Speaker Series—Mapping the Past

Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, January 30th, at 12 PM CST. Coffee and networking session to follow. For folks outside of the UIUC community, please join us via Zoom!

The in-person option is open the University of Illinois community (students, staff, and faculty). Please use the RSVP option on the right for the in-person portion of the event. We will have lunch for all attendees who RSVP by Wednesday @ 10AM before the event.

A virtual option via Zoom is available for the public. To register for the Zoom option, please access the following link: https://go.illinois.edu/HEROP-ZOOM-JAN30.

Racism is considered a fundamental cause of health inequities, but research on structural racism and health has been limited by lack of data. Since Mapping Inequality digitized New Deal-era redlining maps from the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, there has been an explosion of research examining historic redlining and present-day neighborhood environmental hazards and health. In this talk, Dr. Meier will discuss the application of HOLC maps in population health research and new efforts to characterize historic environmental hazards using the Sanborn Fire Insurance maps.

Helen C.S. Meier is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. She examines the structural, social and environmental determinants of health and health inequities across the life course. Her overall goal is to understand how social vulnerabilities become biological vulnerabilities resulting in health disparities. Dr. Meier has a MPH in Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology and a PhD in Epidemiologic Science.

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