Category: DataViz Team 2016

Hello Everyone!

I’m Stacy Lam, I was born and raised in Chicago, IL a.k.a “The Windy City”. I’m currently a first year at Trinity College and I intend to major in Engineering. Many people are unaware that injuries are ranked 4 on the among causes of death and has been termed as “the neglected epidemic”. The tragedy is that injuries could be prevented and I am interested in learning about the public health approach to injury prevention.

In this data visualization course, I am working with Garry Lapidus, the director for Connecticut Injury Prevention Center. The mission of the Injury Prevention Center (IPC) at Connecticut Children’s is to reduce unintentional injury and violence among Connecticut residents. I will be focusing creating an interactive data visualization on intimate partner violence in Connecticut. I plan on creating an interactive map of Connecticut to portray the rates of intimate partner violence in neighborhoods as well as incorporate other variables such as the involvement of children. The goal is to be able to portray a story to the public through data visualization.