The Better Government Association profiled SPH's Community Outreach Intervention Projects and efforts to provide for the needs of people who use drugs during the pandemic.
SPH's Dr. Mark Dworkin offered insights in the Daily Herald on the Restore Illinois plan for loosening shelter-in-place restrictions, calling for key public health practices.
Alumni Dr. Mark Rosenblatt and Nicole Gonzalez are a part of the Institute of Government and Public Affair's healthcare workforce working group that published the report.
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.
