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Geodemographic Profiles and Their Effects Towards Adult Health and Disease Rates
Supervisor: Dr. Evan Cleave
Theme: Social and Health Geography
Location: Toronto
Various studies have shown that there can be ever-looming disparities in health rates between various individuals solely based upon socioeconomic factors. Those who are considered the least well off oftentimes tend to require the most care due to the daily struggles of living in poverty. Moreover, many of these socio-economic inequalities can make it more difficult for an individual to acquire aid simply due to a lack of resources and time. Significantly, it has been theorized that individuals who possess higher social capital have a greatly likelihood of having better health outcomes, through positive social norms, networks, support, and the availability of strong organizational processes.
Thus, it can be extremely important and relevant for health officials and government decision makers to understand the disparities that socio-demographic variables can have towards a communityās overall health and wellbeing. By prioritizing groups who are socially defined as higher risk (based upon socioeconomic factors), proper resources and plans can be enacted to reduce inequalities in healthcare and reduce disease rates.
The following poster provides a general glimpse towards health rates in the 140 neighborhoods in the City of Toronto, paying specific attention to diabetes, asthma, and high blood pressure. The goal of this study is to determine how socio-demographic variables impact these health rates. It is hypothesized that socio segmentations with higher social capital (i.e. annual income, education rates, employment status), higher paying employment industries, and lower visible minority rates will have better health and lower disease rates.
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Polymers
The photograph is of synthetic organic polymers which are used to make fluorescent nanoparticles. These particles are not only useful to image cells but can potentially be used to detect and bind tumors in living organisms while delivering drugs and other cargo to them. The dispersed fluorescence (from blue to near infra-red) makes it possible to observe different elements of interest simultaneously.
Graduate student Cliferson Thivierge works with his advisor, Dr. Kevin Burgess, in Texas A&M UniversityĆs department of chemistry.
Dr. Burgess is the Rachel Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University. His research interests focus on peptidomimetics for mimicking or disrupting protein-protein interactions, development of asymmetric organometallics catalysts for syntheses of valuable chirons, and fluorescent dyes for applications in biotechnology.
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