Grant Details
| Grant Number: | 5R01CA095949-05 Interpret this number |
| Primary Investigator: | Maceachren, Alan |
| Organization: | Pennsylvania State University-Univ Park |
| Project Title: | Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis of Cancer Data |
| Fiscal Year: | 2006 |
Abstract
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The research proposed here will develop, implement, assess, and disseminate the next generation of cross-platform, visually-enabled geospatial analysis methods and tools to support cancer-related public health research and policy. The primary objective of the work is to develop a coordinated visual, statistical, and computational approach that extends current abilities to explore, identify, investigate, and explain spatial patterns of cancer incidence and mortality, and their relationships to population demographics and health policy. Of special note are new mechanisms to assess the potential for errors of omission and commission in that analysis The proposed methods and tools will facilitate the integration of epidemiological, demographic, and health-policy data, enabling researchers and analysts to take a holistic view of communities, their health with respect to cancer, and relationships to health policy (e.g. screening, accessibility). A series of proof-of-concept case studies will be used to demonstrate and assess the methods and tools developed and, at the same time, to address specific cancer research questions relevant to the Appalachia Cancer Network (ACN). Formal usability assessment methods will be applied throughout the human-centered process of software design, implementation, and deployment. The goal of these assessments will be to ensure that the methods and tools developed are both accessible to and useable by the cancer researchers and analysts whose work they are intended to support. We will take full advantage of outreach efforts within the ACN and the Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (CSISS), to disseminate software developed and to provide training in its use to the cancer research and policy communities within Appalachia and beyond.
Publications
Designing a web-based learning portal for geographic visualization and analysis in public health.
Authors: Robinson AC, MacEachren AM, Roth RE
Source: Health Informatics J, 2011 Sep;17(3), p. 191-208.
PMID: 21937462
Related Citations
Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - CA95949 | NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA095949-05 |
MeSH Terms:
| Public Health | Computer-Assisted Instruction | Humans |
| Maps as Topic | User-Computer Interface | Needs Assessment |
| Pennsylvania | Interprofessional Relations | Geographic Information Systems |
| Internet |
Constructing overview+detail dendrogram-matrix views.
Authors: Chen J, MacEachren AM, Peuquet DJ
Source: IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph, 2009 Nov-Dec;15(6), p. 889-96.
PMID: 19834151
Related Citations
Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA95949-01 | NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA095949-05 |
MeSH Terms:
| Uterine Cervical Neoplasms | Humans | Algorithms |
| Computational Biology | Pattern Recognition, Automated | Cluster Analysis |
| Female |
Geovisual analytics to enhance spatial scan statistic interpretation: an analysis of U.S. cervical cancer mortality.
Authors: Chen J, Roth RE, Naito AT, Lengerich EJ, Maceachren AM
Source: Int J Health Geogr, 2008 Nov 7;7, p. 57.
EPub date: 2008 Nov 7.
PMID: 18992163
Related Citations
Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - CA95949 |
MeSH Terms:
| Uterine Cervical Neoplasms | United States | Risk Factors |
| Humans | Computer Graphics | Data Interpretation, Statistical |
| Models, Statistical | Cluster Analysis | Female |
Informing geospatial toolset design: understanding the process of cancer data exploration and analysis.
Authors: Bhowmick T, Griffin AL, MacEachren AM, Kluhsman BC, Lengerich EJ
Source: Health Place, 2008 Sep;14(3), p. 576-607.
EPub date: 2007 Oct 23.
PMID: 18060824
Related Citations
Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - CA95949 | NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA095949-05 |
MeSH Terms:
| Neoplasms | Public Health | Logistic Models |
| Risk Factors | Humans | Geographic Information Systems |
| Epidemiologic Research Design |
A visualization system for space-time and multivariate patterns (VIS-STAMP).
Authors: Guo D, Chen J, MacEachren AM, Liao K
Source: IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph, 2006 Nov-Dec;12(6), p. 1461-74.
PMID: 17073369
Related Citations
Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - CA95949 | NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA095949-04 |
MeSH Terms:
Geovisualization for knowledge construction and decision support.
Authors: MacEachren AM, Gahegan M, Pike W, Brewer I, Cai G, Lengerich E, Hardisty F
Source: IEEE Comput Graph Appl, 2004 Jan-Feb;24(1), p. 13-7.
PMID: 15384662
Related Citations
Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - CA95949 | NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA095949-03 |
MeSH Terms:
| Artificial Intelligence | Computer Graphics | Risk Management |
| User-Computer Interface | Geography | Information Storage and Retrieval |
| Geographic Information Systems | Decision Support Techniques |
