UIC School of Public Health, Chicago, IL Videos

We're thrilled to see this #globalhealth project with partner Safe Water and AIDS Project, creating solar-powered #cleanwater in Kenya, recognized with a global water award from Suqia UAE.

Giving Tuesday at UIC
Today we come together for #GivingTuesday and we need your help to reach our goal of 2,000 donors! Let’s drive the future of #UIC and its students, faculty, staff, and caregivers. Together, we’ll change the world. Visit givingtuesday.uic.edu to make your gift. #UICtogether

FDA Bans Juul E-Cigarettes
SPH's Jeffrey Drope analyzes the #publichealth impact of the FDA ban on tobacco cessation among young people.

Preparing for Blackouts and Brownouts
With possible blackouts and brownouts across the Midwest this summer, SPH's Elena Grossman discusses #publichealth approaches to preparing for extreme heat events.

Larelle Bookhart, postdoctoral fellow of community health sciences, offers perspective on the Benton Harbor lead crisis as a culmination of social determinants of health.

Social media vaccine outreach
Terrice Randolph, BA in Public Health student, is part of a team of UIC students who created the winning social media entry to reach people ages 15-24, as part of a contest with the UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences to promote #COVID19 vaccinations.

Black History Month at UIC
In honor of Black History Month, we’re celebrating Black UIC alumni who’ve made a significant contribution to their field throughout the month of February.

Public health and the Biden administration
As the presidential administration of Joe Biden gets under way, SPH alumnus Dr. Robert Brewer, MS '78, former director of the CDC's Excessive Alcohol Use Prevention Team, offers thoughts on steps for the Biden team to tackle issues of public health beyond the pandemic.

50th Anniversary Video
Well, our 50th anniversary year didn't turn out quite as we envisioned. But it turns out our 50th year may have been our most important. We hope you enjoy a look back at a half century of public health impact in Chicago, Illinois and the world.

Giving Tuesday 2020
Today’s the day for #UICtogether! Let’s make a collective impact on the future of #UIC and empower our students to lead. Visit GivingTuesday.UIC.edu to make your gift. #IGNITEUIC #GivingTuesday

Giving Tuesday Preview
Tomorrow we come together in support of #UIC students! Help expand opportunities for #UIC students by making a gift on #GivingTuesday. Share with your fellow Flames using the hashtags #UICtogether and #IGNITEUIC. Visit givingtuesday.uic.edu to learn more.

Unsheltered Chicago Coalition
Nonprofits, shelters, city and health care leaders have come together to address the problems those experiencing homelessness are facing during the #COVID19 pandemic. Dr. Stockton Mayer, who serves as medical director of harm reduction services with SPH's Community Outreach Intervention Projects, is playing a key role in this new coalition.

Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project
Alumnus Franklin Cosey Gay, PhD in Community Health Sciences '19, is one of the leaders of an annual bike tour through Bronzeville, Bridgeport, and Canaryville to commemorate the anniversary of the Chicago Race Riots of 1919.

Planning for flu season
SPH emergency management expert Paul Sambanis, PhD '16 & MS '12, was featured on South Korean news program Global Insight on how public health leaders should be planning for a flu season like no other.

Here's a salute to our Class of 2020 from U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams.

Class of 2020 grad Alison Roepke is rocking this year's Virtual Grad Fest. Learn more here: bit.ly/2W97ll0

Class of 2020 grad Alison Roepke is rocking this year's Virtual Grad Fest. Learn more here: bit.ly/2W97ll0

Time lapse map of #COVID19 cases in Illinois, produced by Sanjib Basu, PhD, with our Center for Biostatistical Development.

Epidemiology and Coronavirus
Epidemiology is at the forefront as the world addresses the effects of Coronavirus. SPH's Dr. Mark Dworkin breaks down what epidemiologists are looking at in investigating the virus.

Serving the health needs of transient populations
As migrants move from south to north across Mexico, serving their health needs becomes a mobile and technical challenge. Sara Izquierdo, MPH in Community Health Sciences student, shares her perspective from her global health applied practice experience in Mexico.