Dean Miranda gives seminar at CDC on GIS, diabetes
Marie Lynn Miranda, professor and dean at the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan, is giving a lecture Thursday, titled "Innovative Use of GIS for a Coordinated Approach to Chronic Disease Surveillance and Prevention."
The seminar takes place at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Atlanta campus, but can be viewed live via a webstream (DETAILS BELOW). The Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and the Division of Diabetes Translation is presenting the seminar.
1-2 p.m.: Building GIS capacity to support a coordinated approach to chronic disease surveillance and prevention in state health departments:
The University of Michigan, CDC, and NACDD are working together to provide Geographic Information Systems (GIS) training for state and local health department staff from diverse chronic disease units. This highly successful training program uses both in-person and web-based modalities, skill development through project-based work, and multiple mechanisms for between-training support and consultation. Participants use GIS to address existing chronic disease priorities, enhance partnerships and inform policy and program decisions. To date, 19 state health departments have participated in this project. Dr. Miranda will present highlights of this project and discuss opportunities for future directions.
2-3 p.m.: Incorporating GIS into electronic health records for enhanced surveillance and interventions. A CMS Health Care Innovation Award:
The South East Diabetes Initiative (SEDI), led by the Duke University Medical Center in conjunction with the University of Michigan’s National Center for Geospatial Medicine, has received a CMS HealthCare Innovation Award. The program is an effort to improve outcomes for persons living with type 2 diabetes in four southeastern counties: Durham County, NC; Cabarrus County, NC; Mingo County, WV; and Quitman County, MS. SEDI combines high end spatial informatics with community-based care. SEDI uses spatial tools to stratify individual patients and neighborhoods by risk for diabetes, to target communities in need of higher-intensity interventions, and to serve as the basis for decision support and real-time monitoring of interventions. Dr Miranda will describe how electronic health records can be seamlessly brought into both clinical care and population health interventions.
Dean Miranda is also a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Michigan, with parallel adjunct faculty appointments at Duke University. In addition to her administrative leadership responsibilities, Dr. Miranda directs the Children’s Environmental Health Initiative (CEHI), which is a research, education, and outreach program committed to fostering environments where all people can prosper. CEHI emphasizes the environmental health sciences and social justice components of risks borne by children in the United States and internationally. CEHI runs geospatial training programs both at the University of Michigan and nationally. CEHI is also leading a significant effort in developing geospatial informatics to support health care delivery and improvements in population health. Dr. Miranda maintains a deep and abiding personal and professional interest in social and environmental justice.
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Contact Michele Casper (mcasper@cdc.gov) or Andy Lanza (alanza@cdc.gov) for more information.