The University of Miami (Florida) seeks a tenure-line Medical Geographer at the rank of Assistant Professor. See description here (pdf). Application deadline: 15 December 2011.
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Macalester College (Minnesota) invites applications for a tenure-track position in Health and Environment Geography to begin fall 2012. Click here for full description (pdf).
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The University of Iowa invites applications for a tenure track appointment at the rank of assistant professor in the area of global health. For further information, see
http://www.uiowa.edu/~geog/healthposition and
http://jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view/59826 Screening of applications begins 7 November and will continue until position filled.
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GEOMED 2011, the 7th international, interdisciplinary conference on spatial statistics and geomedical systems, will convene in Victoria, BC, Canada 20-22 October, 2011. GEOMED brings together statisticians, geographers, epidemiologists, computer scientists, and public health professionals to discuss methods of spatial analysis related to issues arising in public health. For detailed information, go to http://geomed2011victoria.com/
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Call for papers: First International Conference on Geocoding 6-7 December, 2011 Redlands, California -- The University of Southern California,
ESRI, and an interdisciplinary program committee composed of experts from industry, academia, and government experts invites you to present a peer-reviewed paper. Full papers will be included in special issues of Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology and Transactions in GIS. For more information, visit this link, or contact Dan Goldberg at dwgoldbe@usc.edu
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Louisiana State University Department of Geography and Anthropology advertized in mid-October 2011 for an assistant professor post in GIScience; "a focus on health geography (among others) would be welcome." See http://ga.lsu.edu, and contact gachair@lsu.edu for further information.
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The 2012 Applied Demography Conference in San Antonio, TX, 8-10 January 2012, will include health care and public health sessions. Abstract submission deadline 14 October 2011. See http://idser.utsa.edu/ADC/2012/Index.aspx
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Malaria Atlas Project (MAP)
Malaria is the ninth most significant cause of death and disability globally. There is a currently a renaissance commitment to reduce and eliminate this disease as part of a global effort to tackle diseases of poverty through the Millennium Development Goals. Spatial medical intelligence is central to the effective planning of malaria control. Forty years have passed since the cartography of malaria worldwide was taken seriously. MAP was founded in 2005 to fill this niche for the malaria control community at a global scale. Explore the MAP site for detailed malaria endemicity maps.
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Jacques May Thesis Prize
If you have recently written a thesis or dissertation in medical-health geography, and you would like to have your work considered for the Jacques May Prize, the Prize Coordinator or any member of the Board will accept submittals for the award. Details
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The Geography Faculty Development Alliance has created an online syllabus repository to facilitate course preparation and to share ideas across the discipline. The HMGSG board encourages our membership to share their health/medical geography course syllabi. The coordinator of the repository, Kate Swanson at San Diego State University, has created a category for health and medical geography. You may view this page at http://geography.sdsu.edu/GFDA/Syllabi.html
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