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Geospatial Technologies and Public Health: Mapping Disease, Promoting Health
A one-day symposium devoted to discussing the recent developments in geospatial technologies and their applications in mapping disease and promoting health by leading researchers and government program officers.
| What | Symposium Meeting |
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| When |
2007-11-17 09:00
2007-11-17 17:00
2007-11-17 from 09:00 to 17:00 |
| Where | Annenberg Presidential Conference Center, Texas A&M University |
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The primary goal of this symposium is to foster close partnerships in research and education among federal, state, and local agencies, and to strengthen links between academic research and applications. Researchers and practitioners interested in geospatial technologies and public health should attend.
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Tom Koch (University of British Columbia): "Cartographies of Cancer: The Transformation of a disease"
Click here to visit Dr. Koch's personal website.
Dr. Linda W. Pickle (National Cancer Institute): "Combining geographic, visulization and statistical tools for a more complete analysis of public health data"
To register, visit http://gist.tamu.edu
Registration: students $10, non-students: $30 (covers lunch, refreshments and conference materials). Speakers receive a complimentary registration.
Office of the Vice President for Research, Texas A&M University
The U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC)
School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M System Health Science Center
Texas Cooperative Extension Service
National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense (FAZD)