The Importance of 'Place' in Understanding and Ameliorating Disparities in Health

The Spatial Analysis Research Center (SPARC), along with the Urban Climate Research Center (UCRC) and the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, is hosting the annual SPARC workshop, to be held on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 from 8:50 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Ventana B ballroom at the Memorial Union. SPARC has hosted a very successful annual workshop for the past five years, both in person and remote, on different topics related to spatial data analytics and geographic information science.

To match the university's development of a medical school, beginning operations in 2025, and to showcase the role of place in health research, SPARC presents this one day workshop focusing on "The Importance of 'Place' in Understanding and Ameliorating Disparities in Health"