Name: GIS & Public Health
Start: 2024-10-09T11:00:00-0400
End: 2024-10-09T12:30:00-0400

Welcome to GIS-Pro 2024: URISA’s 62nd Annual Conference, taking place in Portland, Maine! This is where you review the comprehensive educational program for the conference and plan your agenda.

We are pleased to collaborate with the New England Chapter of URISA on this important event.

Go to this page to register for the conference and make travel plans; review sponsor and exhibit packages, and check out young professional and student opportunities. Early bird registration discounts are available until August 1.

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT

Somerset/Oxford

GIS is an important tool in understanding public health. From understanding maternal and child welfare and access to healthcare to mapping socioeconomic factors and historical addressing, these talks all provide us with methods for using GIS within the broader public health sphere. This session will conclude with a panel discussion from all session participants to further explore citizen science, spatial and temporal accuracy, and bridging the gap between data and community.

Making Health Equity Transparent with LA County’s Community Health Profiles
Shannon Julius, GISP, Principal GIS Analyst, County of Los Angeles, Downey, CA
Robert Graham, Principal GIS Analyst, County of Los Angeles, Downey, CA
Juan Cardenas, GISP, GIS Analyst, County of Los Angeles eGIS, Downey, CA

Pushing the Boundaries of Esri’s Geocoder: Historical Geocoding
Cassandra (Cassie) Sanford, GIS Specialist, UW-Madison Center for Health Disparities Research, Madison, WI
Nyla Thursday, GIS Specialist, UW-Madison Center for Health Disparities Research, Madison, WI

Beyond the Classroom: GIS and Community Engagement at Meharry Medical College
Wansoo Im, Ph.D, Professor, School of Global Health/Meharry Medical College

Moderators

Pamela Harris

Natural Resource Planner, Maryland Department of the Environment

Speakers

Shannon Julius, GISP

Principal GIS Analyst, County of Los Angeles

Shannon has been working as a GIS professional for Cities in Los Angeles County since 2014 and for Los Angeles County since 2021. She has an M.S. in GISci from Cal State Long Beach and a B.A. in Environmental Analysis from Pitzer College. Her current hobbies are hiking, board games... Read More →

Robert Graham, GISP

GIS Specialist, County of Los Angeles

Rob is a GIS programmer and data architect working with Los Angeles County Enterprise GIS. He is committed to GIS technology as a tool to improve human conditions and build community power, and has worked with a variety of public interest groups to develop engaging data and mapping... Read More →

Juan Cardenas, GISP

GIS Analyst, County of Los Angeles

GIS Analyst at Los Angeles County Enterprise GIS

Cassie Sanford

GIS Specialist, UW-Madison's Center for Health Disparities Research

Cassie Sanford is a GIS Specialist at the University of Wisconsin - Madison's Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR). At CHDR, Cassie and her coworker Nyla have pioneered new ways in historical geocoding. They have created new datasets using historical census data to support... Read More →

Nyla Thursday

GIS Specialist, UW-Madison Center for Health Disparities Research

Nyla is an enthusiastic GIS and cartography teacher and life long learner. She loves finding brand new ways to solve tangled messes of problems, learning endlessly from her peers, and teaching anyone that is interested. In her work at the Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR... Read More →

Wansoo Im, Ph.D.

Professor, School of Global Health/Meharry Medical College

GIS and Public Health pdf

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT
Somerset/Oxford

The Role of GIS in Pursuit of Equity and Social Justice

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