SPH's Great Lakes Center for Children's Environmental Health examines the public health concerns of particulate matter 2.5 (PM 2.5) and its connections to COVID-19 fatalities.
Three centers at the UIC School of Public Health published a guide detailing current federal and state protections for workers and benefits available during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Karriem Watson, MPH in Community Health Sciences '10, was featured on WVON's weekly medical show analyzing the effects of COVID-19 on Chicago's Black population.
SPH's Apostolis Sambanis, PhD '16 and MPH '12, was featured in Business Insider addressing steps for reopening offices in the wake of COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders.
In an interview, SPH's Dr. Mark Dworkin focused on the urgent need for contact tracing after lack of availability of testing allowed COVID-19 infections to spread across Illinois.
SPH's Dr. Ron Hershow co-authored a report with scholars from across the University of Illinois system on the effects of shelter-in-place on family and community wellness.
SPH's Occupational Health Service Institute is working to ensure essential workers have protections in place and those not at work can safely return during the COVID-19 outbreak.
The UIC School of Public Health responds to acts of bias, discrimination and stigma on the basis of their perceived identity as persons of Asian descent during COVID-19.
The Illinois Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center at the UIC School of Public Health worked with public health agencies to prepare for disasters of all types.
Block Club Chicago featured a collaboration co-led by SPH's UIC Center for Excellence in Maternal and Child Health to equip expectant moms in the city with masks.
