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Co-founded by DePaul and Rush in 2015, the goal of the Center for Community Health Equity is to improve community health outcomes and contribute to the elimination of health inequities in Chicago.

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‘What’s really in my drugs?’: Early experiences of establishing a real-time, street-based illicit drug-checking service in Chicago


Greg Scott DePaul University Chicago Recovery Alliance Lydia Karch CDC Foundation Seminar date: March 12, 2019 View the presentation slides.

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We must develop social policies that will address the needs of the ‘hidden faces’


Congratulations to our faculty supporter, Janice M. Phillips, MS, PhD, RN, CENP, FAAN, on the release of “We must develop social policies that will address the needs of the ‘hidden faces’,” in The Hill. Read the article here.

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Community Health Equity: A Chicago Reader

Community Health Equity: A Chicago Reader


Our new book Community Health Equity assembles a century of research to show the range of effects that Chicago’s structural socioeconomic inequalities have had on patients and medical facilities alike. Order now and receive a 20% discount on your order. ​ Use promo code: UCPNEW 

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People Power and The Fight for Health Equity


James E. Bloyd, MPH Cook County Department of Public Health Seminar date: January 22, 2019 View the presentation slides.

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Identifying perceptions of gun violence in the most impacted communities of Chicago


Myles Castro Sinai Urban Health Institute Dan Schober DePaul University Seminar date: 11/20/2018 View the presentation slides. View the presentation video.

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