Program

Learning objectives

After completing the course, you will be able to:

1. Describe the relevance, potential, and challenges of spatial and
   digital epidemiological approaches to advance urban health research:
   • Review concepts of geospatial data analysis and visualization
   • Describe big geodata social media analytics for public health
2. Apply robust spatial and digital epidemiological approaches towards addressing important urban health challenges:
   • Analyse mental health outcomes as identified in social media
   • Employ geo-processing (e.g., integrating geo-spatial social media information)
   • Perform exploratory spatial data analysis (e.g., geo visualization and mapping)
   • Apply spatial statistics (e.g., hotspot analysis, spatial regression)
3. Develop a project with potential for real-world urban health impact using geospatial big data methods:
   • Extend your multidisciplinary network
   • Work more effectively in collaboration with other
     disciplines for investigating multidisciplinary health problems.