Course description:
This is an advanced-level course for medical geography, and sister disciplines (epidemiology, public health, ecology). It can serve as an undergraduate level major or minor requirement. Focus is on GIS applications in spatial analysis and ecology to address common research issues related to zoonotic diseases (those affecting animals and humans). Food security and patterns of food resources will also be discussed. This course is designed to learn and apply GIS-based tools directly to zoonoses and public health issues. Examples will range from wildlife diseases to human food inequity and food security, through the lens of disease ecology.
Successful students will be able to:
How to map disease and map statistical outputs (graphically and with maps)
How to employ local measures of local spatial autocorrelation to evaluate disease or health patterns
A primer on ecological niche modeling and predicting disease distributions
Semester: Fall 2020
Time and Location: Online and UFO; asynchronous lectures and material delivery
Prerequisites: GIS 3043 or equivalent & Geography 6161C or equivalent or consent of instructor or Students from public health backgrounds can inquire about course equivalents Contact information: Dr. Jason K. Blackburn jkblackburn@ufl.edu