Health Data Visualization Award

The Health Data Visualization Award aims to use spatial data offering insight into some health or medical geography topic. We offer two awards for this contest—one for a static visualization and one for a dynamic and/or interactive visualization. This year, we will be offering a monetary award for the winner in each group. The deadline of submission will be announced soon. Winners will be announced at the HMGSG Business Meeting Denver, CO at AAG 2023 and will be posted on our website.

What to Submit

A data visualization using spatial data offering insight into some health or medical geography topic. It could be a static graphic, an interactive web page, narrative or story-telling map, etc. Your visualization can focus on one topic in detail, or facilitate the exploration of multiple associations. No maps are rA data visualization using spatial data offering insight into some health or medical geography topic. It could be a static graphic, an interactive web page, narrative or story-telling map, etc. Your visualization can focus on one topic in detail, or facilitate the exploration of multiple associations. No maps are required, but the data you visualize should have some kind of spatial component. We offer two awards for this contest—one for a static visualization and one for a dynamic and/or interactive visualization. This year we will offer a monetary award. The winner of each group will receive $100.

Details

Requirements

Individual or team submissions accepted, but at least one person should be an AAG member. Individuals can only be listed on one submission.

Individual or team submissions accepted, but at least one person should be an AAG member. Individuals can only be listed on one submission.
Health-related data must come from you or your team or be based on publicly accessible secondary data
The submission should contain one graphic element or a composite of multiple graphics that is meant to be viewed as a single visualization (e.g., data dashboard).
The visualization must incorporate some spatial aspect or feature of the data.
If clinical or personal health information is used, data must be de-identified with no way of tracing back to individuals.

Submission Protocol

Submit using this form (https://forms.gle/YKzmds7WTF1jQpSM6).
Submissions should be submitted as a file (pdf, png, etc) or link (url, github page, etc). A short (< 300 word) description should also be included.

Awards

The winner of each group will receive $100 and a certificate.

Questions or concerns:

If you have any questions or trouble uploading your submissions. You can reach out to Penelope Mitchell (pcmitchell@crimson.ua.edu). and Mattie Kelepile (kelepilem@ub.ac.bw)

• Award 2021

Static mapping group

Title: Spatial Network of Cancer Care Utilization and Automated Delineation of Cancer Service Areas in Northeast US

Team: Changzhen Wang, Fahui Wang, and Tracy Onega — Louisiana State University