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Linking body size and prostate cancer risks

Posted on March 20, 2023

New research from SPH's Vincent Freeman is exploring how men with elevated body mass indexes may be at heightened risk for prostate cancer and earlier metastases of tumors.

Coal miners walk together after a work shift.

Modern coal miners suffering higher fatality rates from lung diseases

Kirsten Almberg and Robert Cohen | Posted on March 06, 2023

Coal miners have significantly increased odds of death from lung diseases compared to the U.S. general population, and this disparity has also worsened over time with modern miners facing greater risk than their predecessors.

Students listen to a presentation by their teacher in a CPS classroom.

UIC partners with school districts on violence prevention

Laura Fletcher | Posted on February 07, 2023

A new program at SPH aims to help schools optimize their violence prevention strategies, in the wake of the largest surge in school shootings over the last two decades.

Global health water project wins international award

Posted on January 30, 2023

Sola Maji, led by the UIC School of Public Health and the Safe Water and AIDS Project in Kenya, is bringing solar-powered clean drinking water to people across the African nation.

NIH launches harm reduction research network to prevent overdose fatalities

Posted on January 23, 2023

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.

Residents of Kathmandu wash vegetables in raw river water.

SPH professor launches novel method for water testing

Daniel P. Smith | Posted on January 03, 2023

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.

A graphic showing the science of contact tracing, with one person with a virus transmitting that virus to others, who then transmit the virus further to others.

New research highlights successes of SPH's contact tracing for UIC

Posted on November 28, 2022

Results published in the American Journal of Infection Control demonstrate SPH's campus-based model effectively augmented local public health pandemic-response efforts.

Two Chicago police officers, who have been on bikes, talk with a Black man standing on a street corner in downtown Chicago.

2016-21 data details scale of civilian injuries in police interactions

Posted on November 21, 2022

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.

An SPH researcher shares information at a public presentation.

UIC posts new record research funding totals

Jacqueline Carey | Posted on November 14, 2022

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.

New CDC grant project aims to increase exercise for Latinos with memory difficulties

Rob Schroeder | Posted on November 07, 2022

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.

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