Sam René, MPH in Community Health Sciences '21, served with the Illinois National Guard in providing COVID-19 testing in the early days of the pandemic.
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.
Sugar-sweetened beverages are the largest contributors of sugars to Americans' diets, and research is showing public policies can effectively and sustainably reduce consumption.
UIC's COVID-19 Contact Tracing and Epidemiology Program, founded at SPH, is a key tool for the campus to navigate in-person interactions on campus as the pandemic continues.
Susan Buchanan, MD, director of the Great Lakes Center for Reproductive and Children's Environmental Health, provided community members with an overview of lead exposures.
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.
A new report co-authored by SPH faculty and students finds governments have made insufficient progress in addressing the world’s leading cause of preventable death.
Tcherna Halpern's global health applied practice experience focused on building health policies for the World Federation of Public Health Associations to address maternal mortality.
New research led by SPH's Leslie R. Carnahan finds nurses can effectively reduce breast and cervical cancer disparities for women in rural communities.
Heather Prendergast is leading a UI Health effort to provide specialty care and advanced diagnostic, mental health and women’s wellness services to southwest side neighborhoods.
