Fall 2022 Healthviews Magazine

A flood of new challenges: how SPH is addressing climate change

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Many public health professionals point to climate change as one of the largest public health threats of our times. How do we prepare communities to address this crisis in a way that advances environmental justice? Members of our community weigh in.

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A woman lights a candle at a Day of the Dead celebration honoring workers that died during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Work is in the spotlight – and precarious workers need support more than ever
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
In the midst of global supply chain disruptions, perceptions about work - and workers - are rapidly changing. The UIC Center for Healthy Work is expanding its portfolio of work at a time when precarious work is becoming more prevalent.
What can we learn from the Great Resignation?
Monday, June 5, 2023
Pundits cite the Great Resignation as signs of lack of worker motivation and productivity, but SPH's Elizabeth Fisher with the UIC Center for Healthy Work says the causes are rooted in inequitable and unhealthy work opportunities.

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Climate change adaptations for healthcare
Monday, March 28, 2022
SPH's Elena Grossman is leading statewide climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts by building awareness of flood plain risks for healthcare providers.
New study reveals undercount of Cook County opioid deaths
Monday, October 3, 2022
People who do not fit the general profile of an opioid user who pass away in a clinical setting may be undercounted, despite the widespread reach of the opioid epidemic.
New NIH grant project aims to improve Hepatitis C vaccine trials
Monday, January 31, 2022
SPH's Basmattee Boodram brings decades of experience analyzing populations of people who use drugs to this effort to better craft vaccine trial profiles.

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Bridging biological and social sciences to address cancer disparities
Monday, May 22, 2023
SPH's Sage Kim is investigating links between heightened lung cancer risks for Black Chicagoans and correlations with their exposures to violence in communities and resulting stress, which may increase inflammation that heightens cancer risks.
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Linking body size and prostate cancer risks

Posted on March 20, 2023

New research from SPH's Vincent Freeman is exploring how men with elevated body mass indexes may be at heightened risk for prostate cancer and earlier metastases of tumors.

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Studies confirm sugar-sweetened beverage tax effects

Rob Schroeder | Posted on December 13, 2022

Research co-led by SPH's Lisa Powell found sugar-sweetened beverage taxes are effective at reducing consumption and outweigh any negative effects of cross-border shopping.

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Understanding adolescents' mindsets post-Dobbs

Rob Schroeder | Posted on December 12, 2022

The Dobbs Supreme Court decision affects everyone in the United States, but the voices of adolescents are rarely weighed in the abortion debate. SPH researcher Julie Maslowsky is aiming to do just that in two new research projects.

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MINER Center tracks black lung disease surge

Posted on December 13, 2022

SPH's Kirsten Almberg is one of the center researchers examining the effects of coal miner exposure to silica dust as a cause of recent increases in cases of black lung disease.

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Residents of Kathmandu wash vegetables in raw river water.
SPH professor launches novel method for water testing
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Access to water testing labs is expensive and scarce in many parts of the world, but a novel portable testing system devised by SPH's Abhilasha Shrestha could make rapid testing far more accessible.

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Elevating environmental justice
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
SPH's co-led Chicago Center for Health and Environment is working with community groups across areas of Chicago lacking political clout to advocate for environmental justice in industry decision-making.
Chicago contact tracers go door to door in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood to promote vaccine access.
Cultivating community-based citizen scientists
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic proved the critical role individual citizens play in promoting public health, and SPH's Collaboratory for Health Justice is building on this momentum with several new projects.

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SPH announces André Gilmore Stanley DrPH Scholarship in Equity and Anti-Racism
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
A new scholarship honors the memory of André Gilmore Stanley, a proud member of SPH's 2016 DrPH cohort and a policy analyst for the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products.
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EPA grant funds new Climate and Health Institute at SPH
Monday, August 15, 2022
A new two-year program, led in part by community members from environmental justice communities, will train public health professionals to confront climate change in all aspects of their jobs,
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SPH's PHAME Center leads new health database for Cook County
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
The Cook County Health Atlas aims to equip members of the public with data and analytical skills to become active players in public health decision-making in their own communities.

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