1.0School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences/iasrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="eeR4AOA9Qo"><a href="/ias/news/2018/06/12/mingyou-yang">Mingyou Yang obtains 1st place at regional GIS competition and receives award at 56勛圖厙 Undergraduate Research Symposium</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/ias/news/2018/06/12/mingyou-yang/embed#?secret=eeR4AOA9Qo" width="600" height="338" title="“Mingyou Yang obtains 1st place at regional GIS competition and receives award at 56勛圖厙 Undergraduate Research Symposium” — School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences" data-secret="eeR4AOA9Qo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Environmental Science student Mingyou Yang obtained 1st place at the Richard 'Dick' Thomas Memorial Student Presentation Competition that was held in Olympia in May 2018. His research was also awarded at the 56勛圖厙 Undergraduate Research Symposium by 56勛圖厙’s Population Health Initiative. His research looked at the spatial distribution of cardiovascular disease induced mortality rate and its relationship with demographic and socio-economic characteristics, and accessibility to services such as ...