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Reducing Disparities and Promoting Better Outcomes in Black Maternal Health

Posted on October 22, 2024

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Engaging Our Communities to Promote Health, Wellness and Equity

Posted on October 04, 2024

Assistant Vice Chancellor for External Engagement Dr. Phyllis Hayes shares a few highlights from recent events where she and other UI Health staff connected with our neighbors, Chicago communities and elected officials.

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Healthier Habits Podcast Addresses Health and Wellness for Chicago Communities

Posted on September 05, 2024

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Mile Square Health Center Increasing Delivery of Behavioral Health Services to Chicago Communities

Posted on August 23, 2024

a diverse group of high school students and UIC medical students posing in a group on the steps of the main building on the UIC Rockford campus

UIC Rockford Campus Engages High School Students in Learning About Health Professions

Posted on July 22, 2024

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Community Input is Key to Representation for Cancer Health Equity

Posted on July 19, 2024

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Portraits of Health Equity: Yamilé Molina, PhD

Posted on June 14, 2024

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Native American Elders Speak of Our Responsibility to Protect Natural Resources for Health

Posted on May 13, 2024

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New Dental Assistants Celebrate their Graduation from UI Health’s Mile Square Certificate Program

Posted on April 16, 2024

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New Inclusive Dental Care Clinic Will Serve Patients with Special Needs

Posted on April 04, 2024

African American parents holding their small son in front of a St. Baldricks-themed backdrop

Community Engagement for Prevention and Treatment of Cancer

Posted on March 28, 2024

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Proviso East High School Students Come to UIC to Imagine their Futures in the Health Sciences

Posted on February 08, 2024

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UIC College of Dentistry Opens Pilsen Center for Oral Health Promotion

Posted on November 28, 2023

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Lifting Spirits on Halloween at UI Health Hospital & Clinics

Posted on November 03, 2023

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High School Students in the Cancer Health Equity Summer Scholars Program

Posted on October 18, 2023

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Promoting Health, Wellness and Equity in Chicago Communities

Dr. Phyllis Hayes, assistant vice chancellor for external engagement | Posted on October 06, 2023

September was a busy month for community engagement at UI Health, and below are just a few of the community events we participated in over the summer. Be sure to look at the…

UIC and community leaders and stakeholders standing together and cutting a large blue ribbon front of a colorful mural

New Health Equity Center to Promote Belonging and Justice in the Health Sciences and Health Professions

Posted on September 27, 2023

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UI Health 55th & Pulaski Health Collaborative Expands Specialty Care for Chicago’s Southwest Side

Posted on September 15, 2023

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Urban Health Program Brings Middle Schoolers to UIC for Health Sciences Enrichment

Posted on September 05, 2023

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2022-2023 Assessment of Community Health Needs

Posted on July 24, 2023