Geospatial Analysis and Health Outcomes Shared Resource (GHSR)

Overview of Services

Areas of Focus
Areas of focus of the Geospatial Analysis and Health Outcomes Shared Resource (GHSR), led by Dr. Abiodun Oluyomi, include geographic information system (GIS), patient-reported outcomes and community outcomes and qualitative data from healthcare and community stakeholders.

Services
The Geospatial Analysis and Health Outcomes Shared Resource provides a variety of services. Consultations and services are provided under three broad technical areas:

• Geographic information system (GIS), spatial epidemiology or geomedicine (aka Spatial Epi/Geomedicine)
• Patient outcomes (PRO) research
• Community-engaged (CE) research

The utility of these activities by the DLDCCC members and the BCM community enhance grant applications, data analysis, exhibits/reports, and clinical and educational outreach.

Spatial Epi/Geomedicine
Several Potential applications include locating likely geographic disparities in patient access to healthcare or in incidence/prevalence of particular disease endpoints; tracking individual exposures (e.g., NOx as a surrogate for ultrafine particulate matter), behaviors (e.g., accelerometer as a measure of physical activity), and/or physiological measures (e.g., heart rate) in real-time using global positional system (GPS) time-stamped coordinates, mobile health (mhealth) technology.

PRO Research
Facilitate best practices for measuring outcomes derived by self-report, serve as a central resource for state-of-the-science instruments and measurement methods in clinical settings, and provide in-house support services for translation, collection and analysis of outcomes and survey data. Effort will be particularly directed toward best practices for qualitative and mixed-methods research.

CE Research
Facilitate best practices for measuring outcomes derived from community or neighborhood level data, serve as a central resource for state-of-the-science instruments and measurement methods in community settings, and provide in-house support services for translation, collection, and analysis of outcomes and survey data. Through Community-Based Participatory Research, the collaboration between researchers and community members promotes the identification of local health concerns.

Leadership

Abiodun Oluyomi, PhD | Academic Director

Omar Rosales, MPH | Analyst (Geographical Information System and Spatial Epidemiology)

Elyse Burgess, BS | Analyst (Patient Reported Outcomes Research and Community Engaged Research)

Location and hours of operation

Links and Resources

• https://cdn.bcm.edu/academic-centers/dan-l-duncan-comprehensive-cancer-center/research/cancer-shared-resources/population-sciences-core

Contacts