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.

The Center for Geospatial Medicine at the University of Michigan is working to reduce death and disability from Type 2 diabetes under a grant announced today as part the nation's 2010 health care law. The center is part of a multi-state research team examining Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease, in at-risk populations in four, underserved counties in North Carolina, Mississippi, and West Virginia. The Center for Geospatial Medicine, which uses systematic, spatially-based methods for analyzing environmental threats to people and communities, is housed within the Children's Environmental Health Initiative at the U-M School of Natural Resources and Environment.

This year's Whittemore Lecture in Landscape Architecture featured a panel discussion on the topic "Landmark Women in Landscape Architecture." The Institute for Research on Women and Gender co-sponsore the lecture with SNRE.