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Professor Botchwey to Present at GIS and Health Symposium

The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), in partnership with the American Public Health Association (APHA) is hosting the 2016 GIS and Health Symposium “Mapping the Way to Healthy Communities”. Dr. Nisha Botchwey and Ph.D. candidate, Carla Jones were accepted to present at symposium on work related to the Sustainable Research Network. They will be presenting on the development of the Health, Environment, and Livability Platform for Fulton County, GA and on a project with Morehouse School of Medicine examining the relationship between cardiovascular disease, physical activity, and the built environment.

For more information about the event, please see http://www.urisa.org/URISAHealth.

Related to the Health, Environment, and Livability Platform, on May 5th, Dr. Botchwey and Ms. Jones will begin training all of the districts within Fulton County, Georgia on the Health Impact Assessment process and how they can use the Health, Environment, and Livability Platform to assist in identifying areas of need. Results from those trainings will be available shortly thereafter.