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Upcoming Events
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2/17
InCHIP Lecture: Antwi Akom, Ph.D., San Francisco State University
InCHIP Lecture: Antwi Akom, Ph.D., San Francisco State University
Thursday, February 17th, 2022
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Other Webex
Antwi Akom, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco (Medical School) & San Francisco State University (Department of Africana Studies/College of Ethnic Studies)
"Transforming Racial Health Disparities and Structural Determinants Through Community Informatics and Digital Health Equity"
February 17, 2022 | 12:30 – 1:30pm
Antwi Akom Ph.D. is a Distinguished Professor and Founding Director of the Social Innovation and Universal Opportunity lab. The SOUL lab is the first joint research lab between the University of California, San Francisco Medical School and San Francisco State University. Prof Akom is nationally recognized for innovating for heath equity by developing Neighborhood Informatics - which integrate Community-Drive Data and Patient Centered Data with Big Data and predictive analytics in ways that make communities smarter, more equitable, just and sustainable. Named as one of the world’s top innovators at President Obama 's Frontiers Conference (2016)-- and awarded the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation Pioneer award (2019)--what makes Dr. Akom’s work unique is his ability to combine real-time data, location-based data, and health informatics with cutting-edge technology in order to transform racial health disparities and achieve new standards of accessibility, scalability, sustainability, health equity, and opportunity for all. Professor Akom's work enables hospitals, health care providers, community clinics, grassroots orgs, CBOs, Fortune 500 companies, policy-makers, designers, and everyday people to create more just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive places and spaces with the world's most vulnerable populations.
View the upcoming series, access RSVP's, and watch archived lectures: https://chip.uconn.edu/lecture-series/ -
2/18
Graduate Student AAG Presentation
Graduate Student AAG Presentation
Friday, February 18th, 2022
12:15 PM - 02:00 PM
Storrs Campus AUST 445
AAG Posters and Presentations from the Geography Graduate students. -
3/4
Geography Colloquium - Mark Abraham
Geography Colloquium - Mark Abraham
Friday, March 4th, 2022
12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
Storrs Campus AUST 445
Mark Abraham is the Executive Director of DataHaven, a public service non-profit organization that partners with local and state government agencies, academic and health care institutions, foundations, and community organizations to collect, share, and interpret public information about Connecticut.
In his role at DataHaven, Mark has authored or co-authored cross-sector reports including the Greater New Haven, Fairfield County, and Greater Hartford Community Wellbeing Indexes. He established the DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey program that has created an unprecedented source of statewide- and neighborhood-level information about community life, public health, economic security, and other topics through live, in-depth interviews with over 45,000 randomly-selected adults in 2012, 2015, 2018, 2020, and 2021.
From 2014 to 2017, Mark served as a Fellow of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, as part of a national cohort focused on Racial Equity. Mark has received an "Impact Award" from the Community Indicators Consortium and a national "40 under 40 in public health" award from the de Beaumont Foundation, and was elected to the Executive Committee of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (Washington, DC).
Mark is a graduate of Yale University, and is pursuing graduate studies at the Yale School of Public Health. He previously worked as a planner for the New York City 2012 Summer Olympic Games Bid Committee. His interest in sharing information about cities and well-being has led him to attract over 50,000 followers to his personal Twitter account, @urbandata. -
3/11
Geography Colloquium - Dr. Christopher Williams
Geography Colloquium - Dr. Christopher Williams
Friday, March 11th, 2022
12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
Storrs Campus AUST 445
Professor Christopher A. Williams earned a B.A. in Biology / Environmental Studies at Bucknell University, an M.S. in Watershed Science at Colorado State University, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Science at Duke University. He joined the faculty in the Graduate School of Geography in Fall 2008. Prior to his arrival at Clark University he was a Research Scientist at Colorado State University's Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, followed by Assistant Research Scientist with the Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center of the University of Maryland Baltimore County and based in the Biospheric Sciences Branch of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Trained as a land surface hydrologist and terrestrial ecosystem ecologist, Chris investigates how earth's biosphere responds to natural and human perturbations such as severe drought events, bark beetle outbreaks, fires, harvesting, and land cover changes. His approach combines field, lab, and remote sensing data with process-based modeling aimed at understanding how terrestrial biophysical and biogeochemical processes are influenced by hydroclimatic variability and disturbance. His research spans leaf to global scales, with regional foci on Africa and North America. -
3/25
Geog Professional Development series - Developing a Social Media Presence
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4/1
Geography Colloquium - Dr. James Knighton
Geography Colloquium - Dr. James Knighton
Friday, April 1st, 2022
12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
Storrs Campus AUST 445
James Knighton, Ph.D., P.E. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Connecticut. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Drexel University, M.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Cornell University. Prior to his Ph.D. research, Dr Knighton worked as a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) for eight years in government and private practice, building stormwater collection system models of major US cities and estimating the flooding risk of nuclear plants. Following his Ph.D., he was a research fellow with the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) at the University of Maryland. -
4/29
Geography End of Year Awards Ceremony
