Geographic Information Systems
Faculty Director
Richard Hoskins, PhD
This track prepares participants to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in analytical studies for public health surveillance and assessment.
Structured exercises focus on all important GIS features including geocoding, thematic maps, overlays to estimate features of one geography in terms of another, data connection to GIS layers, spatial structuring of query features, and map preparation using cartographic principles for publication and the Internet.
The focus of the course — how to use spatial information and maps to carry out analysis — will include use in bioterrorismresponse work, including basic statistical concepts such as map smoothing, elementary spatial regression, spatial autocorrelation, and cluster detection.
Week At-a-Glance
- The Monday schedule is different from the other days. Please see the Tabletop Exercise page for details
- The Institute ends at 3:00 PM on Friday
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 10:30 |
Plenary Session | Plenary Session | Plenary Session | Plenary Session | Plenary Session |
| 11:00 - 12:30 |
Tabletop Intro Lunch |
Geographic Information Systems | |||
| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Tabletop Exercise | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 - 3:00 |
Geographic Information Systems | ||||
| 3:30 - 5:00 |
Geographic Information Systems | ||||
