A Recommendation: The Chicago Public Library
By Margaret Walker, Blog Editor One of our goals here at the NPHR Blog is to spotlight public health organizations within the community. One great organization that may not [...]
Spotlights
Mikva Challenge: Empowering Chicago’s Youth to Transform Public Health and Policy
By Jackie Patterson High schoolers sitting down with the mayor and knocking on doors are transforming the realm of public health. The Mikva Challenge, a non-partisan [...]
An Interview with Dr. Jane Holl: Pioneer in Patient Safety (Part 2)
Part-2: A career in patient safety research Dr. Holl, M.D., Mary Harris Thompson Professor, Professor of Pediatric and Preventive Medicine. Institute for Public Health and [...]
An Interview with Dr. Jane Holl; A Pioneer in Patient Safety (Part 1)
Part 1: Early life and Training Dr. Holl, M.D., Mary Harris Thompson Professor, Professor of Pediatric and Preventive Medicine and Director, Center for Healthcare Studies [...]
Public Health in Pictures – 2017
We recently hosted an event that featured powerful speakers and inspiring art as part of our annual Public health matters series. This year’s event focused on [...]
Influenza Epidemiology – Explained
By Margaret Walker – Blog Editor Did you know that key component of public health is epidemiology? But what exactly does this long word mean? Epidemiology is the study [...]
Throw Back Thursday – Jails as Insane Asylums
Today we are featuring a great article from our 2014 NPHR issue. By Arvin Akhavan A year ago, I met a man at a psychiatric hospital in greater Chicago. He was pleasant, [...]
The ACA and Emergency Room Usage
By Aabha Sharma, Driskill Graduate Program in the Life Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine One of the reasons why the Affordable Care Act (ACA), [...]
