Position Title: Workforce Policy Analyst and Schweitzer Program Associate Supervised by: Director, Chicago Area Health Education Center and Director, Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows Program Supervises: N/A Classification: Exempt, Full-time, Salaried Organization Overview: Health & Medicine...
On October 14th, 2019, for the second time in the organization’s history, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group will be observing Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The Indigenous Peoples of America continue to show strength and resilience in the face of adversity and injustice. They are made up of...
It is with great sadness that we share that long-time Board Member Art Kohrman, MD died Thursday afternoon, at home and peacefully, surrounded by his family. Art was an active, engaged board member of Health & Medicine since 1986. In addition to being active on all of our efforts to study and...
Our latest Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellowship Newsletter provides updates on recent Schweitzer activities including: An update from our Seed Grant Fellow’s Scholars de Salud Mentoring Program A spotlight on Advisory Council member Dr. Sue Etminan, and how the Fellowship has impacted her and her...
Health & Medicine grieves with fellow social justice advocates on the loss of our dear friend Marca Bristo. Marca was a fierce leader in the disability rights movement, always insisting that addressing the interests and needs of the disability community would benefit us all. This is a true...
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group condemns the latest cruel attack by the Trump Administration on immigrants and low-income people by releasing their final “public charge” rule, set to go into effect on October 15th. This rule will punish people seeking permanent resident status in the...
Developed in response to a grant from Otho S. A. Sprague Memorial Institute, this report focuses on one specific health workforce challenge: the absence of African American men in medicine. As a health workforce policy and practice leader in Illinois, Health & Medicine recognizes that the...
Schaps Testifies Before Cook County Board: CCH is glue that holds health safety net system together.
On Thursday, July 25th, the following testimony by Health & Medicine’s Executive Director Margie Schaps was presented to the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Schaps spoke about the importance of the Independent Board’s management and supervision to the continued survival of the Cook...
On Friday, July 19th, 2019, Governor JB Pritzker announced appointments in his administration, including our Board member Dr. Linda Rae Murray. “Linda Rae Murray will serve on the Health Facilities and Services Review Board. Dr. Murray has spent her career serving the medically underserved...
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On Tuesday, July 9th, the following testimony by Health & Medicine’s Executive Director Margie Schaps was presented to the Cook County Board at their Budget Hearing. Schaps urged the Board to approve a budget that will allow the Health System to succeed and flourish while allowing it to fully...
On July 9th, Director of Health Equity Wesley Epplin submitted comments on behalf of Health & Medicine strongly opposing the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s proposed rule to prohibit mixed status families from living in subsidized housing, and demanding that the proposed...