Three School of Public Health faculty members proudly represented the school at UIC SparkTalks – a biannual showcase of thoughts and solutions of influential UIC changemakers to inspire and create a better world.
Dr. Susan L. Hughes, Professor Emerita in the Division of Community Health Sciences and Founding Director of Center for Research on Health and Aging at UIC, testified before the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging.
Dr. Sambanis has been elected to the Illinois Green Alliance Board of Directors and helps guide the organization's strategic vision — to make net zero buildings feasible, affordable, and so commonplace that every building in IL by 2050 is net zero.
Alisa Velonis, MPH, PhD, as the new Director of the CoE-MCH, is dedicated to training the next generation of MCH practitioners. Dr. Velonis has spent nearly two decades working in public health and community-based settings.
Karriem Watson, DHSc, MS, MPH '10, and former SPH research assistant professor, has been named the new executive director of UI Health Mile Square Health Center.
Monica Padilla, a double major in public health and biological sciences and a member of UIC’s Honors College, is UIC’s 2024 Lincoln Academy Student Laureate. The award is given to seniors – just one from each college…
A new University of Illinois Chicago research center (CECHE) will gather experts from public health, medicine, engineering, urban planning, and biological sciences to explore and measure environmental health impacts and test nature-based solutions,…
Read our guide below to learn more about the 38 presentations that will be led by School of Public Health faculty, staff, and students. If you’re attending APHA, be sure to stop by…
SPH, in conjunction with IDPH, developed a report that highlights the scope of health issues disproportionately faced by people experiencing homelessness and the need to increase health-promoting interventions.
