What comes to mind when you think of your community’s public health challenges?  Public health extends much further beyond addressing infectious disease outbreaks.

As Illinois’ only fully-accredited School of Public Health, the UIC School of Public Health has been at work in local and global communities for more than 50 years.  The problems we’re tackling today include health disparities, health effects of climate change, policing and its health impacts, social determinants of health, public policy, worker justice and so much more.

Guiding our work close to home in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood or abroad in Kisumu City, Kenya is an insistence on health justice for all.  We invite you to learn more about our programs that will prepare you to lead in public health for equity and justice.

UIC Pride Points Heading link

  • 8 th UIC's national ranking in social mobility, according to the Wall St Journal

  • 18 th UIC's national ranking among schools of public health, by US News & World Reports

  • 7 x UIC is a seven-time recipient of the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award

Book a meeting

Next information sessions Heading link

Dec 12 2024
Graduate Information Session
Thursday, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Zoom

Highlights at the UIC School of Public Health Heading link

SPH alum named acting commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Fikirte Wagaw earned her MPH from the School of Public Health in 1994 and will now lead the public health department in the nation's third-largest city.
Professor serves as scientific advisor for new over-the-counter birth control pill approval
Friday, July 14, 2023
SPH's Julie Maslowsky was an independent scientific advisor HRA Pharma, providing expertise on developmental science, adolescent decision-making and health disparities as the FDA prepared to approve the first over-the-counter birth control pill.
Abigail Suleman photo.
Meet our inspiring grads: Abigail Suleman
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Graduating with a Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in maternal and child health epidemiology, Suleman has impacted UIC's campus and communities with her passion for addressing maternal health disparities.
Cars drive down a busy urban street.
Legal cannabis markets linked to increased motor vehicle deaths
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
SPH alum Samantha Marinello found that on average, recreational cannabis markets were associated with a 10 percent increase in motor vehicle accident deaths.
Global health water project wins international award
Monday, January 30, 2023
Sola Maji, led by the UIC School of Public Health and the Safe Water and AIDS Project in Kenya, is bringing solar-powered clean drinking water to people across the African nation.
Students listen to a presentation by their teacher in a CPS classroom.
UIC partners with school districts on violence prevention
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
A new program at SPH aims to help schools optimize their violence prevention strategies, in the wake of the largest surge in school shootings over the last two decades.