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Alumni in action during COVID-19

Dima Qata photo.
Walgreens and vaccine scheduling
Monday, April 12, 2021
Alumna Dima Qato told the New York Times that Walgreens' current practice of spacing Pfizer vaccines by four weeks instead of three may build mistrust in the vaccine process.
Coal miners walk together at the beginning of a shift.
Study reveals bias among doctors for coal miners' black lung claims
Monday, March 29, 2021
SPH researchers and alumni argued in the report that financial conflicts of interest call for substantial improvements in transparency, oversight and objectivity for black lung claims.
A nurse injects a COVID-19 vaccine into the arm of a female patient wearing a surgical mask.
Alumna leads partnership to deliver vaccinations to city’s most vulnerable
Monday, March 22, 2021
SPH alumna Janet Lin, MD, MPH '04 is the operations lead for UIC's partnership administering 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines specifically to residents of Chicago's Englewood neighborhood.

Help us celebrate our 50th anniversary!

As the School of Public Health gets ready to celebrate its 50th Anniversary, we’re asking alumni to submit stories, memories and pictures from their time at SPH.  Did you have a particularly memorable class?  An amazing fieldwork experience?  Stories of the people you met and the connections you made?  We want to know your stories.

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