Wansoo Im, PhD
Professor, Department of Population Health
Faculty Advisor, MS in Health Equity
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Policy Development, Rutgers , the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
M.U.R.P in Urban and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
B.S. in Urban Planning, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
RESEARCH & AREAS OF INTEREST
Urban Planning
Geographic Information Systems
Social Determinants of health
Environmental health
Big data
Crisis & emergency response
Disaster management
TEACHING
Geographic Information Systems Applications
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Wansoo Im specializes in participatory mapping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and has pioneered the use of interactive, web/mobile-based GIS to support community-based participation and research on a wide range of social and environmental issues.
Dr. Im currently serves as a Professor at Meharry Medical College’s School of Global Health, manages the Public Health Exposure Database, and is the Director of the National Center for Community Mapping at Meharry. Previously, he held the position of Associate Professor in the Division of Public Health and the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Meharry Medical College. Dr. Im has extensive experience teaching GIS applications to students in planning, public health, and engineering at various universities in New Jersey.
Dr. Im employs big data, harnessing various social/crowd networking solutions to uncover deep demographic and health insights and business opportunities regarding social and health determinants.
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