Remote Sensing

Beyond Urban–Rural Binaries: Remote Sensing Indicators of Built Environment Risk for Firearm Injury in Cook County, Illinois
Presented at the 2025 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms, this study develops a remote-sensing–based framework to identify built environment risk factors for firearm injury in Cook County, Illinois.
2025-10-22
Beyond Urban–Rural Binaries: Remote Sensing Indicators of Built Environment Risk for Firearm Injury in Cook County, Illinois
An assessment of opioid overdose mortality risk across the urban–rural continuum: Integrating satellite-derived and socioeconomic indicators
This Bayesian spatiotemporal study in Cook County integrates remote sensing data with census-based deprivation measures to reveal that nighttime light intensity predicts a 10x increase in opioid overdose mortality, with rising temporal trends across all urbanicity levels.
2026-11-04 10:45 — 11:00 Washington, DC
An assessment of opioid overdose mortality risk across the urban–rural continuum: Integrating satellite-derived and socioeconomic indicators