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