Caryn Peterson, PhD, is investigating how stigma and social influence impact the likelihood of HPV vaccinations and screenings, with connections to risks for cervical cancer.
The workgroup's recommendations to the Illinois General Assembly focused on improving housing access and affordability, with an understanding of housing's close ties to community health challenges.
SPH's Kristen Malecki, PhD, chaired the national committee investigating the environmental health effects of the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
With American schools addressing a litany of socioeconomic disparities, SPH researchers are modeling how schools can strengthen mental, physical and emotional health.
The first new pathology standards for black lung disease in more than 50 years were published based on research from the UIC School of Public Health's Mining Education and Research Center.
As part of a CDC-funded effort, SPH's Policy, Practice and Prevention Research Center is working with the Illinois Department of Public Health to identify immediate and long-term public health workforce needs.
Kristen Malecki, PhD, professor of environmental and occupational health sciences, is chairing a national committee connecting with the public on the health effects of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment.
