The UIC School of Public Health will examine how harm reduction strategies can be implemented in rural settings across Illinois, including in areas hit hard by the opioid epidemic.
Access to water testing labs is expensive and scarce in many parts of the world, but a novel portable testing system devised by SPH's Abhilasha Shrestha could make rapid testing far more accessible.
Wallace, an SPH alum and adjunct faculty, joined the Post's "Trust in Science" panel discussion, alongside Francis Collins, former director of the National Institutes of Health.
The UIC School of Public Health is a partner in this citywide project to help residents access reliable information, recovery supports such as economic and social programs and services and specific health resources
Results published in the American Journal of Infection Control demonstrate SPH's campus-based model effectively augmented local public health pandemic-response efforts.
A new report from SPH's Law Enforcement Epidemiology Project details the scope of civilian injuries, with new data on the elevated risks facing homeless persons and police use of energy devices.
More than $460 million in research funding at the university included numerous projects led by SPH researchers, including initiatives aimed at addressing long COVID and building health collaboratives in Chicago neighborhoods.
David Marquez is leading the project with SPH's Policy, Practice and Prevention Research Center, one of 25 Prevention Research Centers established by the CDC.
New research authored by SPH's Jeni Hebert-Beirne finds bladder health can be heavily influenced by social factors, including authority influences that build negative practices for using the bathroom.
