As the festive season draws near, let’s remember that the pursuit of health justice is a year-round commitment. Our journey at Health & Medicine spans over four decades, a testament to our unwavering dedication to equity and justice. Our journey is less about a singular agenda and more...
Health & Medicine is pleased to welcome Matt McClintock, who joined in November 2023 as the health workforce systems manager. Coming from a background in music, he has extensive youth development and community outreach experience, where he engaged young people in recruiting for after-school...
The 2023-2024 class of Schweitzer Fellows recently gathered for our annual midyear retreat. This gathering served as a time for Fellows to reflect on their progress, learn new coping / wellness practices, and seek guidance on advancing their projects in community with their peers. The day...
Illinois Aging Together, a campaign for aging equity in Illinois, held six virtual and in-person roundtable discussions this summer with community groups that represent people not usually represented in aging spaces. The organizations that we worked with were Access Living, Southsiders Organized...
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group recently presented testimony to the Chicago City Council Committee on the Budget and Government Operations regarding the proposed fiscal year 2024 budget for the Chicago Department of Public Health. In the testimony, Epplin emphasized the importance of...
“For current public health challenges — including the health equity imperative — and for preparedness for future public health emergencies, all jurisdictions need well-funded, high-functioning health departments. Chicagoans cannot afford for CDPH to continue being underfunded and...
Health & Medicine’s Illinois ACEs Response Collaborative has been proud to work with partners at Rush University Medical Center on numerous trauma-informed efforts, including our Chicagoland Trauma-Informed Hospitals Working Group and Statewide Working Group to Address Childhood...
Health & Medicine’s Group Award recognizes that the sum of the whole is often greater than the individual parts and honors an organization or coalition that supports or enhances community self-determination and independence, focuses its work on any of the determinants of health, and has had an...
Health & Medicine’s Emerging Leader Award recognizes leaders with fewer than 15 years of experience who are currently involved in community-based work with broadly defined public health implications. Ezekiel Richardson, one of two 2023 recipients, is an emergency medicine physician in...
In 2017, Community Memorial Foundation (CMF) and Healthy Communities Foundation (HCF) collaborated to fund models of health care delivery that utilize Community Health Workers (CHWs), thus improving access to care and growing the health care workforce in the western suburbs of Chicago. CMF and HCF...
On August 29, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group submitted a letter to Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago City Council calling for more funding for the Chicago Department of Health. Protecting and improving the public’s health requires a fully funded public health system. The...
Each year, the Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows Program offers seed grants to Fellows for Life interested in beginning, sustaining, or building on innovative community projects. Fellows for Life commit to designing, implementing, and reporting on direct service-oriented projects with existing...