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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Abstract submissions are open! The SDOH & Place Symposium brings together researchers, practitioners, and advocates to share work on measuring and mapping SDOH to connect public health, geography, GIS, and social science. Join us in Chicago this September! Learn more: symposium.sdohplace.org

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

📢 Now Announcing: the 2026 SDOH & Place Fellowship Ambassadors! After receiving and reviewing nearly 70 competitive applications, we are excited to introduce the talented individuals that make up this year’s cohort! Read more about each Ambassador in our new blogpost: sdohplace.org/news/introdu...

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

🚀 This spring, the SDOH & Place Project launched a new series of Showcase articles from the 2025 Fellowship cohort demonstrating how geospatial storytelling can help us better understand the connections between health, equity, and place. 🔍 Explore the full collection: sdohplace.org/news/the-202...

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

⏰ Today at 3PM CT: our Panel & Roundtable: “Conceptualizing Opioid Geographies” Experts in epidemiology, medicine & sociology discuss modeling communities impacted by the opioid epidemic. 🕤 3-4:30PM CT 💻 Virtual—Register here: go.illinois.edu/GCCP-MAY20 Learn more: gccp.healthyregions.org

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Tomorrow is our discussion on “Conceptualizing Opioid Geographies”! This is a great opportunity for anyone working in substance use research, healthcare, or community advocacy. Learn more and register here: gccp.healthyregions.org

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

🌏 Panel & Roundtable: “Conceptualizing Opioid Geographies” Experts in epidemiology, medicine & sociology discuss modeling communities impacted by the opioid epidemic. 🗓️ Wednesday, May 20, 2026 🕤 3-4:30PM CT 💻 Virtual—Register here: go.illinois.edu/GCCP-MAY20 Learn more: gccp.healthyregions.org

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Have emerging research findings, project updates, or topics you want to discuss with the wider GCCP community? Today is the last day to submit them for consideration in the upcoming Roundtable! Learn more and submit a topic: gccp.healthyregions.org/. Submissions close at 5PM CT on Wednesday, May 13.

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Join our interdisciplinary panel bringing together perspectives from public health, medicine, sociology, and geography on May 20. Learn more and register here: gccp.healthyregions.org

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

📊🏡 Explore the Illinois Community Health Dashboard! Babu Gounder, a 2025 SDOH & Place Project Fellow, developed this dashboard to help Illinois neighborhoods understand how health conditions, environmental impacts, and socioeconomics affect their home. 👉 Learn more: sdohplace.org/showcase/ill...

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

🥪 Join us at noon with Izabela Gołębiowska, PhD, during, "Supporting Understanding with Maps and Geovisualizations: Bridging User Experience, Naive Cartography, and CartoAI.” 🗓️ Today from 12-1:30 PM CST Lunch & networking at 11 AM! 📍 In-person & Zoom: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-APR24

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

If you’re into maps, data viz, or UX, this is definitely worth checking out. Plus, free lunch for in-person attendees! Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-APR24

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

🥪 Join us for our talk with Izabela Gołębiowska, PhD, during, "Supporting Understanding with Maps and Geovisualizations: Bridging User Experience, Naive Cartography, and CartoAI.” 🗓️ Friday, April 24th from 12-1:30 PM CST Lunch & networking at 11 AM! 📍 In-person & Zoom: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-APR24

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This is a great chance to learn something new and connect with others over lunch. If you're around, come join the conversation this Friday! Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-APR24

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

🥪 Join us today at noon for “Our Bodies, Our Places, Our Stories: Mapping Alternative Health Assets in New York and New Orleans” with Dr. AJ Kim, PhD, today at noon! 🗓️ Friday, March 27th from 12-1:30 PM CT 📍 In-person & Zoom 💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-MAR27

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Excited to host Dr. AJ Kim for a HEROP talk tommorrow at noon! We'll discuss counter-mapping, spatial storytelling, and how communities navigate formal and informal health assets in urban environments shaped by structural racism. Register virtually here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-ZOOM-MAR27

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

🤖📊 Explore the Uncovering the Factors of Diabetes: A Multi-Level SDOH Analysis Using AI and Geospatial Techniques dashboard! Brian Chen, a 2025 SDOH & Place Project Fellow, developed this dashboard to move beyond traditional measures in diabetes research. 👉 Explore: sdohplace.org/showcase/unc...

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🥪 Join us for lunch and learning with Dr. AJ Kim, PhD, during their talk, “Our Bodies, Our Places, Our Stories: Mapping Alternative Health Assets in New York and New Orleans”. 🗓️ Friday, March 27th from 12-1:30 PM CT 📍 In-person & Zoom 💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-MAR27

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Join us on this Friday at noon to explore how spatial narratives and qualitative methods can illuminate hidden resources in marginalized communities. Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-MAR27

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Join us March 27 for a conversation with Dr. AJ Kim on counter-mapping and spatial storytelling in community health. A great conversation for anyone interested in qualitative research, health equity, and urban environments. Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-MAR27

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Final day of exhibiting—be sure to stop by Booth 219 before 1PM!

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Today at 4:10PM is our session: “Place, Policy, and Precarity: The Geographies of Care for People Who Use Drugs”. Don't miss out! 🗓 Thursday, March 19 @ 4:10PM PT 📍 Carmel 1, Hotel Nikko Read the full session abstract (requires AAG login): aag-meetings.secure-platform.com/aag2026/soli...

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Need something to do during your downtime at #AAG2026? If so, drop by Booth 219 between 10AM and 3PM to meet members of the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab and learn about our research into health equity, social determinants of health data, and open-source GIS!

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Looking for sessions to attend at #AAG2026? Stop by ours: “Place, Policy, and Precarity: The Geographies of Care for People Who Use Drugs” 🗓 Thursday, March 19 @ 4:10PM PT 📍 Carmel 1, Hotel Nikko Read the full session abstract (requires AAG login): aag-meetings.secure-platform.com/aag2026/soli...

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

🚨 Today is the last day to submit application materials for the SDOH & Place Summer 2026 Design Fellowship! 📅 Applications are due Friday, March 13th, 2026, at 11:59 PM CST. 🔗 Learn more & Apply here: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-DESIGN-...

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Interested in qualitative mapping methods like cognitive mapping, body mapping, and counter-mapping? Join us March 27 for a talk by Dr. AJ Kim on spatial narratives and community health assets in New York and New Orleans. Learn more and register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-MAR27

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

We're still accepting applications through 11:59PM CDT tomorrow! Submit your materials here: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-DESIGN-...

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

If you’re attending #AAG2026, consider stopping by this session on the geographies of care for people who use drugs. The discussion will explore how spatial, social, and policy dynamics shape access to harm reduction and substance-use treatment.

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Still planning your conference agenda? Be sure to schedule some time for exploring the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab booth (number 219) in the exhibit hall!

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Going to #AAG2026? Stop by our session: “Place, Policy, and Precarity: The Geographies of Care for People Who Use Drugs” 🗓 Thursday, March 19 @ 4:10PM PT 📍 Carmel 1, Hotel Nikko Read the full session abstract (requires AAG login): aag-meetings.secure-platform.com/aag2026/soli...

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Looking to build a strategic #UX case study using #Figma while contributing to health equity? The SDOH & Place Design Fellowship application form closes this Friday! Learn more & apply here: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-DESIGN-...

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

We’re excited to be exhibiting at #AAG2026 in San Francisco! If you’ll be there, stop by Booth 219 to meet members of the HeRoP Lab and learn about our research into health equity, social determinants of health data, and open-source GIS! 📍 Booth 219, Hilton Exhibit Hall 📅 March 17-20, 2026

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

📮 Applications close this Friday for the SDOH & Place Summer 2026 Design Fellowship! 📅 Applications are due Friday, March 13th, 2026, at 11:59 PM CST. 🔗 Learn more & Apply here: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-DESIGN-...

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

🚨 T-minus 1 hour! Join our virtual information session: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-DESIGN-INFO

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

🙋 Have questions on applying to the SDOH & Place Project Design Fellowship? Join our virtual information session! 🗓️ Monday, March 9th at 2 PM CT via Zoom 💻 Register here: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-DESIGN-... 🔗 Learn more about the Design Fellowship: sdohplace.org/news/summer-...

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Design meets public health in this virtual fellowship opportunity. Build your portfolio with #Figma, expand your impact, and collaborate on a mission-driven initiative focused on the Social Determinants of Health. Apply here: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-DESIGN-...

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🔥💨 Check out the Wildfire Smoke Exposure and Health Equity in Northern California dashboard! Katie Lynch, a 2025 SDOH & Place Project Fellow, created this dashboard to visualize cumulative wildfire smoke exposure from 2006-2020. 👉 Dig Deeper: sdohplace.org/showcase/wil...

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Calling all #UXDesign and #PublicHealth folks! Join us next Monday to get insider tips on applying for the Design Fellowship: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-DESIGN-...

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

📮 Submit your portfolio for the SDOH & Place Summer 2026 Design Fellowship! 📅 Applications are due Friday, March 13th, 2026, at 11:59 PM CST. 🔗 Learn more & Apply here: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-DESIGN-...

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

🚨 Applications close tomorrow, February 28th, at 11:59PM CT for the 2026 SDOH & Place Fellowship! 🔗 Apply here: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-26-LEARN Read about previous Fellows and their projects: sdohplace.org/showcase

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This is a standout opportunity for designers who want more than just a portfolio piece and care about advancing health equity through better data access. Apply by Friday, March 13: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-DESIGN-...

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Today at noon is our discussion with Dr. Jiaxin Feng! Don’t miss out on ”Linking human brain with urban environments using emerging GIS approaches”! 🗓️ Friday, February 27th from 12-1:30 PM CST 💻 Virtual: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-ZOOM-FEB27

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Tomorrow is our lunch with Dr. Jiaxin Feng, PhD, as she explores neural sensing and GIS to understand human–environment interactions. Register here: go.illinois.edu/HEROP-FEB27

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Final call is coming up fast: If you’re interested in SDOH, mapping, and community-focused data projects, submit an application to the 2026 SDOH & Place Fellowship. Learn more: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-26-LEARN

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