GIS DAY PAPERS

• 2009: GIS and International Health
  
  

  Developing Spatial Databases for Social Behavioral Health Research in Communities Outside the US (KEYNOTE)
  Ellen K. Cromley, The Institute for Community Research
  
  

  Climate Change and the Famine Early Warning System
  Molly E. Brown, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
  
  

  Tracking the Polio Virus down the Congo River: a Case Study on the Use of Google Earth in Public Health Planning and Mapping
  Raoul Kamadjeu, CDC
  
  

  A Spatial View of Urbanization: What Are the Implications for Understanding Climate Change, Poverty and Health?
  Deborah Balk, Baruch College/CUNY
  
  

  Spatial and Temporal Clustering of Dengue Virus Transmission in Thai Villages
  Jared Aldstadt, University at Buffalo
  
  

  Multi-factor Frameworks for Spatial Interaction Analysis: Coping with Complexity of Social/Environmental Issues--Health Plus
  Wayne Myers, Penn State
  
  

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• 2008: GIS and Infectious Disease
  
  

  Google Maps & Google Earth (KEYNOTE)
  Wansoo Im, Vertices LLC
  
  

  Tracking MRSA with GIS
  Abel Kho, Northwestern University
  
  

  Evaluation of Spatial Surveillance Methods
  Ken Kleinman, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  
  

  GIS Analysis Utilized During a County-Wide Mass Vaccination Exercise
  Bob Brems, Zanesville/Muskingum (Ohio) County Health Department
  
  

  Use of Google Earth to Strengthen Public Health Capacity and Facilitate Management of Vector-Borne Diseases in Resource-Poor Environments
  Lars Eisen, Colorodo State University
  
  

  Using GIS to Forecast Infectious Disease Risk
  Gregory Glass, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  
  

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• 2007: GIS and Cancer
  
  

  Spatial Analysis: Combining GIS and Statistical Tools (KEYNOTE)
  Linda Williams, StatNet Consulting (National Cancer Institute, retired)
  
  GIS-Based Research to Improve Services for Cancer Prevention, and Control
  Gerard Rushton, University of Iowa
  
  Examples of the Use of Geographic Patterns of Cancer Rates in Cancer Prevention and Control
  Ahmedin Jemal, American Cancer Society
  
  The Perils of Pareidolia: "Big" Problems and Some Solutions in Medical Geography
  Geoffrey M. Jacquez, BioMedware and University of Michigan
  
  Deprivation and Health: Using GIS to Characterize Social Environments and Cancer Risks
  David I. Gregorio, University of Connecticut
  
  Examining Geographic Patterns in Cancer Incidence Data and Environmental Factors in New Jersey
  Jerald A. Fagliano, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services