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.
Our sub-focus areas are as follows:
- Disease modeling
- Risk mapping
- Spatial epidemiology analysis
- One Health
- Zoonotic Emergence
- Spatial health disparities
- Aging and Society
Core Faculty:
- Dr. Jason Blackburn
- Dr. Greg Glass
- Dr. Gabriela Hamerlinck
- Dr. Yujie Hu
- Dr. Liang Mao
- Dr. Sadie Ryan
Courses:
- GEO3427 Plants, Health, & Spirituality
- GEO3452/6451 Medical Geography
- GEO3454: People and Plagues
- GEO3611 Housing, People, and Places in a Spatially Diverse Society
- GEO4612/GEY6341 Shelter and Care Options for U.S. Elderly
- GEO4938/6938 Advanced design in medical geography
- GEO4938/6938 GIS applications in disease ecology
- GIS 3420C/6425C GIS models for public health
- GIS4113/6104: Spatial Networks
- GIS4115/6117: Applied Geostatistics
Majors:
- Bachelor of Arts degree in Medical Geography in Global Health
- Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Geography in Global Health
Certificates:
- Undergraduate Certificate in Medical Geography
- Graduate Certificate in Medical Geography
