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Janine Hill, BS, MPH, PhD

Adjunct Lecturer

President, Soar Strategies

Community Health Sciences

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

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JH-CV-12-23.pdf

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Office Hours - Fall semester 2023

UIC Office Hours - Fall Semester - Rm. 121 in UIC SPH
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Monday 09:00am – 10:00am Office Hours
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About

Janine is a maternal and child health practitioner, coach, and consultant.  For over 20 years, she has worked in and with nonprofit organizations, of varying sizes and budgets. In addition to her UIC faculty appointment, she owns a consulting and coaching firm, Soar Strategies, Inc.  In her six-year tenure as the executive director of EverThrive Illinois, a maternal and child health nonprofit organization, the organization more than doubled its revenues, underwent a rebranding initiative, and strengthened private/public partnerships.   Janine has recently defended her dissertation on stress measurement in middle/high income women at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health, is a Co-Active Training Institute - trained coach, and has a Certificate of Professional Achievement in Nonprofit Management from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (NU). She currently teaches “Maternal and Child Health Policy and Advocacy” at UIC. In addition, Janine serves as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the McGaw YMCA in Evanston.

Selected Publications

Manworren, J.R., Hajduk, J., Hill, J.N., Raad, A.A., & Manworren, R.C.B.: (2021) Adolescents’ Understanding of Opioid-Induced Euphoria Measures and Proposed Measurement Revisions. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 1-11, 2021.

Education

PhD, May 2022, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Concentration: Maternal and Child Health Methods, Programs, and Policy
Minor: Management
Dissertation: Stress Measurement in Middle/High Income Women: Revision of the PRAMS Stressful Life Events Scale

MPH, May 2001, Boston University, Boston, MA
Concentration: International Health
Thesis: Physician Bias in the Treatment of Heart Disease Among African-American Women

BS, May 1998, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Major: Biology
Minor: Spanish

Licensures and Certifications

Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, September 2019

Professional Certified Coach, March 2023

Selected Presentations

  1. Hill, J. Stress Measurement in Middle/High Income Women: Revision of the PRAMS Stressful Life Events Scale (poster). CityMatCH conference, Chicago, IL, 9/22
  2. Janine Hill (PhD, MCH): Baier, C. Hill, J, Epstein, J, Santos, C., Schaps, M., Hendrickson, M, Ayala, K., Silva, N. Funding Public Health in a Time of Political Discord: Lessons from Illinois. American Public Health Association conference, Atlanta, GA, 11/17