2013 URISA GIS in Public Health Conference - Tuesday Program Details

Welcome & Opening Keynote Address

8:30 - 10:00 AM

2013 Conference Chair, Jason Blackburn (University of Florida) will welcome delegates and discuss some of the highlights of the conference program. We are honored to welcome Dr. Estella Geraghty, as our distinguished keynote speaker!

Keynote Address

  Estella “Este” M. Geraghty, MD, MS, MPH, FACP, GISP, Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, University of California Davis

Dr. Geraghty is a clinician researcher in the Division of General Medicine at UC Davis. Her research focuses on using GIS to influence health policy and advance community development programs. She has co-authored research in pesticide exposure modeling, statewide mental health service access and use tracking systems; asset and disparity mapping of youth outcomes, and index development for youth well-being and vulnerability. Dr. Geraghty is also the recipient of the Larry L. Sautter Golden Award for Innovation in Information Technology as a part of a team developing an electronic medical record data discovery solution. In addition to her degrees in Medical Informatics and Public Health, Dr. Geraghty is also a certified Public Health professional (CPH) and a Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP).

Concurrent Breakout Sessions
10:30 AM – 12:00 Noon     

Breakout sessions are concurrent sessions being presented throughout the program. Attendees may choose the topic of most interest to them. Full conference attendees may attend any of the breakout sessions (no registration required for individual sessions).

Health Services

• Geo-database Supports Health Extension Workers (HEWs) in Ethiopia
  Kunom Assefa, Tulane International, Ethiopia

• International and Domestic Student Health-Information Seeking and Satisfaction
  Stacy Austin, Portland State University, Portland, OR

• Availability of Community Health Centers and Access to Preventive Care Services in 12 Metropolitan Areas Across the United States
  Roengrudee Patanavanich, Ph.D Student, Department of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

• HealthGIS for Reaching the Unreached Population
  Paban Kumar Ghimire, Deputy Director, Department of Health Services, Nepal

Disease Ecology - Vector

• Macro Mapping of Dengue Virus Vector
  Lynette Akong, Bsc, Msc, Ministry of Planning and Sustainable Development, Trinidad and Tobago

• Saving Lives by Indentifying the Source of Dengue Fever through GIS in Pakistan
  Faran Naru, MPP, MBA, MA-IR, Provincial Disaster Management Authority, Government of Punjab, Pakistan
  Azmat Ali Awan, Msc., Provincial Disaster Management Authority, Government of Punjab, Pakistan

• The Influence of Environmental Factors on the Key West (Florida) DF Outbreak
  Meredith Phillips, MPH(c), BS, Graduate Assistant, Georgia Southern University, Macon, GA
  Brian Bossak, PhD, MPH, Division Director of Environmental Health Sciences, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
  

Remote Sensing
A Partnership: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Centers

Session Chairs: Sue Estes, NASA/Universities Space Research Association and Judy Qualters, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Overview of the CDC/NASA Partnership for the past 10 years and the EPHT Climate Change Portal
  Lina Balluz, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Enhancing EPHT with Satellite-Driven PM2.5 Exposure Modeling and Epidemiology
  Yang Liu, Emory University
• Using Remotely Sensed Data to Evaluate the Effects of Air Quality on Asthma in the Presence of Forest Fires
  Mohammad Al-Hamdan, Universities Space Research Association
• Increases in Mortality Resulting from Excessive Heat Events in the U.S.
  William Crosson, Universities Space Research Association
  Ambarish Vaidyanathan, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Conference Luncheon

12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM

Concurrent Breakout Sessions
1:30  – 3:00 PM

Health Services

• Defining Service Areas for Federally-funded Community Health Centers in the United States
  Jennifer Rankin, PhD, Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC
  Carolyn Fahey, BS, Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC

• Finding Healthy Resources with a GIS Community Map
  Alexandra Anderson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
  DeAnna Hohnhorst, GeoWiz3D Technical Services, Stone Mountain, GA

• Using GIS Spatial Statistic Tools for Evaluating the Location of Health Centers in Jeddah City
  Abdulkader Murad, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Disease Ecology- Malaria

• Modeling Malaria: Implications of Temperature Variation on Disease Risk in Africa
  Justine Blanford, Doctoral Researcher, Penn State University, University Park, PA

• Modeling Risk of Exposure to Malaria Vectors
  Temitope Alimi, PhD Student, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

• Spatial Modeling of Malaria Parasitemia in Uoung Children in Tanzania
  Rebecca Stallings, MHS Biostatistics Graduate Student, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO

Remote Sensing

• Utilization of Freely Available Remotely Sensed Images and GIS Data for Favorable Environment
  Muhammad Shahzad Sarfraz, Assistant Professor, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Pakistan
  Nitin Kumar Tripathi, Associate Professor, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand

• Spatial Patterns and Ecological Factors Associated with Livestock Anthrax in Osh, Kyrgyzstan
  Lindsay Bell, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

• Differentiation of Springtime Vegetation Indices Associated with Summer Anthrax Epizootics in West Texas USA Deer
  Jason K Blackburn, PhD, Assistant Professor, Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory, Gainesville, FL

Concurrent Breakout Sessions
3:30 –5:00 PM

 Food Security/Neighborhoods

• Equitable Communities? A GIS Spatial Analysis of Unhealthy Characteristics Around Neighborhoods
  Gina Besenyi,  PhD Student, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
  Andrew Kaczynski, PhD, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
  

Disease Ecology

• Network & Spatial Correlates of Active Syphilis among IDUs in Tijuana, Mexico
  Abby Rudolph, PhD, MPH, Research Scientist, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, MD

• Modeling the Spatial Risk of Human Onchocerciasis in Ghana and Burundi
  Alassane Barro, PhD  Student, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

• Measuring Inter-Annual Dynamics of the Trans-Caucasian Low-land Plague Focus in Azerbaijan using Historical Maps and Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Moving Polygons (STAMP)
  Lillian Morris, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Web GIS

• Appropriate Web GIS for A Coordinated Response to HIV\AIDS ChallengeTaurai Bwerinofa, Msc in GIS and Environment, Spatial Data Analyst, John Snow Inc, South Africa
  Derek Kunaka, Chief of Party, John Snow Inc, South Africa

• Development of Health Information in Community Based on Geographical Information
  Waraporn Boonchieng, Public Health Nursing, Assistant Professor, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  Ekkarat Boonchieng, Associate Professor, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

• Los Angeles County Department of Public Health GIS Map Viewer
  Douglas Morales, MPH, Epidemiologist/GIS Coordinator, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
  

Poster Session & Reception

5:00 - 6:00 PM

There was an outstanding response to the Call for Poster Presentations this year. Discuss projects and research with the presenters during the Poster Session. (Note that there is also a dedicated poster session on Wednesday afternoon to allow for more discussion.)

Click here for a list of poster presenters (opportunities to participate in the poster session are still available. Contact Pat Francis for details.)

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