Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Public Health Research Harvard School of Public Health
	GIS Research in Longwood Medical Area GIS at Harvard University FAQs Sources of spatial data Scripts Spatial Statistics Links News: Description of Using GIS to study local features and physical activity is now available on website	Public health researchers are increasingly finding GIS to be an extremely valuable tool for organizing and analyzing health outcome data, estimating environmental exposures and displaying research results. While advances in hardware and software have made GIS capabilities readily available, researchers still face significant barriers to learning the software and to applying the software to their specific needs. Through this website, we hope to promote further use of GIS for health research by gathering together some useful resources and providing helpful tips on how to proceed. Content of the HSPH GIS website is the responsibility of Steven Melly, a staff researcher based in the Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program in the Environmental Health Department of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Steve is also affiliated with the Environmental Statistics Program in the Biostatistics Department at HSPH. Questions or suggestions, please contact Steven Melly at sjmelly@hsph.harvard.edu. Contributors to this website include Professor Louise Ryan, Christopher Paciorek and Yihua (Mary) Zhao from the Harvard School of Public Health Biostatistics Department. Website last updated April 4, 2006.