URISA's GIS in Public Health Conference Details Announced
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URISA's GIS in Public Health Conference Details Announced

April 28, 2011 (Des Plaines, IL) – URISA is pleased to announce the details of its 2011 GIS in Public Health Conference, taking place in Atlanta, June 27-30, 2011. The deadline to take advantage of discounted registration and hotel fees is June 1.

“What makes this conference such a valuable experience is the mix of academics and practitioners, experienced GIS professionals and younger public health staff, with students from a variety of disciplines as well.  While the trainings, lectures and presentations add to one’s knowledge, the real perk of the conference for me is the interactions that occur during scheduled breaks and over dinner and evening activities.  I came away from the last conference in Providence very inspired, and developed a new graduate seminar in Spatial Perspectives in Community and Family Health at my university in part as a result of the conference.”  Russell Kirby, PhD, MS, FACE - University of South Florida

The conference was developed primarily from submissions received through the Call for Abstracts. More than 80 abstracts were received. Two preconference workshops will be presented: 

In addition to the twenty-one comprehensive educational sessions on topics ranging from “Using Mapping to Assess Community Health Risk” toApplications in GIS and Remote Sensing for Environmental Health”, three keynote speakers will be featured:

The poster session is a key part of the conference with nearly 30 participants to date. Exhibits and networking events round out the conference experience.

For complete conference, exhibits, travel and registration information, visit  http://www.urisa.org/2011health today!



Contact:

Wendy Nelson
Executive Director
URISA

Tel.:847-824-6300
E-mail: wnelson@urisa.org
www.urisa.org