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Clark University

Medicine and Health Sciences

2017

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Gis Internship At Umass Medical School Information Technology Department, Qiming Shi M.S. May 2017

Gis Internship At Umass Medical School Information Technology Department, Qiming Shi M.S.

International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE)

Abstract

GIS INTERNSHIP AT UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL IFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Qiming Shi

This paper summarizes my internship at the University of Massachusetts Medical School Information Technology Department in Worcester, MA, which lasted for 1 year. I worked on several projects correlating health and disease outcomes to spatial and temporal factors where I not only brought my technical skills in GIS but also turned my solution into a useful web application, using R Shiny.

It was a great learning and professional experience, and I learned a great deal about R programming and public health GIS.

I would highly recommend Internship at Umass …