In response to Governor Rauner’s recent veto of HB1424, Health & Medicine’s Executive Director Margie Schaps, MPH and Phyllis Mitzen, MSW, Consultant for our Center for Long-Term Care Reform released the following statement: Governor Rauner’s veto of HB1424 as reported in the Sun...
On September 7, 2016, Health & Medicine staff attended a meeting jointly hosted by the Center for Community Health Equity and Health & Medicine’s Health Equity Initiative, to help advise the Chicago Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) Department of Epidemiology on how to both accurately...
Health & Medicine is saddened to share the passing of Leslie Nickels, MEd, PhD. Leslie recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Health & Medicine in honor of her many contributions to worker health, safety, and justice. She is also a former board member and made enormous...
As recognition of the widespread impact of trauma increases, the desire to provide trauma-informed care is at the forefront of a movement to build resilience and prevent and mitigate the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Given the growing momentum for change and the need to bolster...
On Thursday, November 2, Health & Medicine’s Executive Director Margie Schaps presented the following testimony at the Cook County Board Budget Hearing. My name is Margie Schaps, and I am the Executive Director of the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group. I want to thank the Board...
Chicago Tribune piece by Wesley Epplin, Health & Medicine Policy Director, and Tiffany Ford, former Health & Medicine Policy Analyst. As Chicago grapples with its $259 million budget shortfall, we must ask: How did we get here? Adding 1,000 police officers and paying for Chicago Public...
Today, Health & Medicine in collaboration with a group of organizations including the Kennedy Forum, the Illinois Psychiatric Society, the Community Behavioral Healthcare Association, and others who seek to improve mental health and addiction treatment released a new report pointing to...
Health & Medicine stands with Illinois’ over 40,000 Dreamers and the thousands more across the country. The young people affected by the decision of this Administration to end DACA are our neighbors, our friends, and our co-workers including the many young doctors, nurses, and health...
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On September 1, 2017 Health & Medicine’s Director of Health Equity Wesley Epplin and Board Member Linda Murray, MD, MPH testified at the Cook County Health and Hospitals Systems (CCHHS) Board meeting on ensuring that the system’s hospitals and clinics are welcoming and affirming spaces...