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M. Norman Oliver, MD, MA Dr. Oliver is a guest Editor of this current issue of the JABFM, which features original research using a geographical information system (GIS) methodology. Dr. Oliver is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Virginia, where his research focuses on investigating social determinants of health, particularly their effect on racial and ethnic health inequities. Dr. Oliver uses GIS technology and spatial epidemiologic analyses to evaluate the role of such factors as poverty and education on cancer health disparities. Currently, Dr. Oliver is conducting a study to assess the effect of unconscious racial stereotypes and biases on physicians’ delivery of clinical services. Dr. Oliver received his medical degree and his MA in medical anthropology from Case Western Reserve University in 1994 and 1992, respectively. He completed his residency in family medicine at University Hospitals of Cleveland in 1996. After residency, Dr. Oliver worked for 2 years as a family physician in a rural Eskimo fishing village in Alaska. He then went to the University of Virginia (UVa) School of Medicine, where he helped found and currently serves as the director of theUVaCenter onHealthDisparities. Dr. Oliver also directs the Generalist Scholars Program at the UVa School of Medicine and supervises MPH students who have chosen the Health Disparities concentration within that program.