Contents
- 1 2025 Annual Meeting Letter from the Directors of C3EN
- 2 C3EN’s 4th Annual Meeting Celebrates Progress and Resilience
- 3 Pilot Awardee Saria Lofton receives NIH R01 for Food Is Medicine study
- 4 WBEZ highlights Chicago’s death gap, interviews C3EN’s David Ansell and Ayesha Jaco
- 5 Arshiya Baig named 2025 Midwest Region Leader in General Internal Medicine
- 6 C3EN’s Tricia Johnson and Aloka Patel receive third R01 to support study to increase breast milk for preterm babies
- 7 C3EN Co-Director Elizabeth Lynch to receive the Dr. John W. Hatch FLAME Award at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
- 8 Pilot Awardee Chuka Emezue named the inaugural John L. and Helen Kellogg Endowed Faculty Scholar at Rush College of Nursing
- 9 Doriane Miller to receive Bridge Builder Award at GAGDC Annual Gala
- 10 POSTPONED: C3EN Pilot Awardee Kirsten Dickins presenting NIH Health Disparities Interest Group Seminar
- 11 C3EN’s Second FQHC-Researcher Convening Shares Firsthand Advice on Research Partnerships
- 12 C3EN Hosts Convening on Research Collaborations with FQHCs
2025 Annual Meeting Letter from the Directors of C3EN
As 2025 draws to a close, we celebrate our progress and resilience. This has been a tumultuous year for our nation and our city. C3EN and science more broadly have experienced extreme challenges. Disruption in research funding meant that our patients and community...
C3EN’s 4th Annual Meeting Celebrates Progress and Resilience
On December 4, 2025, C3EN held its fourth annual meeting from 1 to 6pm at Rush University. Attended by researchers and community partners, the event featured a poster session, presentations of C3EN studies, a panel discussion, and a happy hour reception. “This year...
Pilot Awardee Saria Lofton receives NIH R01 for Food Is Medicine study
Congratulations to C3EN Pilot Awardee Saria Lofton, assistant professor at UIC College of Nursing, on receiving an NIH R01 for FIM+DASH: A randomized Food Is Medicine trial to promote healthy eating and blood pressure control in hypertensive Black women with obesity!
WBEZ highlights Chicago’s death gap, interviews C3EN’s David Ansell and Ayesha Jaco
On November 20, 2025, WBEZ reported on the 20-year death gap among residents in Chicago. C3EN Community Engagement Core co-director David Ansell and CSAC member Ayesha Jaco, executive director of West Side United, both weigh in.
Arshiya Baig named 2025 Midwest Region Leader in General Internal Medicine
Congratulations to C3EN Investigator Development Core co-director Arshiya Baig, Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago, on being named 2025 Midwest Region Leader in General Internal Medicine by the Society of General Internal Medicine at SGIM Midwest!
C3EN’s Tricia Johnson and Aloka Patel receive third R01 to support study to increase breast milk for preterm babies
Congratulations to C3EN Administrative Core co-director Tricia Johnson, Professor of Health Systems Management at Rush University, and Multi-PI Aloka Patel, Glore Family Professor of Neonatology at Rush University, on receiving a third NIH R01 grant in support of their ReDiMOM (Reducing Disparity in Receipt of Mother’s Own Milk) study!
C3EN Co-Director Elizabeth Lynch to receive the Dr. John W. Hatch FLAME Award at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
Congratulations to C3EN co-director Elizabeth Lynch, PhD, Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at Rush University, who will receive the Dr. John W. Hatch FLAME Award from the Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community of the American Public Health Association!
Pilot Awardee Chuka Emezue named the inaugural John L. and Helen Kellogg Endowed Faculty Scholar at Rush College of Nursing
Congratulations to C3EN Pilot Awardee Chuka Emezue on being named the inaugural John L. and Helen Kellogg Endowed Faculty Scholar at Rush College of Nursing! This autumn, Emezue’s EMERGE Innovations Lab continues their annual Technology and Adolescent Mental Health Internship (TAMI) program for high school students — a program initiated with a $3000 C3EN community grant.
Doriane Miller to receive Bridge Builder Award at GAGDC Annual Gala
Doriane Miller to receive GAGDC Bridge Builder Award in recognition of her extraordinary contributions to community and commitment to improve lives
POSTPONED: C3EN Pilot Awardee Kirsten Dickins presenting NIH Health Disparities Interest Group Seminar
This program is being rescheduled due to the federal shutdown.
On September 18, 2025, C3EN hosted the second of two FQHC-researcher convenings in partnership with the Institute for Translational Medicine at Rush University. Facilitated by Doriane Miller, C3EN Community Engagement Core co-director and Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago, the event included presentations and a panel discussion intended to support collaboration between researchers and federally qualified health centers.
C3EN Hosts Convening on Research Collaborations with FQHCs
On July 17, 2025, C3EN and the UChicago Institute for Translational Medicine hosted a Community Based Organization Research Convening at Rush University focused on collaborating with Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) for research. Katie McAuliff, PhD, health...