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SPH Alum to Lead the Mile Square Health Center
Sunday, December 1, 2024
Karriem Watson, DHSc, MS, MPH '10, and former SPH research assistant professor, has been named the new executive director of UI Health Mile Square Health Center.
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RUSH University professor and chairperson to receive 2024 UIC School of Public Health Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Friday, September 6, 2024
Diane Howard, Ph.D., FACHE has been named the 2024 UIC School of Public Health Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award recipient. Howard will be honored at an awards ceremony and reception at the Driehaus Museum on November 7, 2024.
SPH Alum Calls for Extreme Heat Protections for Workers in Scientific American
Monday, September 11, 2023
Jessica E. Martinez is co-executive director of the National Council of Occupational Safety and Health and earned her Master of Public Health at the UIC School of Public Health.
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.
Sara Izquierdo and fellow migrant care team members prepare to meet with migrants at a Chicago police station.
SPH alum serves on UIC medical care team for migrants
Monday, August 14, 2023
SPH alum Sara Izquierdo is part of a team of UIC students and faculty providing clinical care for migrants arriving in Chicago.
Alumna appointed new director of occupational medicine residency program
Monday, August 8, 2022
Kim Hargis is returning to SPH to lead the program that prepares clinicians with distinct experiences in public health and occupational and environmental medicine.

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