Overview of Services
The Geospatial, Epidemiology, and Outcomes (GEO) Shared Resource at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Cancer Center provides access to population-based data, cancer epidemiology and database expertise, information on the cancer burden in the catchment area, and geospatial mapping and analysis to catalyze population-based cancer research at MCW, with an emphasis on cancer disparities.
GEO serves numerous departments and centers on and off campus. The services offered align with three primary aims: (1) To provide up-to-date information on the cancer burden in the MCW Cancer Center catchment area, including spatial and sociodemographic patterns of cancer incidence, diagnosis stage, and mortality; (2) To facilitate the optimal and appropriate use of population-based data resources to conduct rigorous cancer and cancer disparities research; and (3) To support the use of geospatial mapping and analysis techniques and provide geographic information systems (GIS) services.
Geospatial Services
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Analysis Services
- Spatial Data Acquisition, Preparation and Management
- Cartography, Mapping and Data Visualization
- Geocoding, Distance Estimation and Routing, Geographic Access Estimation
- Disease Mapping, Small Area Estimation, Spatial Pattern and Cluster Analysis
- Modeling Including Spatial and Clustered Data
- Web-Based Mapping
- Data analysis in R, STATA, Esri software
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Related Technology Support
- Software license(s) for GIS and related software (Esri, STATA)
- Consultation
- Geospatial analysis techniques and data sources
Epidemiology Services
General epidemiologic information about cancer burden
- Boiler plate information for grant applications about cancer burden and GEO center
- Basic epidemiologic data (Froedtert-MCW, Southeastern Wisconsin, Wisconsin, U.S.)
- Catchment Area/WI cancer maps
- Website (updated cancer data, maps, links to publicly available data, related sites)
- Specific epidemiologic information
- Preliminary data for grant applications
- Anticipated accruals to clinical trials
- Consultation on study design and methodology
- Cancer knowledge, database expertise
- Study design, aims, measurement/variables, feasibility
Outcomes Services
Data acquisition, preparation, management and analysis
- Database acquisition, licensing and use agreements
- Database repository and maintenance
- Database cleaning
- Variable creation
- Data manipulation/linkage
- Preparation of dataset for analyses
- Preparation of data dictionaries/metadata
- Data analyses
- Computer and statistical programming (R, SAS, Python, etc.)
- Consultation
- Specific database knowledge
- Variable creation and data analysis strategies
Leadership
Kirsten Beyer, MPH, MS, PhD | Co-Director
Tina Yen, MD, MS | Co-Director
Anai Kothari, MD, MS | Co-Director
Hours of Operation
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Monday - Friday
8am - 5pm
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Links and Resources
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