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Subject:        [UCGIS LISTSERV] Symposium on Geography, HIV/AIDS, and Drug Abuse
Date:   Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:06:35 -0400
From:   Jeremy Mennis <[log in to unmask]>
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Symposium on Geography, HIV/AIDS, and Drug Abuse

The Association of American Geographers (AAG) and the National
Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) are jointly sponsoring a symposium
on Geography, HIV/AIDS, and Drug Abuse.  The focus of this
symposium is the development of a monograph that highlights the
global geography of risk - specifically, drug use/abuse and the
risk for HIV/AIDS in a globalizing world.  The symposium will be
held on March 24, 2009, in conjunction with the AAG Annual Meeting
in Las Vegas.

Geographers, sociologists, medical researchers, epidemiologists,
anthropologists, public health scientists, and others with active
research in the geographical dimensions of drug use/abuse and
HIV/AIDS are encouraged to apply to participate in the symposium.
Themes to be addressed include:

* Descriptive and spatial epidemiologic perspectives on the spatial
   context of HIV/AIDS worldwide
* Descriptive and spatial epidemiologic perspectives on the geography
   of drug use/abuse worldwide
* Geographic analysis linking globalization and changes in drug use
   patterns
* Geographic analysis linking other risk such as sexual behaviors
   and their interrelation with drug use/abuse
* Use of Geographic Information Systems in better understanding and
   responding to the drug abuse-HIV/AIDS nexus
* New methodological approaches to spatially linking national, regional,
   and local determinants of risk behavior related to HIV/AIDS and drug
   use/abuse
* The role of simulations in analyzing changing drug use patterns and
   the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a dynamic complex system
* Spatial diffusion modeling of addictive drug usage use and HIV/AIDS
   characteristics, including predictive modeling
* Interaction of other spatially dependent variables and drug use/abuse
   and HIV/AIDS in prevention and treatment strategies
* Case studies from countries or regions summarizing the role of drug
   use/abuse in the changing epidemiology of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
* Other geographic or medical research relevant to better understanding
   the drug abuse-HIV/AIDS dynamic

If you are interested in participating in this symposium, please submit
a 250 word abstract and background information or CV no later than
December 10, 2008, to Megan Overbey at [log in to unmask] Earlier
submission is encouraged. There is no cost for the symposium, but
participants must be registered for the AAG Annual Meeting. Some
financial assistance is available for those with financial need.