VCU Public Health GIS Interest Group

Good Morning!

Just wanted to remind everybody that the GIS in health presentation is today. Please join the VCU Libraries for this exciting presentation this afternoon, March 6 from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in the Distance Education Room 2-010 at Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences on the MCV Campus. Chris Delcher, /analyst biostatistician for /Virginia Health Information (VHI) and Jeff Stover, Director, Health & Research Informatics for Virginia Department of Health will offer a presentation highlighting how the VHI and VDH have used GIS to enhance epidemiologic capacity. This presentation is open to the public.

For directions to Tompkins-McCaw Library, please visit Directions

VCU attendees register online using your */eID/*

All other attendees should contact Shannon D. Jones at sdjones@vcu.edu or 804-828-0626 to register.

Contact Information: Ms. Shannon Jones
(804) 828-0626
Special Needs Ms. Shannon Jones
(804) 828-0626

According to the website, the GIS Cafe is the leading GIS portal. It delivers the latest GIS industry commentary, news, product reviews, articles, events and resources from a single, convenient point.

Here is a National Library of Medicine (NLM) update on TOXMAP

TOXMAP now contains updated cancer and
other mortality data. TOXMAP also now shows more detailed roads at a
variety of map scales. (Roads and other reference data can be hidden
from maps via the "Other Data" subtab.)

Other recent changes include:

* Facility details include latitude/longitude and links to Google
Maps
* Redesigned Search and Set Region pages
* Added "go to" page number for search results
* Added aggregate release data values in downloadable TRI facility
data
* Added HTML Site Map
* Added Income 2003 demographic layer
* Added ability to link directly to site details (all map types)

TOXMAP is a Geographic Information System (GIS) from the Division of
Specialized Information Servicesof the US
National Library of Medicine (NLM) that uses
maps of the United States to help users visually explore data from the
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Toxics Release Inventory and
Superfund Program.

Toni C. Yancey, MLS
Outreach Coordinator
National Network of Libraries Of Medicine
Southeastern/Atlantic Region.
Tel. (800) 338-7657

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The Tompkins McCaw Library for the Health Sciences is offering a lecture on GIS in Public Health

Date: Thursday March 6, 2008
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library - 2-010 MCV Campus
Sponsor(s) VCU Libraries.
Speaker Chris Delcher, Analyst Biostatistician, Virginia Health Information & Carrie Dolan, Epidemiologist, Virginia Department of Health
Audience: Open to the public

Description: This session will highlight how the Virginia Department of Health and Virginia Health Information have used GIS to enhance epidemiological capacity. This class is free and open to the public. Seating for this session is limited; advance registration is encouraged.
Please register now.

Contact Information: Ms. Shannon Jones
(804) 828-0626
Special Needs Ms. Shannon Jones
(804) 828-0626

HealthMap: Global Disease Alert Map is a free website that shows the latest alerts on infectious disease around the world. Users can customize their maps and alerts in a variety of ways.

The GIS Lounge website is the complete source for information on data, applications, and careers in the GIS field.

The Tompkins McCaw Library for the Health Sciences has available to VCU users a GIS workstation which is connected to a Large Format Printer in the Instructional Media Workshop. For more information on GIS resources at VCU please go to GIS. VCU students, faculty and staff have free access to to all Standard Subscription courses provided by ESRI through the ESRI Virtual Campus Course Program. The complete Course Catalog can be found at the ESRI Site.