CDU MedGIS Mission: To conduct research,
provide education and offer GIS related services in the context of
community engagement and empowerment, and to provide health professionals
with spatially integrated tools in order to promote wellness, provide
care with excellence and compassion, and transform the health of underserved
communities.
About the CDMGIS
Housed on the CDU Campus, the Charles Drew Medical Geographic Information Systems (CDMGIS) Laboratory
provides a "virtual center" for the storage, management, analysis,
modeling, and mapping of spatially referenced health related data
using state of the art Geographic Information Systems Technology (Medical
GIS). The CDMGIS laboratory was established with partial funding from
the now closed National Center for Research Resources, and the National Center on Minority Health
and Health Disparities (-RCMI & NCMHD# 5P20MD000148-EXPORT)
to support the integration of Geographic Information Science (GISC)
theories and methods within biomedical research. The establishment
of a medical GIS laboratory at Charles Drew University builds upon ongoing research activities
of the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) supported Research
Centers in Minority Institutions Biomedical Research Center (RCMI)
and constitutes an integral component of a rapidly expanding university
research informatics infrastructure.
A primary goal of the center is to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration
by linking the computing facilities, spatial databases and the resident
expertise at the CDMGIS laboratory with other research and teaching
activities occurring at Charles Drew University, UCLA and other RCMI institutions. Additionally, collaborations are actively
sought with community-based organizations, local health and services
organizations, government agencies, and academic campuses and institutes
across the nation.
CDMGIS Faculty
and Staff Contact Information
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