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2009 Winter GIS Institute Final Presentation Program

January 16th, 2009, PSTC

Session 1: Understanding Places       [9:15 - 10:45]
1
Thomas Chen (American Civilization)
Mapping Neighborhood Change: Boston's Chinatown,1951-2000
[Abstract]
 
2
Keffie Weiss (Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology)
Access to Water in Roman Ephesus
[Abstract]
 
3
Tara Gancos (Environmental Studies)
Eelgrass distribution as an “ecological indicator”
[Abstract]
 
4
Elizabeth Murphy (Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology)
Settlement patterns and environmental factors around Lake Myvatn
[Abstract]
5
Omar Pereyra (Sociology)
Tourism and Change in Cusco, Peru
[Abstract]
Session 2: Geographic Perspectives on Institutions, Policies, and Programs       [10:45-12:15]
1
Yongsuk Lee (Economics)
The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Population Distribution
[Abstract]
 
2
Michael Lepore (Community Health)
Racial Segregation of Assisted Living Workers and Residents in Georgia
[Abstract]
 
3
Jesse Cohen (Swearer Center)
Mapping Spatial Program Coverage and Identifying Nearest Potential Community Partners for the National College Advising Corps
[Abstract]
 
4
Laura Mattison (Environmental Studies)
Community Based Fisheries Management in Kerala
[Abstract]
 
5
Nicholas Everage (Community Health)
Asthma Hospitalization and Distance to Rhode Island-area Hospitals: From Home to Care - Fast
[Abstract]
 
Session 3: Health, Environment and Stuff       [1:30-3:00]
1
Eren Arbatli (Economics)
Measuring Preferences for School Quality
[Abstract]
 
2
Bernard Onyango (Sociology)
Assessing Spatial Distribution of Child Mortality in Kenya
[Abstract]
 
3
Shirley Wang (Community Health)
Predicting variation in off label quetiapine prescription practices among alcohol dependent veterans in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
[Abstract]
 
4
Donna Parker (Community Health)
Neighborhood influences on the association between Framingham risk scores and development of CHD among participants from the Pawtucket Heart Health Program
[Abstract]
 
5
Andrea Austin (Community Health)
Spatial Analysis of Upstate New York Leukemia Data
[Abstract]
 
6
Heidi Nutters (Environmental Studies)
An ecological characterization of the Gulf of Maine
[Abstract]