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.
A new study from SPH and UIC College of Medicine researchers finds addressing the health of fathers may be a powerful untapped tool in improving the nation’s ongoing maternal health crisis.
The School of Public Health earned the second-most funding across UIC, and SPH's Lisa Powell was recognized as one of the top earners of research funding.
Jessica E. Martinez is co-executive director of the National Council of Occupational Safety and Health and earned her Master of Public Health at the UIC School of Public Health.
Fikirte Wagaw earned her MPH from the School of Public Health in 1994 and will now lead the public health department in the nation's third-largest city.
