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Consultation Support

Join the Center for Community Health (CCH) at the Gray Seminar Room on the 1st floor of the Robert Lurie Medical Research Center (or on zoom!) at 9:00am on Tuesday, May 23rd and Thursday, May 25th for our Community Engaged Faculty Candidate presentations!

2023 Juneteenth Celebration with Dr. Arline T. Geronimus

Thursday, June 15, 2023 | 12pm - 1pm CT

Join us in a conversation with Dr. Arline T. Geronimus, who is a professor of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan, and author of Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust World. Dr. Burnett-Zeigler, licensed clinical psychologist and associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, will also be speaking. Hosted by the Center for Health Equity Transformation at Northwestern. 

Register here.

Why are South Asians dying of heart disease? MASALA study looks for answers. Dr. Kandula and her MASALA team were recently featured in the American Heart Association News. The Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study was launched in 2010 and has uncovered important details about heart health in South Asians. The study is in the midst of collecting a third round of health data from its original participants even as it expands to capture a broader slice of the community. As Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is celebrated in May, the 100th scientific paper will be generated by the study. Read more at this here.

Apply for a Scholarship to the PCORI Annual Meeting

Patients, caregivers and PCORI Ambassadors can apply for financial scholarships to cover travel, hotel and per diem for PCORI’s premier 2023 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, October 4–5. Come learn about ways PCORI-funded research and project teams are generating results that improve patient outcomes and support better-informed health and health care decisions. Scholarship applications are due June 12. Apply for a scholarship now!

Chicago Health Equity Alignment Summit -Connecting Researchers and Community

June 6, 2023

4:00 PM -7:30 PM 

Malcolm X College

The Chicago Chronic Condition Equity Network (C3EN) invites you to participate in the upcoming joint West Side United and C3EN Chicago Health Equity Alignment Summit. This is a networking opportunity for researchers who are interested in learning about the work being done by community organizations to address health inequities on the West Side. Click here to Register. Registration deadline is Monday, May 29, 2023