UIC's new Center for Health Equity in Cognitive Aging will address the needs of underrepresented groups through funding research, mentoring early-career faculty and connecting UIC to a national network.
SPH's Law Enforcement Epidemiology Project aims to create city, county and statewide databases that track and describe civilian injuries and fatalities in encounters with law enforcement.
Caryn Peterson, PhD, is investigating how stigma and social influence impact the likelihood of HPV vaccinations and screenings, with connections to risks for cervical cancer.
The first new pathology standards for black lung disease in more than 50 years were published based on research from the UIC School of Public Health's Mining Education and Research Center.
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.
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.
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 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.