Category Archives: Australia

Call for Papers Aging, Health, and Health Care

Call for Papers: 2017 AAG Annual Meeting, Boston (April 5-9, 2017) Organizers: Mark Rosenberg, Queen’s University Kyle Plumb, Queen’s University Jessica Finlay, University of Minnesota Session:   Due to the widespread aging of populations coupled with social policy directives such as … Continue reading

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Call for Papers Uncertainty and Context in Geography and GIScience

SEE: http://news.aag.org/2016/09/call-for-papers-uncertainty-and-context-in-geography-and-giscience/ For updates and modifications for this call. Uncertainty and Context in Geography and GIScience AAG Annual Meeting, Boston, April 5-9, 2017 Uncertainty and context pose fundamental challenges in geographic research and GIScience. Geospatial data are imbued with error … Continue reading

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HMGSG 2016 Award Winners

Congratulations to all the recipients of the competition and scholarship awards! The Melinda S. Meade Distinguished Scholarship Award in Health and Medical Geography Dr. Mei-Po Kwan University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) The Emerging Scholar Award in Health and … Continue reading

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Assistant Professor position in Health/Medical/Population Geography–University of Cincinnati

The Department of Geography at the University of Cincinnati invites applications for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor position in health/medical/population geography beginning in August, 2016. A Ph.D. in Geography or related field is required by the start of employment. We are … Continue reading

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Melinda Meade Memorial Disease Ecology Sessions @ AAG at Chicago, Illinois (2015)

Melinda Meade Memorial Disease Ecology Sessions @ AAG at Chicago, Illinois (2015) In memory of Dr. Melinda Meade, who passed away in November 2013, several sessions around the theme of disease ecology will be organized at the upcoming 2015 AAG … Continue reading

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Atlas Hands: A Timeline of the Life of Melinda Meade

As an update to our previous story about the passing of Melinda Meade, please take a few minutes to learn about her in this short documentary film about her life. Atlas Hands The description of the film from Savannah Ward … Continue reading

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12th Asian Urbanization Conference an Unqualified Success: A Report and Note of Thanks from George Pomeroy

Dear Fellow Geographers, Back when Debarchana Ghosh was Chair, the Health and Medical Geography Specialty Group had kindly provided some sponsorship funds for the recently held 12th Asian Urbanization Conference – thank you! Sponsors were fully acknowledged at the conference … Continue reading

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Health Geography at the 2014 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting?

Hello Health and Medical Geographers, I got this note from James Wilson (a former chair of the Health and Medical Geography Speciality Group) Greetings from a  past chair of the HMGSG! I attended and presented at the APHA meeting in … Continue reading

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Call for Papers from Health Services Research Special Topic: State Health Policy Research

State Health Policy Research Submission deadline:  Monday, October 28, 2013 Sponsored by: a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) at the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health. Health Services Research (HSR) … Continue reading

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Election of New Board Members

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