GIS for Health and Human Services
 

Health-Related University GIS Courses

Colleges and universities around the world offer health-oriented GIS courses and programs. Health-related colleges and universities have embraced the use of GIS technology for academics and research. Use the list below to find a course and/or program in your area.

If you would like to have your health-related GIS course or program listed, please send the information to pharper@esri.com.

Canada

McMaster University
School of Geography and Earth Sciences
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Course Title: Applications Course

University of British Columbia
Department of Geography
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Course Title: Applied GIS in Conservation Biology, Health Geography, and Crime Analysis

New Zealand

University of Canterbury
GeoHealth Laboratory
Waitaha, Christchurch, New Zealand
Course Title: Geography, Health and Welfare
Course Title: Geospatial Information Technology for Health Scientists

United Kingdom

University of Bristol
Department of Social Medicine
Bristol, United Kingdom
Course Title: Geographical Information Systems

University of Leeds
School of Geography
Leeds, United Kingdom
Program Title: MSc in Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

University of London
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Course Title: Two-Day Introduction to Geographical Information Systems and the Software ArcView

United States

Carnegie Mellon University
H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Course: 90-834, Health Geographical Information Systems
Program Name: Master of Science in Health Care Policy and Management

Columbia University
Mailman School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences
New York, NY
Course Title: EHSC P8390.023 Environmental Health Science GIS
Contact: Mark Becker at mbecker@ciesin.columbia.edu

East Tennessee State University
Public Health Department
Johnson City, TN
Web site: www.etsu.edu

Emory University
Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics
Atlanta, GA
Course Title: INFO 530 Geographic Information Systems for Public Health
Program Name: Public Health Informatics Master's degree

Florida A&M University
Institute of Public Health
Tallahassee, FL
Course Title: Demographic Analysis Using GIS
Contact: Dr. Cynthia Warrick
cwarrickphd@att.net
850-599-8145
Web site: www.famu.edu

George Mason University
Office of Continuing Professional Education
Fairfax, VA
Course Title: Public Health and Analysis

Harvard University
School of Public Health
Boston, MA
Course Title: GIS and Health Planning: Facilitating Use of Geographical Data in Public Health
Course Title: Spatial Statistics for Health Research

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, MD
Course Title: Epidemiologic Applications of GIS

Loma Linda University
School of Public Health
Loma Linda, CA
Program Title: Health Geographics Bachelor's Degree (BSPH)
Health Geoinformatics Certificate Program
Health Geoinformatics Summer Institute

New York University
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School for Public Service
Course Title: GIS in Health Care
Contact: Dr. Zvia Segal Naphtali
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service New York University
Home/office: 575 West End Avenue
New York, NY 10024
Tel: 212-877-1475
Fax: 212-877-1677
Cell: 917-392-4453
zvia.naphtali@nyu.edu

State University of New York (SUNY) - Albany
School of Public Health
Albany, NY
Course Title: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Public Health

Texas A&M University
College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Course Title: Spatial Methods in Public Health

Tulane University
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
New Orleans, LA
Course Title: Introduction to Public Health GIS
Course Title: Introduction to ArcGIS I

University of California, Berkeley
School of Public Health
Berkeley, CA
Course Title: GIS and Remote Sensing in Public Health

University of Illinois-Chicago
School of Public Health
Chicago, IL
Course Title: Geographic Information System Application in Public Health

University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
Course Title: Workshop in GIS and Spatial Analysis for Public Health
Course Title: Spatial Epidemiology

University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS
Course Title: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Course Title: Environmental Health
Contact: Fazlay Faruque, Associate Professor-Nursing
Instruction School of Nursing/Assoc. VC for Strategic Research Alliance
Room: A109
Work phone number: 601-984-4993
Work address: 2500 North State Street Jackson, MS 39216
Fax number: 601-815-5957 (Please call first)
ffaruque@son.umsmed.edu
Web site: www.umc.edu

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University Libraries
Chapel Hill, NC
Course Title: GIS and Health Geography

University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Course Title: Epidemiologic Study of Geography and Health

University of Pittsburgh
Department of Behavioral & Community Health Sciences
Pittsburgh, PA
Course Title: Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Data Analysis


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