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...
Health & Medicine is excited to announce that it is a subrecipient to the EDA’s Good Jobs Challenge (GJC) Grant, led by the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (the Partnership) and World Business Chicago. This grant will support an employer-led, community-driven initiative to promote economic...
Each year, Health & Medicine’s Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows Program provides 28 exceptional students with opportunities to design and implement projects to improve the health and well-being of underserved Chicago communities. Fellows’ projects often address the social determinants of...
Since 2017, the Chicago Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Speakers Bureau has linked professionals representing diverse health careers—from nursing and medicine, to public health and psychology—to career seekers to inform, motivate, and empower them to pursue attainable health career goals....
The Chicago Area Health Education Center (AHEC) at Health & Medicine is delighted to announce our new cohort of AHEC Scholars! This year we welcome 12 scholars who are pursuing a wide range of health professions from educational institutions across Chicago. Our scholars will join us for 2...
Health & Medicine promises to speak out at every opportunity we have, to provide resources that can help others stay informed and engaged, and to continue to seek ways to link with organizations leading in the fights for sensible gun laws and access to abortion. While not exhaustive, here is a...
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group is pleased to announce the winners of our annual awards for Chicago-area leaders who exemplify the Health & Medicine mission to promote social justice and advance equity in health care. Join us at our 2022 Health & Medicine Awards Gala on...
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...
Over the past 40 years, Health & Medicine has created a large body of research and resources, which is accessible through our Resource Library. We recently curated what we feel are the most useful documents and organized them by our main program, policy, and research areas: Center for...
This summer, Health & Medicine welcomes our sixth cohort of interns in our Equity Intern Program: Mehwish Ali, Anuj Jain, and Mayra Miranda! Mehwish Ali, Summer 2022 Ben Squires Equity Intern, is currently enrolled as a Master of Public Health student at Benedictine University in the divisions...
Health & Medicine was formed in 1981, when Chicago health and social justice advocate Quentin D. Young, MD brought a group of social justice advocates together to form a health policy think tank. Together they planned to research, educate, and convene stakeholders to challenge health...
Health & Medicine is pleased to announce our Summer 2022 Ben Squires Equity Intern, Mehwish Ali. Mehwish is currently enrolled as a Masters of Public Health student at Benedictine University in the divisions of Epidemiology and Health Management and Policy. She graduated from Loyola University...