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Elbert Huang and Anirban Basu, assistant professors of medicine, publish article on how Congress could use a long-term health care spending model to better inform budget decisions.
Health Affairs Article
Washington Post Article
Reuters Article
September 1, 2009
David Meltzer, director for the Center for Health and the Social Sciences, is quoted in a story about a study he co-authored regarding doctors lack of communication.
June 24, 2009
Harold Pollack, faculty chair at the Center for Health Administration Studies, is quoted in an article about U.S. senators seeking to lower the price tag of a health-care overhaul.
June 19, 2009
Nirav Shah, a lecturer in the Department of Medicine, Monica Vela, assistant professor of Medicine, and Marshall Chin, professor and associate chief of the section of General Internal Medicine, are quoted in an editorial about President Obama’s efforts to reform the country’s ailing healthcare system.
June 10, 2009
The Chicago Urban League honored Dawnavan Davis, research associate in Medicine, for "significant professional achievements and personal commitment to addressing the health disparities in minority populations" at the civic organization's Royale Gala at the Civic Opera House.
June 6, 2009
Melissa Gilliam, chief of family planning, is featured on WBEZ's "Eight Forty-Eight" about a sex-education symposium held at the University.
June 4, 2009
David Meltzer, director of the Center for Health and the Social Sciences, wrote an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine disagreeing with reductions to duty-hour limits in residency training programs proposed by the Institute of Medicine.
May 21, 2009
Anirban Basu, assistant professor of medicine, received the 2009 ISPOR Award Bernie J. O’Brien New Investigator Award for his noteworthy contributions to the science of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research.
May 19, 2009
David Ostrow, behavioral scientist at the Stouffer-Ogburn Center of NORC was awarded a NIDA stimulus recovery act funded grant to add socio-sexual-drug use network assessments to the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS). The MACS is celebrating its 25 Anniversary as the largest and longest running study of the natural history of HIV infection tonight at the Carnegie Institute in Washington, DC.
May 19, 2009
The Coalition for Quality & Patient Safety announces the Chicago 2009 Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Summit to be held on June 3, 2009 at the UIC Medical Center. Registration is free, but space is limited.
May 18, 2009
Pediatric otolaryngologist Dana Suskind is featured in this news story about patients who received cochlear implants at the Medical Center.
May 17, 2009
Olufunmilayo Olopade, professor of hematology/oncology, is featured in this story about breast cancer disparities in Chicago.
May 15, 2009
Call for Papers - HSR Theme Issue: Payment Reform. The goal of this theme issue is to produce the best science possible to inform the future of payment reform. Submissions are due June 23, 2009.
May 11, 2009
The Federal Coordinating Council on Comparative Effectiveness Research will host a public listening session in Chicago on Wednesday, May 13th at 2:30pm. The meeting can be viewed by webcast.
May 11, 2009
Vineet Arora, assistant dean for curricular innovation, and third-year medical student Caitlin Schaninger are featured in an article about medical students pursuing online quality classes.
May 4, 2009
An article about university outreach initiatives quotes Doriane Miller, director of the Center for Community Health and Vitality, and Stacy Tessler Lindau, an assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine.
May 4, 2009
David Meltzer, director of the Center for Health and the Social Sciences, is quoted in a story about treatment options and how to approach a doctor about alternatives.
April 24, 2009
Eric Whitaker, vice president for strategic affiliations and associate dean for community-based research, has written an op-ed for the Tribune about health-care reform on the city’s South Side.
April 23, 2009
Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade's research finds genetic risk factors for breast cancer among young women.
April 19, 2009
Applications are being accepted for 2009 NIH Summer Institute on Community-Based Participatory Research Targeting the Medically Underserved. Letter of intent is due April 17th. Applications are due May 15th.
April 10, 2009
Janice Phillips, an oncology nurse researcher, is quoted in this story about a state law that mandates easier access to breast cancer treatments and screenings.
April 10, 2009
Call for Papers: The Section of Family Planning and Contraceptive Research and the Center for the Study of Race,
Politics and Culture invite paper proposals for a one-day symposium on "Virtual Sex Ed: Youth, Race, Sex and New Media" which will be held at on
June 4, 2009. This conference will explore novel approaches to reach, educate and engage youth in their sexual and reproductive health using new virtual media such as the Internet (e.g., social networking and peer education sites), health games and filmography. Deadline for papers is April 15th.
April 10, 2009
Rick Kittles, associate professor, is quoted in an article that examines the social, cultural and political influences of our DNA.
April 2, 2009
Elbert Huang, assistant professor of medicine, is mentioned in the article about a recent study in the Archives of Internal Medicine that found that African-Americans and Hispanics have much higher treatment costs at the end of their lives than whites and may be more likely to delay or decline treatment.
March 27, 2009
Vineet Arora, assistant dean at the Pritzker School of Medicine, and John Lantos, professor of pediatrics and associate director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, are quoted in this article about a new class for first-year medical students that warns against bad habits students could learn from a variety of sources, including how doctors are portrayed on TV.
March 27, 2009
The Global Forum and The Lancet invite young researchers (born on or after Jan 1, 1979) and leaders of tomorrow to submit an essay to the popular competition "Young Voices in Research for Health": Innovating for the health of all. Deadline for receipt of entries is May 3, 2009.
March 11, 2009
Stacy Tessler Lindau, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, is quoted in a news story about erectile dysfunction drugs and their affects on society and sex habits.
March 11, 2009
Research from William Dale, chief of geriatrics and palliative medicine, is featured in this story about anxious patients and prostate cancer.
March 11, 2009
Call for Papers: A Health Services Research (HSR) Theme Issue on Payment Reform is being sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The deadline for initial submission of manuscripts is June 23, 2009.
March 11, 2009
Call for Applications: The RWJF Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research supports scholars from a range of fields who have innovative projects that can enhance policy to improve health or health care in the U.S. The deadline for receipt of 4-page letters of intent is March 25, 2009.
March 11, 2009
CHeSS welcomes Dr. Kathy Neckerman as Executive Director.
March 2, 2009
The Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest for junior faculty and students in higher education is accepting submissions until May 1, 2009. The essay contest encourages college students and young college professors around the world to study the meaning and significance of economic and personal liberty.
March 2, 2009
Dr. Quentin Young, Co-Founder of PNHP will debate Dr. Harold Pollack, Chair for The Center for Health Administration Studies at The University of Chicago on Thursday February 26th at 5:30pm in BSLC, Room 109. The topic of the debate will be The Future of Health Care Reform.
February 20, 2009
Stacy Tessler Lindau, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, is featured in a news story about the possible dangers of mixing drugs.
February 20, 2009
The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Institute on Systems Science & Health announces a 6-day training to be held May 3-8, 2009 that is intended to benefit trainees at the post-doctoral level. All training and travel expenses will be paid for by the NIH Office of Behavioral Sciences Research. The deadline for applications is February 13, 2009.
February 6, 2009
Associate Professor, Harold Pollack, argues Obama's stimulus package should include a plan to curb the obesity crisis.
February 3, 2009
The Atlantic Philanthropies and Dr. Harold Alan Pincus at Columbia University, invite applications for the Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program.
December 15, 2008
The CHeSS Program in Health Disparities Research and Training invites University of Chicago faculty and PI eligible candidates to apply for Campus and Community Health Disparities Pilot Research Grants (max $25,000).
December 11, 2008
The American Heart Association-Pharmaceutical Roundtable (AHA-PRT) Outcomes Research Centers invite applications for two-year postdoctoral fellowships (beginning in July 2009).
December 3, 2008
The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and AcademyHealth are seeking applications for their 2009 Health Policy Fellowship. The fellowship allows scholars to conduct new and innovative analyses and participate in developmental and health policy activities related to the design and content of future NCHS surveys and offers access to the data resources provided by the CDC.
November 2, 2008
NIH announced that they are changing the amended application submission policy to only allow for 1 resubmission.
November 3, 2008
The CDC is offering up to five fellowship slots in the Prevention Effectiveness (PE) Fellowship Program for 2009.
October 10, 2008
NCI Announces Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Behavior Theory.
July 31, 2008
Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change Announces Third Call for Proposals to evaluate interventions aimed at reducing racial and ethnic health care disparities.
July 17, 2008
Dr. John H.P. Bridges, a health economist from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, visits the University of Chicago.
June 9, 2008
Finding Answers, 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.
May 1, 2008
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.
April 14, 2008
Up to $25,000 available through the Campus and Community Health Disparities Pilot Research Grants Program, sponsored by the Department of Medicine.
March 7, 2008
Over 175 students, faculty, staff, and community members attend the University of Chicago screening of the PBS documentary, Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
March 4, 2008
The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics conference is hosting a conference: Conscience and Clinical Practice: Medical Ethics in the Face of Moral Controversy. It will bring together a renowned group of scholars in the fields of medicine, bioethics, law and moral and political philosophy to discuss the role of conscience in the practice of medicine. RSVP by March 4th.
February 29, 2008
Dr. Monica Peek, a faculty member of the CHeSS Program in Health Disparities Research and Training, speaks about how diabetes affects minority communities during a panel discussion sponsored by pre-med students and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs.
February 18, 2008
The Center for Health and the Social Sciences Director, David Meltzer, was selected to sit on the committee that will make recommendations for developing and implementing national health promotion and disease prevention objectives for Healthy People 2020.
February 1, 2008
CHeSS was selected host the 19th Annual Health Economics Conference. The invitational conference will be held March 20-21, 2008 in Chicago and will feature discussions about cutting edge research in pharmaceutical economics, including Medicare Part D.
December 20, 2007
Systematic Review of Current Disparities Research Interventions Identifies Successful Strategies for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
October 11, 2007
$4 million AHRQ grant supports research to improve hospital care
October 3, 2007
For some diabetics, burden of care rivals complications of disease
September 27, 2007
Former Director of the FDA to speak at Regis J. Fallon Health and Law Lecture
April 19, 2007
Center Director highlighted in University of Chicago Magazine
October 6, 2006
