C3EN Team Member Highlight: Brittney Lange-Maia
The chance to be healthy isn’t something everyone has, and that realization pulled me into public health.
Chicago Girls More Depressed and Anxious Than Girls Nationwide: Pilot Awardee Melissa Gutierrez-Kapheim interviewed on NPR
Chicago girls are two to three times more depressed and anxious than girls nationwide, and 40% are shouldering adult responsibilities, including financial, at a time critical to development said C3EN Pilot Awardee Melissa Gutierrez-Kapheim.
Joyce Chapman Community Grantee John Martin Receives Awards for Investigating How Socioeconomic Factors Trigger Back Pain
Congratulations to C3EN Joyce Chapman Community Grantee John Martin, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Rush University, on receiving an JOR Spine Early Career Research Award and a Spine Section Early-Stage Investigator Award at the Orthopedic Research Society 7th International Spine Research Symposium!
Alive Faith Network’s Heart 2 Heart study featured in Chicago Sun-Times
Alive Faith Network’s Heart 2 Heart study, led by C3EN’s Beth Lynch, LaDawne Jenkins, and Steve Epting, is featured in “Closing the gap: How a church-hospital intervention on Chicago’s West Side is aiming to reduce hypertension,” a comic by...
C3EN Hosts Third Annual Meeting
On September 12, 2024, C3EN held its third annual meeting at the Study at the University of Chicago, convening researchers and community-based organizations for a day of talks, posters, and networking. The day began with gatherings for C3EN Pilot and Joyce Chapman...
C3EN Pilot Awardee Sarah Sobotka Studies Parent-to-Parent Intervention for Home Nursing
Pilot Awardee Sarah Sobotka is studying a parent-to-parent coaching program where experienced parents of ventilator-dependent children provide guidance to parents of children awaiting hospital discharge in partnership with the UIC Division of Specialized Care for Children