GIS Manager, Pete also teaches part-time... Read More →

Carla Jones

Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology

Carla Jones is a Research Assistant and Ph.D. student in City and Regional Planning at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She researches the intersection of human health and the built and natural environments. She works closely with her advisor, Dr. Nisha Botchwey, on the CDC-funded... Read More →

Jennifer Rankin, PhD

Senior Manager, Research and Product Services, HealthLandscape

Power Tools for Community Health pdf

Friday June 3, 2016 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
Franklin Park AB, Lobby Level

Breakout Session

8:30am EDT

The Effects of Crime and Place

It has long been established that place matters with respect to the opportunity for crime and the response to crime when it occurs. Presentations in this session will explore how geospatial data can provide robust information about the places crime occurs and the sometimes subtle contextual factors that contribute to crime, as well as the resources available to those most vulnerable to its effects.

Attendance at this session will offer 1.5 AICP credits, pending approval

Context and Spatial Nuance inside a Neighborhood's Drug Hotspot: Implications for the Crime-Health Nexus
Andrew Curtis, PhD, Full Professor,Kent State University, Kent, OH United States
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Comprehensive Intimate Partner Violence Services in Miami-Dade County, Florida
Jaclyn Verity, Undergraduate Student, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL United States
Fine Scale Built Environment Changes and the Impact on Crime: Holy Cross Neighborhood, New Orleans, LA 2011-2015
Thomas Veldman, Kent State University, Kent, OH United States

Moderators

Andrew Curtis, PhD

Co-Director of GIS/Health & Hazards Lab, Kent State University

Speakers

Thomas Veldman

Kent, OH, Kent State University

PhD Candidate in Geography at Kent State with a research focus on GIS, Crime, and Urban, Health and Medical Geographies.

Jaclyn Verity

Undergraduate Student, University of Miami

Jaclyn Verity is an Undergraduate Student at the University of Miami, studying Health Geographics and Religious Studies. Her research interests include women's health, maternal and child health, and urban planning.

The Effects of Crime and Place pdf

Friday June 3, 2016 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
Farragut Square, Lower Level

Breakout Session

10:30am EDT

At the Intersection of Transportation and Health

Planning and public health professionals have increasingly focused on the linkages between transportation and health. Presentations from this session will dive into the finer details of how GIS can support ADA reviews, pedestrian safety studies and bike share suitability analyses and highlight a multi-year collaboration between USDOT and CDC to create the “Transportation and Health Tool” to inform policy decisions and promote local exploration into the data behind the tool.

Attendance at this session will offer 1.5 AICP credits, pending approval

Roadway Intersection Characteristics and Pedestrian Safety: Are They Related?
Jasmin Kim, Master's Student, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA United States
Transitioning to ArcGIS Online: ADA Curb Ramp Inspection Program
Elizabeth Morris, GISP, GIS Analyst, JMT Technology Group, Washington, DC United States
Geographic Analysis of the Philadelphia Indego Bike Share Program by Various Transportation Demographics
Randy Aviado, MPH, Student, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA United States
The Transportation and Health Tool: Establishing Measures and Data to Support Planning, Policy Decisions to Integrate Transportation and Health
Ann Steedly, Chief Operations Officer, Planning Communities, LLC, Raleigh, NC

Moderators

Teresa Townsend

Chief Executive Officer, Planning Communities

Teresa is a founding partner and Chief Executive Officer of Planning Communities, an urban planning and environmental socially-responsible B-Corp Certified firm, and has been a leader in integrating geospatial sciences in community, transportation and environmental planning for more... Read More →

Speakers

Elizabeth Morris, GISP

GIS Analyst, JMT Technology Group

Elizabeth Morris is a GIS Analyst with the JMT Technology Group in Washington, DC and an MPH candidate at George Mason University.

Jasmin Kim

Master's Student, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

Jasmin Kim is a second year student in the Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) program at UCLA concentrating in transportation planning and design & development. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Urban Studies and Planning from UC San Diego and she spent some time... Read More →

Randy Aviado, MPH

Ph.D Student, Thomas Jefferson University

Randy Aviado is originally from Dover, Delaware. He graduated from Georgetown University in 2013 with a degree in Chemistry. During his undergraduate career, he co-founded the Global Medical Brigade chapter at Georgetown, an organization committed to providing sustainable healthcare... Read More →

Ann Steedly

Chief Operations Officer, Planning Communities, LLC

At the intersection of Transportation and Health pdf

Friday June 3, 2016 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Farragut Square, Lower Level

Breakout Session

10:30am EDT

Exposing Community Health Risks through GIS

As industrial and resource extraction activities encroach on developed areas and as developed areas encroach on areas with environmental or industrial hazards, exposure risk has increased for communities across the U.S. The need for continued improvements to geospatial data, mapping and modeling of potential health hazards is highlighted through the presentations in this session.

Attendance at this session will offer:
1.5 AICP credits, pending approval
1.5 CPH credits, pending NBPHE approval.

Geospatial Analysis of Hydrofracturing Activities Related to Human Health Outcomes in the USA
Caitlin Gormley, Student, Sayville High School, West Sayville, NY United States
Who Is Exposed to Indoor Radon?
Stephanie Foster, MPH, MA, Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA United States
Mapping the Legacy of Arsenic
Marilyn O'Hara Ruiz, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL United States
The Niche of Asthma: Using GIS Sensors & Machine Learning to Understand Asthma
Joshua Pepper, BA, BS, (MS/MD Expected), Medical Student and Researcher, UC Berkeley / UCSF Joint Medical Program, Berkeley, CA United States

Moderators

Este Geraghty

Chief Medical Officer, Esri

Dr. Este Geraghty, MD, MS, MPH, CPH, GISP, is the Chief Medical Officer at Esri where she leads strategy and messaging for the Health and Human Services sector. During her time at Esri, Dr. Geraghty has helped organizations around the world use location intelligence to combat Zika... Read More →

Speakers

Caitlin Gormley

Student , Grade 11, Sayville High School

Caitlin Gormley enrolled for an introductory course in geospatial analysis through the Stony Brook University Accelerated College Education Program for high school students in 2014 when she was a rising sophomore. She has developed an authentic research project assessing trends and... Read More →

Stephanie Foster, MPH, MA

Atlanta, GA, Epidemiologist

Stephanie Foster began her CDC career in 1997 working with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention where in addition to working on special studies of national HIV incidence she was responsible for assisting the San Francisco Department of Health in developing their first Atlas of HIV/AIDS... Read More →

Joshua Pepper

Berkeley, CA, Medical Student and Researcher

Josh Pepper is a second year medical student in the UC Berkeley, UCSF Joint Medical Program. His research focuses on the realtime geospatial relationship between asthma inhaler use and environmental conditions. Josh is from Fresno, CA and has dual undergraduate degrees in Environmental... Read More →

Marilyn O'Hara Ruiz, Ph.D

Clinical Associate Professor, University of Illinois

Exposing Community Health Risks through GIS pdf

Friday June 3, 2016 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Franklin Park AB, Lobby Level

Breakout Session

10:30am EDT

Geospatial-based Health Advocacy, Education, and Interventions

If a picture is worth a thousand words, GIS has tremendous potential to help health professionals more effectively communicate with communities around critical health issues. This session features projects that employed interactive mapping and other methods to obtain input, educate communities, and implement other intervention strategies for critical health issues including childhood asthma, cancer and disease outbreaks.

Attendance at this session will offer:
1.5 AICP credits, pending approval.
1.5 CPH credits, pending NBPHE approval.

Interactive Asthma Map at Kentucky's Capitol Education Center
Benjamin Scott, MPH, Data Coordinator /Epidemiologist, Kentucky Department for Public Health, Frankfort, KY United States
Outbreak: Exhibiting Maps of Contagious Diseases - Spanish Flu to the Zika Virus
Daniel Cole, GISP, GIS Coordinator, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC United States
Geospatial Research to Support Evidence-based Cancer Control Initiatives and Advocacy Efforts in a National Non-profit
Liora Sahar, PhD, GISP, Director, Statistics and Evaluation Research Center, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA United States
Geospatial Analysis on HRSA Data to Inform Cancer Prevention Initiatives
Arthi Rao, MS, Program Manager, Informatics, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA United States

Moderators

Wansoo Im

Associate Professor, Meharry Medical College

Speakers

Daniel Cole

GIS Coordinator, Smithsonian

Daniel G. Cole is the GIS Coordinator and Chief Cartographer of the Smithsonian Institution (SI). He has worked in this position since 1990, and since 1986 has served as the research cartographer at SI. He has designed and created maps for multiple exhibits at the National Museum... Read More →

Benjamin Scott, MPH

Data Coordinator/Epidemiologist, Data Coordinator/Epidemiologist

Ben Scott is the data coordinator and epidemiologist for Kentucky’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Network at the Kentucky Department for Public Health. He is actively working to incorporate GIS for data display into the tracking network and is involved in increasing GIS... Read More →

Arthi Rao, MS

Program Manager, Informatics & Doctoral Candidate, American Cancer Society

Liora Sahar, GISP, PhD

Scientific Director/Geospatial Research, American Cancer Society

Geospatial based Health Advocacy pdf

Friday June 3, 2016 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Lafayette Park, 2nd Floor

Breakout Session

1:00pm EDT

GIS and Cancer: Research, Surveillance & Patient Outcomes

Panelists from CDC, the National Cancer Institute, the private sector and a non-profit organization will present the role of geospatial science and systems within their organizations. The panel will explore the nature of different implementations of GIS stemming from the organizations’ mission. Panelists will identify commonalities and discuss pressing issues while addressing topics such as:

Attendance at this session will offer:
1.0 AICP credits, pending approval.
1.0 CPH credits, pending NBPHE approval.

GIS in cancer research (issues such as data quality and availability; best practice solutions & methodologies; multidisciplinary research)
GIS for cancer surveillance, including, latest findings and products that are available to GIS professionals (including current developments and highlighted projects)
Cancer control and services and the role GIS plays in planning patient services and interventions to improve patient outcomes (health equity).

Panelists:
Liora Sahar, Director, Evaluation Informatics, American Cancer Society, Inc., Atlanta, GA United States
Stephanie Foster, MPH, MA, Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA United States
Lisa M. Stevens, Ph.D., Deputy Director for Planning and Operations, Center for Global Health, NCI, OD, Rockville, MD United States
David Stinchcomb, Westat, Rockville, MD United States

Moderators

Rachel Abudu, MPH

Global Cancer Project Map Data Analyst/Manager, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.

Rachel Abudu is the Global Cancer Project Map Data Analyst and Manager at Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., in support to the National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health. She serves as the Project Manager for the Global Cancer Project Map, a web-based tool that catalogs international... Read More →

Speakers

Stephanie Foster, MPH, MA

Atlanta, GA, Epidemiologist

Liora Sahar, GISP, PhD

Scientific Director/Geospatial Research, American Cancer Society

Lisa Stevens

Head, Global Cancer Control Program, Center for Global Health, National Cancer Institute

Dr. Stevens’ desire to facilitate and promote science is what brought her to the Office of the Director, NCI, in 2000. She joined the Office of Science Planning and Assessment in 2002 and joined the Center for Global Health as the Deputy Director for Planning and Operations in 2012... Read More →

Dave Stinchcomb

Senior Health Geographer, Westat

I'm a health geographer with an interest in disease surveillance, population geography, cartography, and data visualization. I also have a background in statistics and computer science both of which often come in handy. I've been at Westat since 2011 and was a branch chief at the... Read More →

GIS and Cancer pdf

Friday June 3, 2016 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Franklin Park AB, Lobby Level

Breakout Session

1:00pm EDT

Making Health Measures Count

GIS-based metrics are assisting communities in developing more targeted healthcare strategies and interventions. This session highlights a publicly available tool developed to compare health metrics related to mortality and morbidity between county, state and national levels and against user-specified thresholds and an analytical approach to use GIS data to generate age-stratified social and medical vulnerability scores and evaluate patterns and interactions between these areas in a multi-county region.

Attendance at this session will offer:
1.0 AICP credits, pending approval
1.0 CPH credits, pending NBPHE approval.

Population Health Mapper: Assessing Health Indicator Targets
Dave Grolling, MPSGIS, GIS Strategist, American Academy of Family Physicians, Washington, DC United States
A GIS Approach to Identifying Socially and Medically Vulnerable Older Adult Populations in South Florida
Justin Stoler, PhD, University of Miami, Department of Geography, Coral Gables, FL United States

Moderators

Alyssa Randall

GIS Analyst & Environmental Scientist, Planning Communities, LLC

Speakers

Justin Stoler, PhD, MPH

University of Miami

Dr. Justin Stoler is Assistant Professor of Geography and Regional Studies, and Public Health Sciences, at the University of Miami. His research explores the geographic patterns of urban health disparities, particularly in the developing world, and environmental influences on social... Read More →

David Grolling, MPS

GIS Strategist, American Academy of Family Physicians

David Grolling joined HealthLandscape in January 2016. His primary responsibilities include managing the geospatial data for the UDS Mapper, producing special purpose maps, and programming. He has experience in GIS, spatial analysis, veteran’s health data and military health records... Read More →

Making Health Measures Count pdf

Friday June 3, 2016 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Farragut Square, Lower Level

Breakout Session

1:00pm EDT

Protecting the Health of Mother and Baby

This session delves into the links between environmental health hazards and variations in birth outcomes such as gestational and birth weights and lengths of pregnancy for women in the U.S. and Canada. Disparities in exposures to key health hazards (air pollution, toxic release sites), built environment factors (access to green space and healthy foods) and birth outcomes by socio-geographic factors are explored.

Attendance at this session will offer 1.0 AICP credits, pending approval.

Mapping Outdoor Maternal Health Hazards and Babies Born Too Small
Charlene Nielsen, MSc, Interdisciplinary PhD Candidate, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Canada
GIS Analysis of Associations Between Preterm Births, Air Pollution, and Environmental Amenities
Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger, Associate Porfessor, Clark University, Worcester, MA United States
Developing a Pregnancy Peer Support Program to Address Racial Disparities in Birth Outcomes in African American Women
Kellee Hanigan, DPT, Assistant Professor, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN United States

Moderators

Russell S. Kirby, PhD, MS, FACE

Speakers

Kellee Hanigan, DPT

Assistant Professor, Indiana State University

I hold a clinical Doctorate in Physical Therapy and I became interested in community-based participatory research during my post-doc at The University of Nebraska Medical Center. I became well-versed in qualitative methodology and am now pursuing my PhD in Epidemiology with a minor... Read More →

Charlene Nielsen

Interdisciplinary PhD Candidate, University of Alberta

Charlene Nielsen is dedicated to defending the "health of the land" for all organisms on earth by developing Geographical Information Systems solutions through integrative collaborations. She is currently an interdisciplinary PhD candidate in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Pediatrics... Read More →

Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger

Associate Professor of GIS Science, Clark University

Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger, Ph.D., Associate Professor of GIS Science, Clark University. Yelena teaches introductory and advanced GIS courses to undergraduate and graduate students at Clark University located in Worcester, MA. Her current research focuses on human-environment relationships... Read More →

Protecting the Health of Mother and Baby pdf

Friday June 3, 2016 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Lafayette Park, 2nd Floor

Breakout Session