Abstract submissions are open! The SDOH & Place Symposium brings together researchers, practitioners, and advocates to share work on measuring and mapping SDOH to connect public health, geography, GIS, and social science. Join us in Chicago this September! Learn more: symposium.sdohplace.org

📢 Now Announcing: the 2026 SDOH & Place Fellowship Ambassadors! After receiving and reviewing nearly 70 competitive applications, we are excited to introduce the talented individuals that make up this year’s cohort! Read more about each Ambassador in our new blogpost: sdohplace.org/news/introdu...

🚀 This spring, the SDOH & Place Project launched a new series of Showcase articles from the 2025 Fellowship cohort demonstrating how geospatial storytelling can help us better understand the connections between health, equity, and place. 🔍 Explore the full collection: sdohplace.org/news/the-202...

⏰ Today at 3PM CT: our Panel & Roundtable: “Conceptualizing Opioid Geographies” Experts in epidemiology, medicine & sociology discuss modeling communities impacted by the opioid epidemic. 🕤 3-4:30PM CT 💻 Virtual—Register here: go.illinois.edu/GCCP-MAY20 Learn more: gccp.healthyregions.org

Tomorrow is our discussion on “Conceptualizing Opioid Geographies”! This is a great opportunity for anyone working in substance use research, healthcare, or community advocacy. Learn more and register here: gccp.healthyregions.org

Healthy Regions + Policies Lab@healthyregions.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🌏 Panel & Roundtable: “Conceptualizing Opioid Geographies” Experts in epidemiology, medicine & sociology discuss modeling communities impacted by the opioid epidemic. 🗓️ Wednesday, May 20, 2026 🕤 3-4:30PM CT 💻 Virtual—Register here: go.illinois.edu/GCCP-MAY20 Learn more: gccp.healthyregions.org

🌏 Panel & Roundtable: “Conceptualizing Opioid Geographies” Experts in epidemiology, medicine & sociology discuss modeling communities impacted by the opioid epidemic. 🗓️ Wednesday, May 20, 2026 🕤 3-4:30PM CT 💻 Virtual—Register here: go.illinois.edu/GCCP-MAY20 Learn more: gccp.healthyregions.org

Have emerging research findings, project updates, or topics you want to discuss with the wider GCCP community? Today is the last day to submit them for consideration in the upcoming Roundtable! Learn more and submit a topic: gccp.healthyregions.org/. Submissions close at 5PM CT on Wednesday, May 13.

Healthy Regions + Policies Lab@healthyregions.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🌏 Panel & Roundtable: “Conceptualizing Opioid Geographies” Experts in epidemiology, medicine & sociology discuss modeling communities impacted by the opioid epidemic. 🗓️ Wednesday, May 20, 2026 🕤 3-4:30PM CT 💻 Virtual—Register here: go.illinois.edu/GCCP-MAY20 Learn more: gccp.healthyregions.org

🌏 Panel & Roundtable: “Conceptualizing Opioid Geographies” Experts in epidemiology, medicine & sociology discuss modeling communities impacted by the opioid epidemic. 🗓️ Wednesday, May 20, 2026 🕤 3-4:30PM CT 💻 Virtual—Register here: go.illinois.edu/GCCP-MAY20 Learn more: gccp.healthyregions.org

Join our interdisciplinary panel bringing together perspectives from public health, medicine, sociology, and geography on May 20. Learn more and register here: gccp.healthyregions.org

Healthy Regions + Policies Lab@healthyregions.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🌏 Panel & Roundtable: “Conceptualizing Opioid Geographies” Experts in epidemiology, medicine & sociology discuss modeling communities impacted by the opioid epidemic. 🗓️ Wednesday, May 20, 2026 🕤 3-4:30PM CT 💻 Virtual—Register here: go.illinois.edu/GCCP-MAY20 Learn more: gccp.healthyregions.org

🌏 Panel & Roundtable: “Conceptualizing Opioid Geographies” Experts in epidemiology, medicine & sociology discuss modeling communities impacted by the opioid epidemic. 🗓️ Wednesday, May 20, 2026 🕤 3-4:30PM CT 💻 Virtual—Register here: go.illinois.edu/GCCP-MAY20 Learn more: gccp.healthyregions.org

📊🏡 Explore the Illinois Community Health Dashboard! Babu Gounder, a 2025 SDOH & Place Project Fellow, developed this dashboard to help Illinois neighborhoods understand how health conditions, environmental impacts, and socioeconomics affect their home. 👉 Learn more: sdohplace.org/showcase/ill...

🥪 Join us at noon with Izabela Gołębiowska, PhD, during, "Supporting Understanding with Maps and Geovisualizations: Bridging User Experience, Naive Cartography, and CartoAI.” 🗓️ Today from 12-1:30 PM CST Lunch & networking at 11 AM! 📍 In-person & Zoom: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-APR24

If you’re into maps, data viz, or UX, this is definitely worth checking out. Plus, free lunch for in-person attendees! Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-APR24

Healthy Regions + Policies Lab@healthyregions.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🥪 Join us for our talk with Izabela Gołębiowska, PhD, during, "Supporting Understanding with Maps and Geovisualizations: Bridging User Experience, Naive Cartography, and CartoAI.” 🗓️ Friday, April 24th from 12-1:30 PM CST Lunch & networking at 11 AM! 📍 In-person & Zoom: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-APR24

🥪 Join us for our talk with Izabela Gołębiowska, PhD, during, "Supporting Understanding with Maps and Geovisualizations: Bridging User Experience, Naive Cartography, and CartoAI.” 🗓️ Friday, April 24th from 12-1:30 PM CST Lunch & networking at 11 AM! 📍 In-person & Zoom: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-APR24

This is a great chance to learn something new and connect with others over lunch. If you're around, come join the conversation this Friday! Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-APR24

Healthy Regions + Policies Lab@healthyregions.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🥪 Join us for our talk with Izabela Gołębiowska, PhD, during, "Supporting Understanding with Maps and Geovisualizations: Bridging User Experience, Naive Cartography, and CartoAI.” 🗓️ Friday, April 24th from 12-1:30 PM CST Lunch & networking at 11 AM! 📍 In-person & Zoom: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-APR24

🥪 Join us for our talk with Izabela Gołębiowska, PhD, during, "Supporting Understanding with Maps and Geovisualizations: Bridging User Experience, Naive Cartography, and CartoAI.” 🗓️ Friday, April 24th from 12-1:30 PM CST Lunch & networking at 11 AM! 📍 In-person & Zoom: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-APR24

🥪 Join us today at noon for “Our Bodies, Our Places, Our Stories: Mapping Alternative Health Assets in New York and New Orleans” with Dr. AJ Kim, PhD, today at noon! 🗓️ Friday, March 27th from 12-1:30 PM CT 📍 In-person & Zoom 💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-MAR27

Excited to host Dr. AJ Kim for a HEROP talk tommorrow at noon! We'll discuss counter-mapping, spatial storytelling, and how communities navigate formal and informal health assets in urban environments shaped by structural racism. Register virtually here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-ZOOM-MAR27

Healthy Regions + Policies Lab@healthyregions.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🥪 Join us for lunch and learning with Dr. AJ Kim, PhD, during their talk, “Our Bodies, Our Places, Our Stories: Mapping Alternative Health Assets in New York and New Orleans”. 🗓️ Friday, March 27th from 12-1:30 PM CT 📍 In-person & Zoom 💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-MAR27

🤖📊 Explore the Uncovering the Factors of Diabetes: A Multi-Level SDOH Analysis Using AI and Geospatial Techniques dashboard! Brian Chen, a 2025 SDOH & Place Project Fellow, developed this dashboard to move beyond traditional measures in diabetes research. 👉 Explore: sdohplace.org/showcase/unc...

🥪 Join us for lunch and learning with Dr. AJ Kim, PhD, during their talk, “Our Bodies, Our Places, Our Stories: Mapping Alternative Health Assets in New York and New Orleans”. 🗓️ Friday, March 27th from 12-1:30 PM CT 📍 In-person & Zoom 💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-MAR27

Join us on this Friday at noon to explore how spatial narratives and qualitative methods can illuminate hidden resources in marginalized communities. Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-MAR27

Healthy Regions + Policies Lab@healthyregions.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🥪 Join us for lunch and learning with Dr. AJ Kim, PhD, during their talk, “Our Bodies, Our Places, Our Stories: Mapping Alternative Health Assets in New York and New Orleans”. 🗓️ Friday, March 27th from 12-1:30 PM CT 📍 In-person & Zoom 💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-MAR27

🥪 Join us for lunch and learning with Dr. AJ Kim, PhD, during their talk, “Our Bodies, Our Places, Our Stories: Mapping Alternative Health Assets in New York and New Orleans”. 🗓️ Friday, March 27th from 12-1:30 PM CT 📍 In-person & Zoom 💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-MAR27

Join us March 27 for a conversation with Dr. AJ Kim on counter-mapping and spatial storytelling in community health. A great conversation for anyone interested in qualitative research, health equity, and urban environments. Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-MAR27

Healthy Regions + Policies Lab@healthyregions.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🥪 Join us for lunch and learning with Dr. AJ Kim, PhD, during their talk, “Our Bodies, Our Places, Our Stories: Mapping Alternative Health Assets in New York and New Orleans”. 🗓️ Friday, March 27th from 12-1:30 PM CT 📍 In-person & Zoom 💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-MAR27

Final day of exhibiting—be sure to stop by Booth 219 before 1PM!

Healthy Regions + Policies Lab@healthyregions.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Need something to do during your downtime at #AAG2026? If so, drop by Booth 219 between 10AM and 3PM to meet members of the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab and learn about our research into health equity, social determinants of health data, and open-source GIS!

Today at 4:10PM is our session: “Place, Policy, and Precarity: The Geographies of Care for People Who Use Drugs”. Don't miss out! 🗓 Thursday, March 19 @ 4:10PM PT 📍 Carmel 1, Hotel Nikko Read the full session abstract (requires AAG login): aag-meetings.secure-platform.com/aag2026/soli...

Need something to do during your downtime at #AAG2026? If so, drop by Booth 219 between 10AM and 3PM to meet members of the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab and learn about our research into health equity, social determinants of health data, and open-source GIS!

🥪 Join us for lunch and learning with Dr. AJ Kim, PhD, during their talk, “Our Bodies, Our Places, Our Stories: Mapping Alternative Health Assets in New York and New Orleans”. 🗓️ Friday, March 27th from 12-1:30 PM CT 📍 In-person & Zoom 💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-MAR27

Looking for sessions to attend at #AAG2026? Stop by ours: “Place, Policy, and Precarity: The Geographies of Care for People Who Use Drugs” 🗓 Thursday, March 19 @ 4:10PM PT 📍 Carmel 1, Hotel Nikko Read the full session abstract (requires AAG login): aag-meetings.secure-platform.com/aag2026/soli...

🚨 Today is the last day to submit application materials for the SDOH & Place Summer 2026 Design Fellowship! 📅 Applications are due Friday, March 13th, 2026, at 11:59 PM CST. 🔗 Learn more & Apply here: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-DESIGN-...

Interested in qualitative mapping methods like cognitive mapping, body mapping, and counter-mapping? Join us March 27 for a talk by Dr. AJ Kim on spatial narratives and community health assets in New York and New Orleans. Learn more and register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-MAR27

Healthy Regions + Policies Lab@healthyregions.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🥪 Join us for lunch and learning with Dr. AJ Kim, PhD, during their talk, “Our Bodies, Our Places, Our Stories: Mapping Alternative Health Assets in New York and New Orleans”. 🗓️ Friday, March 27th from 12-1:30 PM CT 📍 In-person & Zoom 💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-MAR27