List of works
Presentation
Date presented 04/17/2025
Student Scholars Symposium and Faculty Research Showcase, 04/17/2025, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida
Conference poster
Effective use of AI tools in map-making workflows for visualizing epidemiological data
Date presented 10/27/2024
apha 2024: Rebuilding Trust in Public Health and Science, 10/27/2024–10/30/2024, Minneapolis, MN
In 2024, Google rolled out AI Overviews, placing an AI chatbot in front of every user during Google searches. Given the public's awareness of these AI tools, it is important for public health professionals to incorporate these tools into their data visualization workflows to create effective visualizations for public-facing communications.
Compare methods for effective priming of AI tools to generate improvement suggestions for created maps. Demonstrate tips and tricks to attain the full potential of AI tools in the map-making process for epidemiological data. The Department of Public Health formed a multidisciplinary faculty/student team to explore the capabilities of a suite of AI tools in designing and evaluating epidemiological maps derived from data coded at country, state, city, and census tract-level levels. Representative data sets included variables for crime, disease occurrence, and medical testing facility locations.
Strategies for effectively using Chat GPT 3.5 and Google Gemini were developed based on several map types created by faculty and students using Google Geo Charts or Excel 3D Maps. Tips for priming AI tools in the process of designing and interpreting public-facing epidemiological maps to ensure equity and accessibility were created, alongside guidance on recognizing AI hallucinations.
Epidemiological data is commonly visualized with publicly distributed maps, and utilizing AI tools in the map-making process will ensure thorough, well-designed displays. Incorporating AI tools into data visualization workflows provides students, faculty, and public health professionals with additional foundational knowledge to ensure generated maps contribute to building trust in public health.
Conference presentation
Date presented 2017
American Public Health Association Annual Scientific Meeting, 2017, Atlanta, GA
Conference presentation
Date presented 2017
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Conference presentation
Disparities in Adherence to Vision Screening For Patients With Diabetes Related Eye Problems
Date presented 2017
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Conference presentation
Adherence to Self-Management Practices Among Diabetic Adults Who Attended a Diabetes Education Class
Date presented 2017
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, 2017, Atlanta, GA, USA
Conference presentation
Developing a National Quality Improvement Guideline: The Nuts and Bolts
Date presented 2017
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition , 2017, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Conference presentation
High adolescent fertility rates and the link to child marriage and low contraception rates
Date presented 2017
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Conference presentation
Date presented 2016
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, 2016, Denver, CO
Conference presentation
Adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) among adolescents in Nairobi County
Date presented 2016
International AIDS Conference, 2016, Durban, South Africa