Teaching Professor, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and
Management and School of Architecture
BA, University of
Pittsburgh
e-mail: kurland@andrew.cmu.edu
Kristen Kurland holds a joint faculty appointment at Carnegie Mellon University's H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and School of Architecture. Her focus at CMU includes technologies in the fields of Building Information Modeling (BIM), Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM), and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). In addition to her full time position at Carnegie Mellon, she is the president of a local consulting firm that has implemented CAD, CAFM, and GIS programs in numerous organizations since 1989. Her clients include architects, engineers, hospitals, universities, corporations, as well as local, state and federal government.
Ms. Kurland received the Heinz School's Martcia Wade award for teaching excellence in 2005. She also received the 1998, 2000, and 2003 Excellence in Education award from ARCHIBUS, Inc. for her CAFM teaching programs in the community and at Carnegie Mellon. Kurland was featured in CMU's Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research (SEER), Spotlight on SEER Faculty, (Spring 2005.)
Kristen's teaching at CMU includes Building Information Modeling, CAD, 3D Visualization, CAFM, and GIS. Her courses typically include students from multiple disciplines. At the Heinz School, Kristen also teaches Infrastructure Planning to executive physicians in the Master of Medical Management (MMM) program and Health GIS in the Health Care Policy Management (HCPM) program. She also has a strong interest in distance education and has been teaching through this medium for many years.
Kurland's research focuses on interdisciplinary collaborations in urban design, community participation and decision-making, health and the built environment, and spatial analysis using geographic information systems. Kristen works closely with the School of Architecture's Urban Laboratory, Heinz School public policy students, and Oxford University on urban sustainability issues. In addition to her work at CMU, she actively collaborates with colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and The RAND Corporation.
Kristen Kurland is actively involved with local organizations focusing on health and the built environment and is an active member of Highmark's Childhood Obesity Regional Strategy Committee and the Allegheny County Medical Society's Obesity Taskforce. In addition, she is involved in many projects focusing on improving community and neighborhood design.
"GIS Tutorial" with Wil Gorr, 2005, ESRI Press * "Learning and Using GIS: ArcExplorer Edition" with Wil Gorr, 2005, Thompson Publishing * "GIS Tutorial for Health" with Wil Gorr, 2006, ESRI Press * “Examination of the built environment and prevalence of obesity: Neighborhood characteristics, food purchasing venues, green space and distribution of body mass index” with Dubowitz T, Osypuk T., chapter in S. Babones (ed.), Inequality, Health and Society in preparation * “Evaluating the Relationship of All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Motocross Tracks and Pediatric Injury Using Geographic Information Systems,” with Sohail R. Shah, MD , Noel Zuckerbraun, MD , Kathy Gismondi , Christine J. McKenna, MSN , Marianne Miller, BS, Barbara Gaines, MD , and Jeffrey S. Upperman, MD., abstract and oral presentation, American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, (2006) * “Application of a Geographic Information System (GIS) to Identify Neighborhoods at High Risk for Severe Pediatric Pedestrian Injuries and the Relation to Green Space Density.” with, NS Zuckerbraun, T Songer, K Gismondi and BA Gaines, abstract and poster presentation, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting Abstracts, Pediatric Research, (April 2006) * “Geographic Information Systems (GIS)”, Pennsylvania Public Health Association (on-line news issue), (Fall 2006) * “How Physician Executives Can Use Geographic Information Systems (GIS)”, American College of Physician Executives, vol. 2, no1., (January 2005) *Architecture and Engineering, Guest Editor, Pittsburgh Engineer Magazine, pages 2-11 (Spring 2004 Edition) * “Curriculum Development for a New Class in Advanced Visualization of Urban Systems and Infrastructures”, (with Ramesh Krishnamurti and Luis Rico-Gutierrez, Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research, (Spring 2004) * “Businesses see importance of facilities management training”, Pittsburgh Business Times (online edition), contributing editor, (Fall 2003) * “Going Back to School: Doctors Learn about Infrastructure Issues”, Health Facilities Management, contributing editor, (August 2002) * “Legal Aid GIS”, with George Tita, University of California Irvine: GIS training publication for Legal Aid Society of North America/Legal Services Corporation, (2003) * “NEELAM:A Networked Environment for Education Learning And More”, Carnegie Mellon University, (with Ramesh Krishnamurti and Luis Rico-Gutierrez), (Fall 2003) * “Information Technology - That's Dr. CIO”, contributing editor, Hospital and Health Networks, 76 (9) : pages 18-20, (2002 September)
Pediatric Academic Societies, Poster Presenation, “Application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Mapping in a Pediatric Obesity Center”, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 2008 * Connected Urban Development Global Conference, Cisco, San Francisco, CA, February 2008 * Washington Post, Washington, DC, February 2008 *Preconference Workshop: “Executive Overview of GIS for Health Organizations”, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Health GIS Conference, Scottsdale Arizona, October, 2007 * “Applications of GIS to health policy research and analysis”, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica California, September 2007 *Guest Speaker, New York City Department of Public Health, GIS Department, August 2007 * “GIS Tutorials: A Lesson in Teaching with GIS”, author’s panel, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. – 27th International User Conference, San Diego California (June 2007) *Ann Devlin Show, Night Talk, (December 2006) *Pittsburgh Today LIVE, (October 2006) *DUQ Radio, (October 2006) * “Designing a Healthy Community”, Highmark Childhood Obesity Regional Strategy Bounce Event, (September 2006) * “GIS Tutorial for Healthcare Organizations”, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. - 26th International User Conference, Heath Users Group, San Diego California (August 2006) *”Spatial Teaching with GIS Tutorial”, Microcomputers in Education Conference, University of Arizona, Tempe, AZ, (March 2006) * “Geographic Information Systems: Mapping Health, Trauma, and Injury Cases”, Trauma Conference, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, (November 2005) * “GIS in the Study and Prevention of Childhood Obesity”, Grand Rounds, St. Margaret’s Hospital, Pittsburgh PA, (September 2005) *” GIS Tutorial Workshop”, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. - Fifth Annual ESRI Education User Conference, San Diego California, July 2005 * “Working with GIS”, Legal Services Corporation – TIG Conference, Austin, TX, (January 2005) * “GIS in the Study and Prevention of Childhood Obesity”, Highmark Childhood Obesity Regional Strategy Committee Meeting, (March 2005) * “GIS in Legal Services”, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. - Fourth Annual ESRI Education User Conference, San Diego California, (July 2004) * “GIS in Legal Services”, 4th Annual Western PA GIS Conference, California PA , (September 2004) * “Developing Educational GIS Materials”, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. - Third Annual ESRI Education User Conference, San Diego California, (July 2003) * “Developing Educational GIS Materials”, 4th Annual Western PA GIS Conference, California PA, (September 2003) * “GIS Distance Education to Non-Traditional Users”, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. - Second Annual ESRI Education User Conference, San Diego California, (July 2002) * “GIS Technology To Link Youth and Workforce”, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., First Annual ESRI Education User Conference, San Diego California, (June 2001)
HCPM Systems Synthesis (Patient Empowerment), client: West Penn Allegheny Health System (Spring 2008) * HCPM Systems Synthesis (Urban Senior Living), client: Presbyterian Senior Care (Spring 2007) * Distance GIS, Heinz School Adelaide Campus (Spring 2007) * Advanced CAD/Building Information Modeling (BIM)/3D Visualization, School of Architecture (2006-present) * Healthcare Geographic Information Systems, Heinz School (Fall 2005-present) * Geographic Information Systems, Heinz School (1999-present) * Geographic Information Systems Distance Course, Heinz School/MSIT (1999-present) * Infrastructure Management, Heinz School, Master of Medical Management (1999-present) * Systems Synthesis, Heinz School/School of Architecture Urban Lab (2002-2004) * AutoCAD/3D Studio MAX, School of Architecture (1999-2006) * GIS/CAFM, School of Architecture (1999-present) * Knowledge Management in Infrastructure Planning, School of Architecture (2003- present) * Special Topics, AutoCAD, CIT – Civil and Environmental Engineering, (1999-present) * Knowledge Management in Infrastructure Planning, Heinz School (1999-2002) * AutoCAD, School of Architecture (1995-1999) * Computer Aided Facilities Management, Heinz School (1994-1999)