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Food Security and Human Health

WEBCurrent and future human health challenges are inherently geographic. Spatial disparities in access to employment, education, health care, and food are accentuated as urban …

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Holmes detects patterns to thwart health disparities, disease

WEBLouisa Holmes joined the Department of Geography in fall 2020 as an assistant professor. She is a health geographer and demographer, with primary interests that include health …

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Social Science Research Institute launches climate, society, health

WEBA new Penn State initiative will focus on climate change and how extreme weather events impact human health, especially in underserved populations across the globe.

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Improved wildfire smoke model identifies areas for public health

WEBThe Canadian wildfires of June 2023 exposed a large portion of the Northeastern United States to unprecedented levels of smoke. A new model that combines wildfire smoke …

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Research Penn State Department of Geography

WEBThe department’s focus for the next five years is the Geography of global change. We have a broad view of causes and consequences of global change, for which we include …

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"Investigations into the health effects of wildfire smoke"

WEBWildfires have been increasing in frequency and duration in the western U.S. and the wildfire season has been increasing in length such that many regions now claim that …

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Research Clusters Penn State Department of Geography

WEBResearch Clusters. Our focus is the geographies of global change. We have a broad view of causes and consequences of global change, including sustainability, livelihoods, health, …

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Louisa M Holmes Penn State Department of Geography

WEBI am a health geographer and demographer with training in public health and public policy. My research focuses on how place-based inequities produce and reinforce health …

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Zhenlong Li Penn State Department of Geography

WEBDr. Zhenlong Li is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the Pennsylvania State University where he leads the Geoinformation and Big Data …

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'Growing Impact' podcast focuses on air quality, health in western …

WEBThe latest episode of the "Growing Impact" podcast features a project focused on air quality and health concerns in western Pennsylvania

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Department Directory Penn State Department of Geography

WEBRonald Abler Professor Emeritus of Geography [email protected] Expertise: geography of communications systems; history of geographic thought : Daniela Aiello

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Geospatial Big Data Analytics

WEBGeospatial data, including geocomputation, remote sensing, and visualization, are central to the challenges and opportunities for science and society that Big Data provide. …

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Huan Ning Penn State Department of Geography

WEBHuan Ning is a GIScience Ph.D. student at the Department of Geography. Before obtaining a Master's degree from the University of South Carolina (USC), Huan got a Bachelor's …

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Nafisa Anjum Penn State Department of Geography

WEBI am Nafisa Anjum, currently pursuing a PhD at Penn State University. Though my research interests span a broad spectrum, my primary focus is neighborhood inequalities, health …

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Social Science & Medicine

WEBChronic childhood undernutrition is therefore a critical barrier to im-proving future health and well-being, and it can trap affected popula-tions in an intergenerational cycle of …

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Adomako to explore gender and health in Ghana's gold mining at …

WEBJanet Adomako, assistant professor of geography, and environmental studies and sciences at Bucknell University, will discuss "Complex ontologies and gendered health …

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Suraiya Parvin Penn State Department of Geography

WEBFaculty Advisor (s): Louisa M Holmes. My name is Suraiya Parvin, and I am a Ph.D. student at the Department of Geography. Broadly my research interests lie under the …

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JOB POSTING: Assistant Professor of Health Geography

WEBThe Department of Geography at The Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty position …

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Coffee Hour: Heather Randell, Assistant Professor of Rural …

WEBClimatic Conditions and Child Nutrition in Ethiopia View the recording of this talk on our Coffee Hour channel About the talk Child undernutrition is a critical population health …

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