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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab
@healthyregions.bsky.social
GIS, public health, & data science to understand & promote healthy regions + policies. Home to @covid_atlas, Housed @UIUCGeogGIS, Formerly @GeoDaCenter.
📕 Part III of our new open textbook: Integrating Social-Spatial Determinants of Health in Practice

With a myriad of contributors, these chapters highlight how spatial thinking enables health systems, planners, and educators to foster communities.

👉 Read the full volume: go.illinois.edu/PlaceSSDOH
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🔍 Upcoming Webinar! “Finding Public Datasets for Health Equity Research: How to Use the Data Discovery App.”

🗓 Friday, Dec. 5th from 11 AM –12 PM CST
💻 Virtual: go.illinois.edu/Data-Discovery-Webinar
🎓 Prerequisites: None!
November 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
☕ Join us for lunch and learning with Qingqing Chen, PhD, during her talk, ”Making Smell Count: Invoking olfactory experience in urban wellbeing and spatial analysis”!

🗓️ Friday, November 21st from 12-1:30 PM CST
📍 In-person & Zoom
💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-NOV21
November 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
📗 Part II of our new open textbook: Conceptualizing Social-Spatial Determinants of Health

With contributions from @maryniakolak.bsky.social & @averyeverhart.bsky.social, these chapters address health inequities through place, space, and power.

👉 Read the full volume: go.illinois.edu/PlaceSSDOH
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
📘 New Open Access Book: Place and the Social-Spatial Determinants of Health

We’re excited to announce this groundbreaking volume, which is the first to examine Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) through an explicitly place-based lens.

📖 Explore the full volume: go.illinois.edu/PlaceSSDOH
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
☕ Join us for lunch and learning with Qingqing Chen, PhD, during her talk, ”Making Smell Count: Invoking olfactory experience in urban wellbeing and spatial analysis”!

🗓️ Friday, November 21st from 12-1:30 PM CST
📍 In-person & Zoom
💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-NOV21
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to our “Intro to Spatial Data in R” workshop on October 23rd! We had our largest turnout ever—over 200 attendees at the peak! The session recording is now available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUNjNToM434&t=362s

Be sure to check the description for timestamps!
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🎃 Don’t be spooked, but today is our "Grad School FAQ: A Panel Discussion Demystifying the Grad School Application Process & How to Prepare your Applications"!

🗓️ Friday, October 31st from 12-1:30 PM CDT via
📍 NHB 2049 & Zoom!
💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-OCT31
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🎓 Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at "Grad School FAQ: A Panel Discussion Demystifying the Grad School Application Process & How to Prepare your Applications"!

🗓️ Friday, October 31st from 12-1:30 PM CDT via
📍 NHB 2049 & Zoom!
💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-OCT31
October 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🚀 We're excited to launch the JCOIN Geospatial Consortium and Community of Practice (GCCP)!

The GCCP is a new collaborative network working with geospatial tools to build understanding and resources for the opioid epidemic.

Join here: go.illinois.edu/JCOIN-GCCP
Learn more: gccp.healthyregions.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🎓 Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at "Grad School FAQ: A Panel Discussion Demystifying the Grad School Application Process & How to Prepare your Applications"!

🗓️ Friday, October 31st from 12-1:30 PM CDT via
📍 NHB 2049 & Zoom!
💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-OCT31
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🚨 Tomorrow: “Intro to Spatial Data in R”

🗓️ Thursday, October 23, 2025
🕤 9:30–11:30 AM CDT
💻 Virtual; Register here: go.illinois.edu/GCCP-OCT23

We will also be recording and publishing the workshop to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/@healthyregionspolicieslab
October 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🎓 Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at "Grad School FAQ: A Panel Discussion Demystifying the Grad School Application Process & How to Prepare your Applications"!

🗓️ Friday, October 31st from 12-1:30 PM CDT via
📍 NHB 2049 & Zoom!
💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-OCT31
October 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🎓 Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at "Grad School FAQ: A Panel Discussion Demystifying the Grad School Application Process & How to Prepare your Applications"!

🗓️ Friday, October 31st from 12-1:30 PM CDT via
📍 NHB 2049 & Zoom!
💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-OCT31
October 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🗺️ Upcoming Workshop: “Intro to Spatial Data in R”

🗓️ Thursday, October 23, 2025
🕤 9:30–11:30 AM CDT
💻 Virtual; Register here: go.illinois.edu/GCCP-OCT23

This workshop is presented as part of the JCOIN Geospatial Consortium & Community of Practice (GCCP).
👉 gccp.healthyregions.org
October 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
🗺️ Upcoming Workshop: “Intro to Spatial Data in R”

🗓️ Thursday, October 23, 2025
🕤 9:30–11:30 AM CDT
💻 Virtual; Register here: go.illinois.edu/GCCP-OCT23

This workshop is presented as part of the JCOIN Geospatial Consortium & Community of Practice (GCCP).
👉 gccp.healthyregions.org
October 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
🚀 We're excited to launch the JCOIN Geospatial Consortium and Community of Practice (GCCP)!

The GCCP is a new collaborative network working with geospatial tools to build understanding and resources for the opioid epidemic.

Join here: go.illinois.edu/JCOIN-GCCP
Learn more: gccp.healthyregions.org
October 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Join us LIVE for the 2025 SDOH & Place Symposium!

📅 Live Stream Schedule:
Day 1: Sep 24 @ 4:30PM CDT
Day 2: Sep 25 @ 9AM CDT
Day 3: Sep 26 @ 10AM CDT

🎥 Tune in here: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi9Z7UD_p9f8csNaBP_Ni57nJYvUAvonu

View the full event schedule: symposium2025.sdohplace.org/
September 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Tune in at 9AM CDT on Sep. 25th for “Butterflies Rising!/¡Mariposas en Ascenso!”, the keynote speech at this year's SDOH & Place Symposium.

🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=730Q...

📅 Learn more about our keynote speakers and view the full event schedule: symposium2025.sdohplace.org/
September 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Join us LIVE for the 2025 SDOH & Place Symposium!

📅 Live Stream Schedule:
Day 1: Sep 24 @ 4:30PM CDT
Day 2: Sep 25 @ 9AM CDT
Day 3: Sep 26 @ 10AM CDT

🎥 Tune in here: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi9Z7UD_p9f8csNaBP_Ni57nJYvUAvonu

View the full event schedule: symposium2025.sdohplace.org/
September 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Join us LIVE for the 2025 SDOH & Place Symposium!

📅 Live Stream Schedule:
Day 1: Sep 24 @ 4:30PM CDT
Day 2: Sep 25 @ 9AM CDT
Day 3: Sep 26 @ 10AM CDT

🎥 Tune in here: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi9Z7UD_p9f8csNaBP_Ni57nJYvUAvonu

View the full event schedule: symposium2025.sdohplace.org/
September 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
22+ speakers. 3 days. 1 mission: advancing health equity through data, design, and place.

We’re creating a space to change how we think about the Social Determinants of Health.

🎤 View speaker information and talk abstracts: sdohplace.org/news/speaker...

🎥 Tune in: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
September 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Join us LIVE for the 2025 SDOH & Place Symposium!

📅 Live Stream Schedule:
Day 1: Sep 24 @ 4:30PM CDT
Day 2: Sep 25 @ 9AM CDT
Day 3: Sep 26 @ 10AM CDT

🎥 Tune in here: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi9Z7UD_p9f8csNaBP_Ni57nJYvUAvonu

View the full event schedule: symposium2025.sdohplace.org/
September 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🌟 Stay connected with the Healthy Regions Lab! 🌟

We're excited to share HEROP Lab updates, resources, and opportunities on our social media:

📸 Instagram: @healthyregions
👔 LinkedIn: Healthy Regions & Policies Lab

#HealthyRegions #CommunityHealth #Instagram #BlueSky #SDOH #HealthEquity
July 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🚨 Tomorrow is the last day to submit applications for the Postdoctoral Scholar position at the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab! 🚨

🧑‍🎓 Learn more about position compensation, benefits, and requirements here: healthyregions.org/2025/06/06/p...

📅 Apply by 11:59 PM CDT on Tuesday, July 1st, 2025
June 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM