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.
A new $1 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will help expand a program that has helped thousands of people across the country learn about the causes, risks and management of diabetes.
SPH's Julie Maslowsky was an independent scientific advisor HRA Pharma, providing expertise on developmental science, adolescent decision-making and health disparities as the FDA prepared to approve the first over-the-counter birth control pill.
SPH's co-led Chicago Center for Health and Environment is working with community groups across areas of Chicago lacking political clout to advocate for environmental justice in industry decision-making.
The Dr. Iris R. Shannon Scholarship is named for a pioneering Chicagoland nurse and her deep desire to identify any innovative approach to address health disparities.
Pundits cite the Great Resignation as signs of lack of worker motivation and productivity, but SPH's Elizabeth Fisher with the UIC Center for Healthy Work says the causes are rooted in inequitable and unhealthy work opportunities.
SPH's Sage Kim is investigating links between heightened lung cancer risks for Black Chicagoans and correlations with their exposures to violence in communities and resulting stress, which may increase inflammation that heightens cancer risks.
