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Lab Outreach

WVCTSI offering Master Class on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) on June 7 - 8

WVCTSI will host a special two-day Master Class on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for public health health, clinical, and policy research. During day one of this event, attendees will hear from a nationwide group of experts presenting their research and ideas that will give attendees the opportunity to see how broadly these methodologies can be applied. Day one will conclude with a networking event where participants can share ideas and discuss priority areas. Presenters include:

Frank Annie, PhD FACC – Research Scientist (Department of Cardiology) and Medical Geographer CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine
Rajib Paul, PhD, associate professor at University of North Carolina Charlotte, Department of Public Health Sciences
Sonikpreet Aulakh, MD, assistant professor, WVU School of Medicine Department of Neuroscience
Brian Witrick, PhD, Clemson University

Day two will be a workshop covering basic map making and use of cluster and drive time analyses. Attendees will also create their own GIS powered web-based applications that will be usable on nearly all smart devices. This event will take place from 12 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7 and from 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8. Attendees have the option to attend in person or remotely via Zoom. Any questions can be directed to Kerri Rogers at kag0012@hsc.wvu.edu. Register here.

Brian Hendricks

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Toni Rudisill

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