Each year, the exceptional Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows design and implement year-long service projects addressing urgent health needs in Chicago’s underserved communities. Working alongside local partners, Fellows tackle issues ranging from access to care and health education to social and...
Health & Medicine’s Executive Director, Margie Schaps, recently shared her perspective in the Chicago Sun-Times on the devastating impact of the newly passed “Big Beautiful Bill.” In her letter to the editor, Margie underscores how deep cuts to Medicaid and Medicare will harm millions and why...
The Sinai Urban Health Institute (SUHI) conducts an annual evaluation of our newly expanded Suburban Cook County Community Health Worker (CHW) Initiative. This report, Piecing the Mosaic: Strengthening Community Health Through Partnership, represents the findings of this phased formative and...
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group is proud to announce the 2025–2026 Chicago Area Schweitzer Named Fellows—emerging health leaders selected for special recognition within the prestigious Schweitzer Fellowship Program. These designations honor the legacies of key leaders and donors who...
Health & Medicine announces a significant leadership transition as longtime Executive Director Margie Schaps prepares to retire after more than three decades of visionary service and advocacy. Margie will officially step down from her role at the end of September 2025. Effective October 1,...
On July 22nd, Health & Medicine’s Senior Policy Analyst, Mayra Diaz, delivered remarks to Chicago’s City Council at a hearing for the Committee on Health and Human Relations. The hearing focused on a resolution, introduced by Alderman Anthony Quezada and Alderwoman Rossana...
Health & Medicine is proud to announce our 2025 Award Winners—visionary leaders and community advocates who exemplify our mission to build power and momentum for social justice and health equity in Illinois. Help us honor these outstanding public health champions at the 2025 Health &...
On May 17, 2025, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group partnered with seventeen organizations across Chicago to host the Solidarity Summit for a People’s Agenda. This cross-community gathering brought together attendees with diverse experiences and perspectives for a day of critical...
I’m writing to let you know that after 32 years as Executive Director of Health & Medicine, I’ve decided to retire. I will be leaving at the end of 2025, but not until I ensure a smooth transition to the next leader. It has been the privilege of a lifetime to lead this extraordinary...
Nominations are now open for our 2025 Health & Medicine Awards! Join us in honoring the public health heroes in our community who dedicate their lives to enhancing the health and well-being of others. We’re looking for individuals or organizations that embody Health & Medicine’s commitment...
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group is proud to celebrate the 2024-25 graduates of the Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellowship! These incredible students spent the past year implementing service projects that addressed the social determinants of health in partnership with underserved...
At Health & Medicine, we believe a just and equitable society is not only possible—it is necessary. In a time when public health is being politicized, underfunded, and misunderstood, we remain rooted in our mission: to build power and momentum for social justice and health equity in Illinois....