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Medical geography, an important area of health research, applies concepts, methods, and techniques from geography to investigate health-related topics across the world, focusing on spatial aspects of human and animal (livestock and wildlife) disease and health intervention.

Sub-areas

  • One Health
  • Risk Mapping
  • Disease Modeling
  • Zoonotic Emergence
  • Spatial Health Disparities
  • Public Health Interventions
  • Spatial Epidemiology Analysis
  • Spatial Analysis of Health Risks
  • Disease Transmission Pathways
  • Health Services and Healthcare Access

Courses

  • IDS 2935 The Next Pandemic (Quest 2)
  • IDS 2935 Global Patterns of STIs (Quest 2)
  • GEO 3427 Plants, Health, & Spirituality
  • GEO 3452/6451 Introduction to Medical Geography
  • GEO 3454 People and Plagues
  • GEO 4033 Climate Change Health
  • GIS 3420C/6425C GIS Models for Public Health
  • GIS 4113/6104 Spatial Networks
  • GIS 4115/6117 Applied Geostatistics
  • GIS4 424C/6456C Applications in GIS for Zoonoses and Disease Ecology

Certificates

Major

Undergraduate BA or BS, including pre-health option

Minor

Medical Geography in Global Health