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Summer Youth Citizen Scientists Create Research Projects Based in Social Justice

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

This summer, the Collaboratory for Health Justice, in partnership with One Summer Chicago and the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, hosted a 6-week Youth Citizen Scientist Program. Youth ages 16 – 24 learned…

Decentralizing knowledge in public health education, one course at a time

Monday, August 9, 2021

SPH's Alexis Grant and Maggie Acosta question the barriers to public health education for people whose lived experiences are most affected by social determinants of health.

Faculty and staff with the Collaboratory for Health Justice pose for a photo.

MacArthur grant aims to build community capacity in public health

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

SPH's Collaboratory for Health Justice is one of 35 recipients of public health-focused grants from the MacArthur Foundation, funding that will build reciprocal relationships with CBOs and foster youth citizen scientists.

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About the Collaboratory

The UIC School of Public Health Collaboratory  for  Health  Justice is dedicated to enhancing reciprocal engagement between the community and UIC faculty, students, and staff. Our emphasis is on connecting people to each other and to resources that will ultimately improve their public health research, teaching, and practice. We strive to advance health justice—that all people would have the power and resources to have agency over their health, which requires addressing systems of oppression such as classism, racism, sexism and xenophobia.

Mission

Our mission is to support academic-community partnerships by facilitating the meaningful participation of broad stakeholders; fostering representation & presence in academic settings; and providing training and technical assistance for integrating community engagement across research, teaching and practice.

Vision

Our vision is health justice attained through active participation of broad stakeholders in the UIC School of Public Health through research, teaching and practice.