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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.

UIC students study together while sitting outdoors on campus.

UIC grant will increase public health ‘boots on the ground’ in underserved areas

Laura Fletcher | Posted on October 31, 2022

New funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will provide scholarship support for 57 MPH students over the next three years.

New research finds bladder health is a social process

Posted on October 24, 2022

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.

New study finds mentorship lowers rates of youth crime and delinquency

Posted on October 17, 2022

David DuBois, SPH's associate dean for research, is the lead author of the report, which examined the effectiveness of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America mentorship programs.

Analyzing default beverage options for kids' meals

Posted on October 10, 2022

A new policy brief from SPH's Policy, Practice and Prevention (P3RC) Research Center finds that despite an Illinois act, healthy beverages and water are still uncharged in some restaurants and ordering platforms.

New study reveals undercount of Cook County opioid deaths

Laura Fletcher | Posted on October 03, 2022

People who do not fit the general profile of an opioid user who pass away in a clinical setting may be undercounted, despite the widespread reach of the opioid epidemic.

A farmworker poses for a photo standing amidst a row of crops.

First federal center focused on farmworker health and safety to open in Chicago

Posted on September 19, 2022

Seasonal and migrant farmworkers typically live in extreme poverty, with poor housing, limited transportation, food insecurity, lack of health care and preventive services, and long distances to social services.

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Research Highlights

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

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

UIC posts new record research funding totals

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

UIC grant will increase public health ‘boots on the ground’ in underserved areas

New research finds bladder health is a social process

New study finds mentorship lowers rates of youth crime and delinquency

Analyzing default beverage options for kids' meals

New study reveals undercount of Cook County opioid deaths

First federal center focused on farmworker health and safety to open in Chicago

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