Are you interested in GIS? If you are then you should attend the first UMB GIS User’s Group Meeting. At this meeting you can here how colleagues at UMB are using GIS (Geographical Information Systems), including:

Ryan Shannahan, recent Social Work graduate in the Innovative Institute in the Department of Psychiatry, who will share his work on mapping of risk and protective factors for child maltreatment in Maryland.

Gina Rowe, School of Nursing faculty, will discuss her project mapping primary care provider density and emergency department rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions.

Julie Spangler, Geographic Information Specialist at the Maryland Poison Center/School of Pharmacy, will share her work exploring spatial patterns found in poison center data.

There will also be an opportunity for you to share the work you are doing with GIS.
The Meeting will take place Thursday June 16th from 12pm-1pm in the Distance Education Room (lower level) of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library.

If you have any questions please contact Gina Rowe, growe@son.umaryland.edu