Kristen Kurland

University Professor of Architecture, Information Systems, and Public Policy

 

kurland@andrew.cmu.edu

1-412-268-4512

 

Professor Kurland holds faculty appointments at Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III College of Information Systems and Public Policy and School of Architecture. She also and a courtesy appointment in Civil and Environmental Engineering and an adjunct faculty appointment at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

 

Kurland's work focuses on interdisciplinary collaborations in health, the built environment, geospatial analysis, and 3D data visualization. She works closely with CMU colleagues and students on projects addressing big data, economic development, public policy, smart and healthy cities, sustainability and urban design. She actively collaborates with academic, health care, government, nonprofit and industry organizations in Pittsburgh and worldwide.

 

She is the chair of the Geographical and Geospatial Sciences Committee of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. She also serves on the National Academy of Sciences Board on Earth Sciences and Resources.

 

 Kurland’s teaching at Carnegie Mellon University includes building information modeling (BIM), computer aided design (CAD), 3D visualization, computer aided facility management (CAFM), and GIS. At Heinz College, she also teaches Enterprise Data Analytics to executive physicians in the Master of Medical Management (MMM) program and is a faculty advisor for Heinz College Health Care Management and Policy and Health Care Analytics projects. She has a strong interest in technology enhanced learning and has been teaching online courses since 1999. Her distance courses are taught in the Heinz College MMM, Master Science of Information Technology (MSIT), and CMU Africa programs.

 

In addition to her full-time faculty position at CMU, Kristen Kurland is the president of a local consulting firm that has implemented computer technology programs in numerous organizations. Her clients include architects, engineers, hospitals, universities, corporations, as well as local, state, and federal governments.

 

Professor Kurland is also the co-author of a series of best-selling GIS workbooks for Esri, Inc. the world’s leading GIS software developer.       

  

 ACADEMIC and PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

·       The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources

·       The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Geographical and Geospatial Science Committee, Chair

·       McCune Foundation, Distribution Committee, 2017-2023

·       Andrew Carnegie Society, Executive Board, Carnegie Mellon University, 2010-2018

·       Board of Trustees, Carnegie Mellon University, 2014-2016

·       Andrew Carnegie Society –President, Carnegie Mellon University, 2014-2016

·       Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, Central Appalachian Chapter, President, 2000

 

AWARDS and HONORS

 

PUBLISHED BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS

·       Reimagining Medical Education: The Future of Health Equity and Social Justice, American Medical Association (Elsevier) 2024, Chapter 10: Building a Diverse and Equitable Future: The Role of Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Analysis, and Social Justice in Medical Education; co-authored with Anand Gourishankar MD and Kendrick Davis, PhD.

 

PUBLICATIONS, PROCEEDINGS, POSTERS, and PROFESSIONAL REPORTS

·       Magana L, Soose R, Kurland K, Harrison T, Mazul A, Who Gets the STIM? : A Demographic Analysis of Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulator Patients. Sleep, Volume 47, Issue Supplement_1, May 2024, Pages A469–A470, DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsae067.01094

·       Szoko, Nicholas; Ajith, Aniruddh; Kurland, Kristen; Culyba, Alison J., Community Asset Density and Past-Year Mental Health Symptoms Among Youths, JAMA Network Open. 2024;7(9):e2434923. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.34923

·       Szoko, N., Kurland, K., & Culyba, A. J. (2024). 125. Mapping Community Assets and

·       Youth Mental Health: Insights From a Geospatial Analysis. Journal of Adolescent  Health, 74(3), s67-s68. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.11.324

·       Joseph AM, Minturn JS, Kurland KS, Davis BS, Kahn JM, Development and Evaluation of Pediatric Acute Care Hospital Referral Regions in Eight States, The Journal of Pediatrics, 2024, 114371,ISSN 0022-3476, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114371

·       Bohnhoff, JC, Cutler, A, Hagenbuch, S, Kurland, K. Pediatric subspecialty outreach clinics: reach and impact on access to care. BMC Pediatrics 24, 519 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-024-04995-6

·       Mark A. Fadel, MD, JD ; Jennifer L. McCoy, MA, Amber D. Shaffer PhD, CCRP ; Kristen S.

·       Kurland, BA; Jeffrey P. Simons, MD, MMM, Socioeconomic Barriers to Care for Pediatric Airways Utilizing Geographic Information Systems, The Laryngoscope; August 25, 2023; https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.30982

·       Mark A. Fadel, MD, JD ; Jennifer L. McCoy, MA, Amber D. Shaffer PhD, CCRP ; Kristen S.

·       Kurland, BA; Jeffrey P. Simons, MD, MMM, Socioeconomic barriers to care for children with tracheostomies utilizing GIS, AAO-HNSF 2022 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience, Philadelphia, PA September 13, 2022.

·       Corbera-Hincapie, M.A.; Kurland, K.S.; Hincapie, M.R.; Fabio, A.; Weiner, D.J.; Kim, S.C.; Kazmerski, T.M. Geospatial Analysis of Food Deserts and Their Impact on Health Outcomes in Children with Cystic Fibrosis. Nutrients 2021, 13, 3996. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13113996

·       Rosser F, Forno E, Han YY, Kurland K, Mair C, Acosta-Perez E, Canino G, Celedón J. Annual sulfur dioxide exposure, asthma, and lung function in Puerto Rican children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2020 Feb; 55(2):330-337. PMID:31805225

·       Beach CM, Hart SA, Nowalk A, Feingold B, Kurland K, Arora G. Increasing Burden of Lyme Carditis in United States Children's Hospitals PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY 41(2):258-264 2020

·       “3D/Data Visualization for Urban Design and Planning”, Remaking Cities Institute, 2019

·       “Transportation characteristics associated with non-arrivals to pediatric clinic appointments: A retrospective analysis of 51 580 scheduled visits”, Wallace, D. J.; Ray, K. N.; Degan, A.; Kurland, K.; Angus, D. C.; Malinow, A. British Medical Journal Quality and Safety. 2018;27:437-444

·       “Referral Regions for Time-Sensitive Acute Care Conditions in the United States”, Wallace DJ, Mohan D, Angus DC, Driessen JR, Seymour CM, Yealy DM, Roberts MM, Kurland KS, Kahn JM. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Mar 24. pii: S0196-0644(18)30160-4. https://doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed. 2018.02.018

·       “3D and Spatial Analysis for Smart and Healthy Cities”, JoDLA, Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, 2017

·       “Proximity to a Major Road and Plasma Cytokines in School-Aged Children”

·       Franziska Rosser, Erick Forno, John Brehm, Yueh-Ying Han, Nadia Boutaoui, Edna Acosta-Pérez, Kristen S. Kurland, John F. Alcorn, Glorisa Canino, Juan C. Celedón, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology 08/2016; DOI:10.1089/ped.2016.0649

·       “Proximity to a major roadway, vitamin D insufficiency and severe asthma exacerbations in Puerto Rican children”,  Rosser F, Brehm JM, Forno E, Acosta-Pérez E, Kurland K, Canino G, Celedón JC. , Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Nov 15;190(10):1190-1193. No abstract available. PMID: 25398111

·       “Geographic access to high capability severe acute respiratory failure centers in the United States”, Wallace DJ, Angus DC, Seymour CW, Yealy DM, Carr BG, Kurland K, Boujoukos A, Kahn JM, PLoS One. 2014 Apr 4;9(4):e94057. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094057. eCollection 2014.

·       “Accuracy of Prehospital Transport Time Estimation” David J. Wallace, MD, MPH, Jeremy M. Kahn, MD, MSc, Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, Christian Martin-Gill, MD, MPH, Clifton W. Callaway, MD, PhD, Thomas D. Rea, MD, MPH, Jagpreet Chhatwal, PhD, Kristen Kurland, and Christopher W. Seymour, MD, MSc, ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2014; 21:9–16 © 2013 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

·       Chapter reviewer for “Liberation Science: Putting Science to Work for Social and Environmental Justice”, Emerman, S.H., M. Bjørnerud, J.S. Schneiderman, and S.A. Levy (eds.). (Chapter 6: "Public Participation and Spatial Information" by Dr. Shalini P. Vajjhala, Fellow, Resources for the Future), University of Arizona Press, January 6, 2012

·       “Pediatric Craniofacial Fractures Due to Violence: Comparing Violent and Nonviolent Mechanisms of Injury”, Alexander F. Mericli, MD,* Gary E. DeCesare, MD,Þ Noel S. Zuckerbraun, MD, MPH,þ, Kristen S. Kurland, BA,§ Lorelei Grunwaldt, MD,Þ Lisa Vecchione, DMD, MDS,Þand Joseph E. Losee, MD, FACS, FAAPÞ, The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery , Volume 22, Number 4, (July 2011)

·       “Performing GIS mapping on San Antonio Military Pediatric Center (SAMPC) Pediatric Wellness Center Data”, UPMC, Department of Defense, December 2010

·       “Application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Mapping in a Pediatric Obesity Center”, with Tamara S Hannon, MD, Goutham Rao, MD, Dana Rofey, PhD, Fida Bacha, MD, Ingrid M Libman, MD PhD, and Silva Arslanian, MD Weight Management & Wellness Center (WMWC), Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pediatric Academic Societies Conference, 2008

·       “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, 200)

·       “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

 

 PRESENTATIONS and APPEARANCES

·       Invited Speaker, “Geospatial Health Analytics”, The Starzl Network, March 17, 2025

·       Guest lecturer, “Geospatial Research Methods: Health and the Built Environment, Paradigms of Research in Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture, March 12, 2025

·       Invited Speaker, “Using 3D GIS, Machine Learning, and AI for a Quality-of-Life Project in Pittsburgh and Beyond”, Pennsylvania Geospatial Board, Penn State University January 17, 2025

·       Guest lecturer, California State University Long Beach, College of Health and Human Services (Health Science), November 4, 2024

·       Co-chair and moderator, “Recovery from Dynamic Events: Geospatial Data and Tools for Disasters and Conflicts” National Academies of Sciences”, Geographical Geospatial Sciences Committee, Washington DC, October 22, 2024

·       Moderator, “Partnerships, Innovations, and Opportunities in Geohealth”, National Academies of Sciences, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Washington, DC, October 10, 2024

·       Invited Speaker, “Collaborative approaches to GIS quality improvement and safety projects”, Esri webinar, Applying Location Intelligence to QI in Healthcare, September 17, 2024

·       Co-chair and moderator, “Changing of Local Landscapes – Long-term Recovery from Natural Disasters”, National Academies of Sciences”, Geographical Geospatial Sciences Committee, Washington DC, June 3, 2024

·       Invited speaker, “Understanding Communities: geospatial research methods”, University of California Riverside School of Medicine, May 22,2024

·       Guest lecturer, “Geospatial Research Methods: Health and the Built Environment, Paradigms of Research in Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture, March 13, 2024

·       Co-chair and moderator, “The Geospatial Workforce Crisis: A Diversity of Pathways Forward”, National Academies of Sciences, Geographical Geospatial Sciences Committee, Washington DC, November 14, 2023

·       Moderator, “Reinventing Construction Through Location Intelligence”, Engineering News Record and Esri, Inc., Virtual session, November 7, 2023

·       Guest lecturer, “Technology, Humanity, and Social Justice” course, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh Global Studies Center, Pittsburgh, PA October 28, 2023

·       Invited speaker, Medical Grand Rounds, University of California Riverside School of Medicine, Virtual session, October 18, 2023

·       Invited Speaker/Panelist, “Digital Twins: Artificial Intelligence and its Consequences for Architecture and Construction” AIA Build Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA April 26, 2023

·       Speaker, CMU Presidential Tour, Washington, DC, April 18, 2023

·       Speaker, CMU Presidential Tour, San Francisco, CA, March 2, 2023

·       Speaker, CMU Presidential Tour, Pittsburgh, PA, December 1, 2022

·       Speaker, CMU Presidential Tour, New York City, NY November 14, 2022

·       Invited speaker, “Geospatial Research Methods in Adolescent Medicine”, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, January 19, 2023

·       Panelist, “Civil and Environmental Engineering Rising Stars Workshop”, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, September 30, 2022

·       Speaker, “GIS Education in Health”, Esri Health and Human Services Conference, Redlands, CA, May 5, 2022

·       Guest lecturer, “Geospatial Research Methods: Health and the Built Environment, Paradigms of Research in Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture, March 2, 2022

·       Invited speaker, “GIS and Social Determinants of Health:Equity in Healthcare”, Leadership Pittsburgh, January 20, 2022, Virtual session

·       Moderator, “Reducing the latency of analysis ready data”, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Mapping Sciences Committee and Geographic Sciences Committee Virtual Workshop, Accelerating the Analysis of Geographic Change, December 10, 2021

·       Panelist, “A Glitch in the Matrix”, Carnegie Mellon University, VR Day, Virtual session,  November 18, 2021

·       Moderator, “How geospatial tech is revolutionizing port and airport operations worldwide”, Ports and Airports Modernization Summit, Crain’s New York Business and Esri, Virtual session, November 10, 2021

·       Guest lecturer, “GIS for Reality Computing”, Reality Computing, Carnegie Mellon University, IdeATe, September 9, 2021

·       Panelist, “Where do I get my coffee? The role of data in the changing importance of office location within the urban fabric”, virtual webinar, Horizant (Ottawa, CA), Epistemix (Pittsburgh, PA), CMU, June 23, 2021

·       Plenary Speaker, “The Intersection of Design Thinking and GIS Education” Esri Education User Conference, Virtual session, June 21, 2021

·       Moderator, Real-Time Intelligence Now: How NYC executives can improve efficiency and operations, Crain’s Content Studio/Esri, Inc., Virtual session, June 17, 2021

·       Invited speaker, “Geospatial Education in Healthcare”, Open Geospatial Consortium (OCG), Virtual webinar, June 15, 2021

·       Panelist, “Beyond geospatial mapping: Partnering with health systems for better decision making” The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Mapping Sciences Committee Virtual Workshop on Geospatial Needs for Environmental Justice, May 21, 2021

·       Invited speaker ,“The Value of GIS in an Engineering Education: Adding Real-World Context to the Design”, Esri Inc. Virtual webinar, March 31, 2021

·       Panelist, “Health Sector Challenges & Opportunities for Geospatial to Contribute”, Open Geospatial Consortium (OCG), Virtual webinar, March 24, 2021

·       Panel Moderator, “Urban Challenges and Digital Twin Vision”, Location Powers: Urban Digital Twins, Open Geospatial Consortium (OCG), Virtual webinar, January 12, 2021

·       Invited speaker , “Using GIS to Solve Health Equity and Public Health Problems”, GeoTech Center, Virtual Talk, GIS Day, November 18, 2020

·       Invited Speaker, “GIS Healthcare Trends: An Interdisciplinary Approach”, Thought Leader of the Month, Epistemic, Pittsburgh, PA, September 28, 2020

·       Invited speaker , “Geospatial Research Methods in Adolescent Medicine”, UPMC, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, September 17, 2020

·       Panel Moderator, “Global State of IoT Governance” World Economic Forum Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA, February 6, 2020

·       Keynote Speaker, “Smart and Healthy Cities”, Africa GIS 2019, Kigali, Rwanda, Africa, November 21, 2019

·       Keynote Speaker, Central Pennsylvania GIS Day, Harrisburg University, Harrisburg, PA, USA November 13, 2019

·       Panel Moderator, “Science or Science Fiction”, Intersect@CMU, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, September 13, 2019

·       Keynote Speaker, MPM Networking Event, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, September 6, 2019

·       Invited Panelist, “Public-Private Partnerships Are the Potluck Dinners of Smart City Development”, Innovation Research Interchange Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, April 30, 2019

·       Invited speaker, “3D Visualization for Urban Design and Planning, American Institute of Architects, Build Pittsburgh, Faces of design, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, April 23, 2019

·       Invited speaker, “Data and Design for Equitable and Healthy Communities”, Heinz College Public Service Leadership in the Age of Smart Cities, Washington D.C. USA, July 20-22, 2018

·       Invited Panelist, “From the University Lab to Living Lab: Mechanisms to Open your Community to Innovation”, National Science Foundation, Smart Cities Connect Conference and Expo, Kansas City Kansas, USA, March 28, 2018

·       Keynote Speaker, Smart Cities and Campus Innovation: Connect and Collaborate”, Real Property Institute of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, November 16, 2017

·       Keynote Speaker, “3D and Spatial Analysis for Smart and Healthy Cities”, Digital Landscape Architecture Conference, Anhalt University Dessau, Bernburg, Germany, June 10, 2017

·       Keynote Speaker, “Smart Cities and Campus Innovation”, ARCHIBUS Nexus, Washington, D.C., USA, May 1, 2017

·       Invited speaker, “GIS for Healthy Cities”, 2016 GeoDesign Forum, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA, USA,  October 10, 2016

·       “Invited speaker, Carnegie Mellon University Interdisciplinary Projects for Designing Health Communities”, Fox Chapel Rotary, Fox Chapel, PA, USA, August 21, 2016

·       Invited speaker,  “Health Applications Using ArcGIS Pro”, ESRI Education Conference, San Diego California, USA, June 2016

·       Invited speaker, “GIS Spatial Analysis”, Health 2.0: The Interconnection of Health and the Environment, Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, November 17, 2015

·       “Spatial Data Analysis in Healthcare”, Reading Hospital, Reading, PA, USA, November 16, 2015

·       Guest Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences,

·       Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, December2, 2015

·       Guest Lecturer, Carnegie Mellon University, Ecological Footprints course, School of Architecture, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, September 2, 2015

·       Keynote Speaker, “Collaborative 3D Model”, EnerGIS  GITA Conference, Canonsburg, PA, May 19, 2015

·       Keynote Speaker, “3D Visualization for Healthy Cities”,  Journee & Nuit de Numerique, 3D  & Simulation Numerique, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France, March 26, 2015

·       Faculty Presenter, Odyssey Citizen Scholar Panel, Carnegie Mellon University, January 9, 2015

·       Invited speaker, “Place Matters: GIS Mapping in Healthcare”, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Medical Grand Rounds, Pittsburgh, PA, USA,  June 13, 2014

·       Invited speaker, “Crossing Boundaries: GIS Mapping for Healthy Communities and the Built Environment”, Carnegie Mellon University, Doha, Qatar, April 2, 2014

·       Guest Lecturer, “Mapping Urbanism”, Carnegie Mellon University, Doha, Qatar, March 31, 2014

·       Invited speaker, “Spatial Epidemiology: Beyond John Snow / GIS in Healthcare: Emerging Tools and Technologies", University of Pittsburgh, Urban & Regional Analysis program, University Center for Social and Urban Research, February 28, 2014

·       Invited speaker, “Research into Practice: Health and Wellness for Ourselves and for Our Community”, Panelist, Exploring Health Discovering Wellness Inauguration event, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, February 21, 2014

·       Faculty Presenter, Odyssey Citizen Scholar Panel, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, USA, January 10, 2014

·       Guest Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences,

·       Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, November 18, 2013

·       Guest Lecturer, Carnegie Mellon University, Ecological Footprints course, School of Architecture, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, October 7, 2013

·       Guest Lecturer, Carnegie Mellon University, Second Year Studio, School of Architecture, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, September 20, 2013

·       Healthcare Faculty Panel, Heinz College Healthcare Club, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, September 20, 2014

·       Keynote Speaker: “Spatial Analysis (GIS Mapping) in Healthcare, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Enterprise Analytics NOW Conference, Pittsburgh PA, USA, June 20, 2013

·       Plenary Speaker: “Emerging GIS Technologies and Users in Healthcare”, Pennsylvania GIS 21st Annual Conference, State College, PA, USA, June 5 2013

·       Keynote Speaker: “Data, Data everywhere, but is there an app worth using? The rise of ‘Open Data’, ‘Big Data’ and ‘the New App Economy” ”, National Association of Counties 2013 Legislative Conference, Health Steering Committee, Washington D.C.  USA, March 3, 2013

·       Invited speaker, “Applied GIS from Health and Other Areas that Impact Local Government Services”, National Association of Counties 2013 Legislative Conference, Geospatial Information Systems Subcommittee, Washington D.C. , USA, March 3, 2013

·       Panel Moderator ,“Telling Compelling Stories with Your GIS”, Esri Health Conference Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, August 21, 2012

·       Invited speaker, “GIS Impact on Local (County) Government Services”, National Association of Counties, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, July 14, 2012

·       Heinz College, MSIT Healthcare Panel, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, June 8, 2012

·       Invited speaker, “GIS Mapping: Turning NYC Food Desserts into Fresh Oases”, NYCNEN (New York City Nutrition Education Network) , New York City, New York, USA, March 16, 2011

·       Invited speaker, NYC Department of Health, GIS Day Discussant, New York City, New York, USA, November 29, 2010

·       Invited speaker, “Effective Use of Technology by Faculty Members”, CMU Eberly Center,  Pittsburgh, PA, USA,  November 16, 2010

·       Heinz College HCPM IT Panel, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA,USA,  October 21, 2010

·       Keynote Speaker, “GIS and HEALTH: Applications to Promote and Support Healthy Communities”, Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute Biennial International Conference, Adelaide, Australia, October 2009

·       Invited speaker, “Technology, Health, and the Built Environment”, Adelaide Department of Planning, and Local Government, Adelaide, Australia, September 2009

·       Invited speaker, “ArcGIS for Advanced Analysis”, Centers for Disease Control, Analysis-Visualization-Reporting Webinar, March 2009

·       Invited speaker, “GIS for Health and the Built Environment”, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, November 2008

·       Invited speaker, “GIS for All Health Organizations”, Preconference Workshop:  Environmental Systems Research Institute Health GIS Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, October 2008

·       Invited speaker, “Using The Web To Cover Healthcare”, Online News Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, September 2008

·       Invited speaker, “Applications of GIS for Health Policy Research and Analysis”, Department for Families & Communities, Adelaide, Australia, September 2008

·       Invited speaker, “Application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Mapping in a Pediatric Obesity Center”, Pediatric Academic Societies, Poster Presentation, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, May 2008

·       Invited speaker, “The Human Layer: Solving Public Health Problems Using GIS “, Connected Urban Development Global Conference, Cisco, San Francisco, CA, USA,  February 2008

·       Invited speaker, “Obesity Research”, Washington Post, Washington, D.C., USA, February 2008

·       Invited speaker, “Executive Overview of GIS for Health Organizations”, Preconference Workshop:  Environmental Systems Research Institute Health GIS Conference, Scottsdale Arizona, USA, October 2007

·       Invited speaker, “Applications of GIS to Health Policy Research and Analysis”, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, USA, September 2007

·       Invited speaker, New York City Department of Public Health, GIS Department, New York, New York, USA, August 2007

·       Invited speaker, “GIS Tutorials: A Lesson in Teaching with GIS”, author’s panel, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. – 27th International User Conference, San Diego, California, USA, June 2007

·       Ann Devlin Show, Night Talk, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, December 2006

·       Pittsburgh Today LIVE, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, October 2006

·       DUQ Radio, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, October 2006

·       Invited speaker, “Designing a Healthy Community”, Highmark Childhood Obesity Regional Strategy Bounce Event, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, September 2006

·       Invited speaker, “GIS Tutorial for Healthcare Organizations”, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. - 26th International User Conference, Heath Users Group, San Diego California, USA, August 2006

·       Invited speaker,”Spatial Teaching with GIS Tutorial”, Microcomputers in Education Conference, University of Arizona,  Tempe, Arizona, USA, March 2006

·       Invited speaker, “Geographic Information Systems: Mapping Health, Trauma, and Injury Cases”, Trauma Conference, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, November 2005

·       Invited speaker, “GIS in the Study and Prevention of Childhood Obesity”, Grand Rounds, St. Margaret’s Hospital, Pittsburgh PA, USA, September 2005

·       Invited speaker,”GIS Tutorial Workshop”, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. - Fifth Annual ESRI Education User Conference, San Diego, California, USA, July 2005

·       Invited speaker, “Working with GIS”, Legal Services Corporation – TIG Conference, Austin, Texas, USA, January 2005

·       Invited speaker, “GIS in the Study and Prevention of Childhood Obesity”, Highmark Childhood Obesity Regional Strategy Committee Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, March 2005

·       Invited speaker, “GIS in Legal Services”, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. - Fourth Annual ESRI Education User Conference, San Diego, California, USA, July 2004

·       Invited speaker, “GIS in Legal Services”, 4th Annual Western PA GIS Conference, California PA, USA, September 2004

·       Invited speaker, “Developing Educational GIS Materials”, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. - Third Annual ESRI Education User Conference, San Diego California, USA, July 2003

·       Invited speaker, “Developing Educational GIS Materials”, 4th Annual Western PA GIS Conference, California PA, USA, September 2003

·       Invited speaker, “GIS Distance Education to Non-Traditional Users”, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. - Second Annual ESRI Education User Conference, San Diego California,USA, July 2002

·       Invited speaker, “GIS Technology To Link Youth and Workforce”, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., First Annual ESRI Education User Conference, San Diego, California, USA, June 2001

 

FUNDED RESEARCH

·       Downtown Pittsburgh Quality of Life Study, RK Mellon Foundation, May2024-December 2024

·       3D Visualization for Urban Design, The Heinz Endowments, The Deloitte Foundation, CMU Metro 21, July 2017-October 2018

·       Sustainable Pittsburgh, P4 Conference Smithfield Street 3D Simulation, The Heinz Endowments, 2015

·       Heinz Endowments “Remaking Cities Institute”, 2007

·       Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh/Department of Defense Cooperative Agreement, “Diabetes Prevention and Treatment Programs for Western PA”, 2007

·       “Global Education” Carnegie Mellon University, 2007

·       Heinz Foundation Planning Grant, 2005

·       GIS training grant, Legal Aid Society, 2003

·       NEELAM: A Networked Environment for Education Learning And More, CMU’s Office of Technology and Education, 2003

 

 

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

 

SELF-PUBLISHED TEACHING MATERIALS

·       AutoCAD: 2D and 3D Tutorials and Videos

·       Geographic Information Systems Video Lectures

·       ARCHIBUS/FM Training Tutorials: Space Management, Asset Management, Telecommunications, Building Operations, Real Property and Lease Management, Core Applications

 

COURSES TAUGHT

·       HCPM and HCA Systems Synthesis (School Nurse Navigator), client: UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (Spring 2024)

·       HCPM Systems Synthesis (School Care Connect), client: UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (Spring 2023)

 

CMU PhD ADVISING

 

 

INDEPENDENT STUDIES

 

 

ACADEMIC and PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES