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Upcoming Event
Spatial Microsimulation: What is it and Why do it?
Speaker: Dr Malcolm Campbell
4 PM - 27 November 2012
Room 406, Department of Geography
Spatial microsimulation is a technique that can be used to create a‘new’ synthetic population that is as close as possible to the real population with a geographical element. The seminar will show how spatial microsimulation can potentially be used to estimate the socio-economic and spatial impacts of ‘what-if’ policy scenarios on both places and people. Several ‘what-if’ policy scenarios (both present and future) and the implications for social and spatial inequalities are then considered and discussed. The spatial microdata created, provides a wealth of information which can be examined and explored. The seminar will conclude by exploring possibilities for such analysis in New Zealand.
Previous Events:
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Title: " The Ugly, the Bad, and the Good - Perceptions v epidemiology NZ case studies on the causes of birth defects"
Date: 29 May 2012
Time: 4:00pm
Presented We invite you to attend the next public health lecture, presented by Assoc. Prof. Barry Borman, from the Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University. Barry Borman has over 20 years of experience in applied epidemiology and environmental and occupational health, and has been directly responsible for or involved in the development, operation and evaluation of numerous health surveillance systems. From 2000 to 2008 he managed Public Health Intelligence (PHI), the epidemiology group of the Ministry of Health, New Zealand, which was disestablished in 2008.
Since 1987 he has been the director of the NZ Birth Defects Monitoring Programme (NZBDMP) and a member of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research (ICBDSR).
Speaker: Barry Borman
Title: " The Ugly, the Bad, and the Good - Perceptions v epidemiology NZ case studies on the causes of birth defects"
Date: 29 May 2012
Time: 4:00pm
Location: Geography Building: Room 406
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Lecture Title: "Geographical variations and trends in infant mortality in New-Zealand (1980-2008)"
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