Health & Medicine has launched a national search for its next Executive Director. Founded in 1981, Health & Medicine is a Chicago-based independent nonprofit organization working to improve the health of all people in Illinois by advancing health equity through research, education, policy...
The 2024–25 Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellowship Impact Report highlights how this year’s Fellows are advancing health equity and building lasting change across communities in our region. Through powerful stories, data, and reflections, the report showcases the critical service learning projects...
This fall, Dr. Ronisha Edwards-Elliott, PhD, MSW, Director of the Chicago AHEC and Workforce Programs at Health & Medicine, reached a major milestone in her lifelong pursuit of equity and healing: she successfully defended her doctoral dissertation at Northern Illinois University. For Dr....
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....
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group is proud to share our 2025 Policy Agenda. Our top policy priorities are divided into seven categories: Aging Equity Healing-centered and Trauma-informed Health Workforce Health Care as a Human Right Housing Justice Public Health System Capacity...
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group is proud to announce that Andrea Kimpson, MPP(C), has been named the HiteHass Equity Intern and will be continuing with us in the current spring cohort to further her work in health policy and workforce development. Andrea first joined Health &...