IHACC project researcher Dr. Lea Berrang-Ford, two finishing students Kaitlin Paterson and Sierra Clark, as well as Research Assistant Isha Berry are getting ready to head over to Vancouver to attend and present at the upcoming 16th International Medical Geography Symposium hosted by Simon Fraser University, from July 6th to 10th. Held bi-annually, the event brings together health geographers and others interested in applying a spatial approach to their research to gather and share study findings, and form new ideas about the progress of this exciting sub-discipline.
For more information on the team's planned activities for the event, see the list provided below:
Monday July 6th
Poster Presentations:
Leishmaniasis, conflict and political terror: A spatio temporal analysis of global incidence I. Berry (McGill University, Canada), L. Berrang‐Ford
Because eating is life’: A qualitative approach to analyzing food security and malnutrition in the Batwa pygmies of Southwestern Uganda K. Patterson (McGill University, Canada), L. Berrang‐Ford, S. Lwasa, D. Namanya, F. Twebaze, S. Clark, IHACC Research Team, S.L. Harper
Tuesday July 7th
Panel Sessions:
SESSION 1C: Climate Change & Weather Location: Barrick Gold Lecture Room Session Chair: Isaac Luginaah
9:20—9:40 Can we quantify climate change sensitivity? Modeling social determinants as effect modifiers for the relationship between weather and infectious disease in southwestern Uganda L. Berrang‐Ford (McGill University, Canada)
SESSION 2E: Lived Experiences of Health & Wellbeing 2 Location: RBC Dominion Securities Room Session Chair: Josh Evans
11:40—12:00 Analyzing longitudinal food security in an indigenous African population: Comparing determinants and predictors from quantitative and qualitative methods K. Patterson (McGill University, Canada), L. Berrang‐Ford, S. Lwasa, D. Namanya, F. Twebaze, S. Clark, IHACC research team, S.L. Harper
SESSION 4B: Infectious Diseases Location: Xerox Conference Room Session Chair: Tatenda Makanga
15:50—16:10 Inequalities after equitable distribution: a longitudinal analysis of bed net coverage and use in an Indigenous Batwa population S. Clark (McGill University, Canada), L. Berrang‐Ford, S. Lwasa, D. Namanya, IHACC research team, M. Kulkarni
Thursday July 9th
Poster Session:
Acute gastrointestinal illness in an Africa Indigenous population: the lived experience of Uganda’s Batwa S. Clark (McGill University, Canada), L. Berrang‐Ford, S. Lwasa, D. Namanya, F. Twebaze, K. Patterson, IHACC research team, S. Harper