Academic Programs and Research

GIS Courses in Health Help build your career with university GIS courses and programs in health and human services.

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GIS provides a best practice method in the science of human health. Students and researchers who apply a spatial outlook to research and health delivery add measurable value to the goal of improving human health.

The entire health and human services workforce—nurses, physicians, health administrators, public health workers, social workers, researchers—benefit greatly from professional programs that teach or practice GIS applications in health, whether offered in a medical, public health, or research setting.

Academic Approaches

Universities use different approaches to health GIS training and research.

• Approaches to GIS Programs in Health Education [PDF]
• Institute Pioneers Health GIS Applications and Training in Mexico [PDF]
• Niigata University Champions Health GIS Development [PDF]

More case studies and demos.

Teaching Resources

GIS Tutorial for Health, Third Edition
Workbook with exercises, data, and a temporary ArcGIS software license

GIS for Health Organizations
Case studies in epidemiology, environmental health, market research, and site analysis

Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping, and Medicine
History of disease tracking with mapping technology
 The author, Dr. Tom Koch, discusses what maps reveal about the H1N1 flu pandemic.