2007 Podcasts

The following podcasts are from the 2007 Health GIS Conference.

Using GIS to Track Resistant-infection Patient Contact in Hospitals
—Abel Kho, M.D., Northwestern University

• Listen or download:
  MP3 [20:57 | 9.63 MB]
  Abel Kho, M.D., assistant professor of medicine at Northwestern University and affiliated scientist at Regenstrief Institute, Inc. discusses how GIS is used to track and visualize data about hospital-acquired infection rates.

Teaching GIS in Public Health
—Dr. David Dzielak and Dr. Fazlay Faruque, University of Mississippi Medical Center

• Listen or download:
  MP3 [20:44 | 9.53 MB]
  Dr. David Dzielak, Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Research Alliances and Dr. Fazlay Faruque, Director of GIS and Remote Sensing and Professor of Health Systems, both at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, discuss incorporating GIS in health sciences.

Land Conservation and the Impact on Public Health
—Breece Robertson, Trust For Public Land

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  MP3 [18:27 | 8.47 MB]
  Breece Robertson, National GIS Director at Trust for Public Land, discusses how greenprinting—a GIS-aided analysis of community, land, and conservation issues—helps communities organize and prioritize land conservation strategies for maintaining access to parks and open spaces.