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Health geography is the application of geographical information, perspectives, and methods to the study of health, disease, and health care. Medical geography, a sub-discipline of, or sister field of health geography, [1] focuses on understanding spatial patterns of health and disease in relation to the natural and social environment. [2][3 ...
Medical geology is an interdisciplinary scientific field studying the relationship between natural geological factors and their effects on human and animal health. [1] The Commission on Geological Sciences for Environmental Planning defines medical geology as "the science dealing with the influence of ordinary environmental factors on the geographical distribution of health problems in man and ...
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Paul L. Foster School of Medicine. 2008. Austin. University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. 2013. Houston. University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston McGovern Medical School. 1970. Galveston.
Basic life science branches. Biology – scientific study of life [2][3][4] Aerobiology – study of the movement and transportation of microorganisms [5] Agrostology – the study of grass and grasslike species. Anatomy – study of form and function, in plants, animals, and other organisms, or specifically in humans [6]
An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of knowledge, taught and researched as part of higher education.A scholar's discipline is commonly defined by the university faculties and learned societies to which they belong and the academic journals in which they publish research.
The CPHR engages students and faculty in applying geographic information systems technologies to medical geography research, incorporating current projects already in progress at ADU. Students gain hands-on research experience while developing skills in spatial thinking, quantitative analysis, and problem solving.
Social epidemiology. While epidemiology is "the study of the distribution and determinants of states of health in populations", social epidemiology is "that branch of epidemiology concerned with the way that social structures, institutions, and relationships influence health." [1] This research includes "both specific features of, and pathways ...
The BJC Institute of Health on the WashU Medicine campus. Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (WashU Medicine) is the medical school of Washington University in St. Louis, located in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1891, the School of Medicine shares a campus with Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St ...