Training: GIS for Research on Health Disparities

May 4: Internet-Based Mapping.

Become familiar with key mapping concepts and valuable online mapping tools, especially those that are useful for health researchers. And, then use these new tools with health data that can be downloaded. Focus will be on web-mapping systems that enable users to quickly produce maps with overlapping thematic layers (e.g. demographic and vital statistics), and with point-based data (e.g. local community health services).

This lab-based training will take participants through more sophisticated features of online GIS (Geographic Information Systems). These include creating personal accounts, saving maps and data for easy access, creating customized geographies for focus or study areas, & uploading datasets–both point and polygon–using Excel files. No background training in using GIS software or data management is required.

This training is open to graduate students, post docs, faculty and researchers who are actively engaged in research in which this particular methodology would be most relevant. If you are interested in participating in this GIS training please send an e-mail to cmhd@ucla.edu. Include in it your name, whether you are a graduate, post doc or faculty member and your department. Please include the research question/topic which you would like to work on during the workshop, tell us whether this is a funded research project, your dissertation, master’s or independent project that you are working on alone. You must register for each workshop separately. So please let us know whether you are registering for the beginning only, the advanced only or both. Your response for the beginner’s workshop is needed by 12pm, May 2nd. Your response for the advanced workshop is needed no later than May 14th by 3pm. We will let you know on these days whether or not you have been admitted to the workshop.