Capstone project improves disease mapping tool for Penn State Cancer Institute
The new Penn State Cancer Institute LionVu dashboard. Through the user interface, users can toggle two side-by-side maps of Pennsylvania and the 28 county Catchment Area. Documentation, charts, video, and user a feedback form are prominent on the site. Image: Nate Geyer.
Image: Nate Geyer
Capstone project improves disease mapping tool for Penn State Cancer Institute
Angela M. Rogers
February 26, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Recent Master of Geographic Information Systems graduate Nate Geyer has always been interested in epidemiology and geography. As a research support assistant in the Department of Public Health Sciences in the College of Medicine, he was able to put those interests together by creating a new version of the LionVu cancer mapping tool.