The mission of The Center for Health and the Social Sciences (CHeSS) is to support and encourage interdisciplinary health and social science research at The University of Chicago. The Center provides infrastructure including: administrative assistance for collaborations; pre- and post-award grants management; computer, data, and methodological support; and shared space. Activities within the Center are organized within and across Programs focusing on specific topic areas at the interface of health and the social sciences. Each Program has affiliated faculty and designated leaders, who together determine the Program’s development.
Announcements
Summer Program in Outcomes Research Training (SPORT) Kicks off July 7th. More>>
The Center welcomes two new staff members: Ned Resch and Dan Rowell. More>>
CHeSS is looking to add a Pre- and Post-Award Coordinator to our team. Please see our posting on the UChicago Jobs website. More >>
Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation housed in CHeSS, awards more than $2.5 million to develop interventions aimed at reducing gaps in health care among U.S. racial and ethnic groups. More >>
Dr. Philip Clarke visits from the University of Sydney, Australia. Dr. Clarke's research interests include developing methods to value the benefits of improving access to health care, health inequalities and the use of simulation models in health economic evaluation of management strategies for diabetes. More >>
New & Noteworthy
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Call for Abstracts: 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making. The meeting theme is Comparative Effectiveness Research. Learn more>> |
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announces its continuing interest in supporting the postdoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) individual fellowships (F32) in health services research. |
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Dr. John F.P. Bridges visits from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. |
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