September 26, 2022
New study reveals undercount of Cook County opioid deathsOpioid deaths may have been undercounted by up to 15% in Cook County, already a national leader in opioid-related deaths.
September 26, 2022
School of Public Health data center leads new health database for Cook CountyCook County Health Atlas now available, free to public
June 24, 2022
Arsenic in private well water contributes to low birth weight even at low levelsAssociation found in largest epidemiologic study of arsenic, birth outcomes to date
April 12, 2022
What is causing the rise in black lung disease?Study links silica exposure to recent high rates of severe coal workers’ pneumoconiosis
March 31, 2022
A $22 million post-COVID research project now recruiting in ChicagoUIC researchers studying long COVID-19 in urban and rural communities
February 1, 2022
28 Days of Black Excellence: Tamara Edmonds AskewUIC alumna Tamara Edmonds Askew talks about her career path and how she continues to give back to UIC students and the community. Transcript
January 10, 2022
Center dedicated to improving worker health awarded $7 millionNIOSH funds UIC Center for Healthy Work for five more years
December 2, 2021
Are pandemic-related stressors increasing young women’s vulnerability to STIs?$2.6 million NIH grant funds UIC microbiome research in Kenya
December 1, 2021
Research reveals new evidence that sugary beverage tax impacts are sustainable, effectiveTax in Seattle shows long-term reduction in demand and added sugars sold
September 2, 2021
New student Abigail Suleman: ‘I grew up hearing stories of family and friends in Nigeria struggling to access health care’Health sciences student shares why she chose UIC