Collaboratory News and Events CHJ in the News Heading link Copy link UIC SPH Community-Engaged Teaching (CEnT) Initiative Spring 2024 Newsletter Monday, April 1, 2024 Learn more about the UIC School of Public Health’s Community-Engaged Teaching (CEnT) Initiative, funded by the MacArthur Foundation, by reviewing our spring 2024 newsletter. Chicago Health Atlas earns Smart Cities award Monday, May 1, 2023 The free community health data resource, co-led by the UIC School of Public Health, was honored as one of the top 50 innovative urban projects from around the world. Collaboratory for Health Justice statement: access to abortion as health justice Tuesday, June 28, 2022 The Collaboratory for Health Justice, in collaboration with SPH faculty Alisa Velonis, release the following statement on access to abortion as a necessity for health justice. Air is life: Black Lives Matter and environmental justice Monday, June 13, 2022 With more than two years passed from the murder of George Floyd, SPH's Maggie Acosta reflects on the intersections of Black Lives Matter and environmental justice. RMG/Southside Recycling Permit: Letter to the Chicago Department of Public Health Wednesday, December 1, 2021 With southeast side Chicago communities already facing an excessive burden of pollution, SPH calls on the City of Chicago to halt the permit for a scrap metal recycling facility. Transforming healthcare Monday, November 15, 2021 Illinois' Department of Healthcare and Family Services turned to SPH to answer a fundamental question: how to reduce health disparities in socially vulnerable areas of Illinois. 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. 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. Citizen science project explores causes, solutions to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy Thursday, May 27, 2021 A new project funded by the CDC equips citizen scientists with research skills to collaborate on evaluating the causes and solutions to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in at-risk communities. Chicago’s health database moves to UIC Thursday, May 13, 2021 The Chicago Health Atlas, a free community health data resource for neighborhood-level health data for Chicago’s 77 community areas, is moving to the UIC School of Public Health. Vaccine Access Reveals Longstanding Disparities Wednesday, February 17, 2021 Jeni Hebert-Beirne told USA Today community-engaged researchers are not surprised by the racial inequities revealed in Chicago's initial data on COVID-19 vaccinations.
