Perelman School of Medicine Events Calendar

Speaker: Toren Finkel, M.D., Ph.D.  Affiliation: NIH/NHLBI, Translational Medicine

June 8, 2012 - “CNST Interdisciplinary Case Conference”

Kenneth S. Shindler, M.D., Ph.D. - Ophthalmology
Paolo Nucifora, M.D., Ph.D. - Radiology
Bo Jian, M.D., Ph.D. - Pathology

“Double Problems with Double Vision: How Neuroradiologic and Patholgic Clues Decipher Rare from Common Neuroophthalmologic Disease"

By the end of the 3-day Institute, participants will be able to:

• Understand a broad range of ways that Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be applied to public health research, practice, and public policy
• Critically analyze maps and research results developed using GIS
• Learn how to create and analyze thematic maps, geocode addresses, and conduct basic queries
• Implement a variety of field data collection methods used in GIS such as handheld GPS technology
• Develop individual research agendas which incorporate GIS methods

2012 Summer Institute on GIS and Public Health

Date: June 6-8, 2012

Location: University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

Cost:
Full Institute - $850*
Full Institute: Student Rate - $450 (with proof of student status)
Lectures Only (W-F, 9am-1pm) - $450

*For groups of 5 or more, discounted rates are available.
Please contact lahall@exchange.upenn.edu for more details.

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By the end of the 3-day Institute, participants will be able to:

• Understand a broad range of ways that Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be applied to public health research, practice, and public policy
• Critically analyze maps and research results developed using GIS
• Learn how to create and analyze thematic maps, geocode addresses, and conduct basic queries
• Implement a variety of field data collection methods used in GIS such as handheld GPS technology
• Develop individual research agendas which incorporate GIS methods

**For more information regarding the GIS component of this institute,
please email Amy Hillier at ahillier@design.upenn.edu.

 

Expert Course Instructors:

Charlie Branas, PhD
Dr. Branas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. His methodological interests combine aspects of health policy, operations research and epidemiology. Dr. Branas' research interests include emergency health systems and injury prevention. This research most prominently includes an NIH-funded study of alcohol outlets and firearm violence in the City of Philadelphia. Dr. Branas' current research is also national in scope, including a multi-state study of trauma centers and ambulance care funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Dennis Culhane, PhD
Dr. Culhane is a social psychologist and Professor of Social Welfare Policy at the University of Pennsylvania and a faculty co-director of the Cartographic Modeling Lab. He is currently directing several collaborative efforts between the University and the City of Philadelphia to make administrative records more readily analyzable and sharable for policy analysis and planning purposes. These efforts involve the creation of interaective, web-based software applications, and the creation of an archived data system for tracking children through various school and social service programs. His research interests include studies of he housing and neighborhood factors associated with health and the neighborhood factors associated with child and youth development.

Amy Hillier, MSW PhD
Dr, Hillier is an Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning in the School of Design at the Uage redlining, fooniversity of Pennsylvania and a faculty co-director of the Cartographic Modeling Lab. She teaches classes in GIS and research methods and has served as the faculty director for Penn's Master of Urban Spatial Analytics program. Her research focuses on geographic disparities in housing and health, including historical mortgd access, and childhood obesity.

Doug Weibe, PhD
Dr. Wiebe is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include environmental risk factors for injury, youth violence and intimate partner violence, alcohol use and alcohol availability, and the impact of daily routines on health-related behavior. A number of his studies examine how keeping a firearm at home relates to homicide, suicide, and unintentional shootings of household members. He also leads an NIH-funded study on how the nature and location of adolescents' daily activities relate to the liklihood they will be assaulted.

Please note that attendance is limited to 20 participants.

Genetics Research Talks

Josh Burdick-Murray Lab
"Estimating gene expression patterns in the C. elegans embryo"

Hemant Kini-Liebhaber Lab
"Identifying endogenous targets and function of poly(A) binding protein, PABPC4"