Salt Lake Community College published a press release to announce their recent funding award from Systems for Action. See complete press release here. Project: Efficacy of Holistic Admissions in Health Sciences Education: A Pipeline Model for Implementation at Community Colleges

Presentation at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Conference 2024 based on the article published in the special issue of Journal of Adolescent Health " Youth-Driven Systems Alignment Strategies to Optimize Health Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness". Presenter was Janna R. Gewirtz...

Poster presented at APHA 2023. See abstract here.

Press release announcing the CoLab's new funding by Systems for Action published April 12, 2023. See the full release here.

Presenters: Maliha Ali, DrPH, MPH, MBBS | American Institutes for Research Danielle Agraviador | American Institutes for Research Commentator: Susannah Lepley | Church World Service >> View recording. >> Download slides here.

The research team at the University of Chicago is piloting a randomized controlled trial to establish and begin to evaluate a new model of care: the Comprehensive Care, Community and Culture Program (C4P). C4P seeks to both address social determinants of health and empower patients to better help...

Overview The research project was featured in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation blog in a post titled, “System and Services Research for Better Health” on April 18, 2017. The full post can be read here. Details Project: Financing and Service Delivery Integration for Mental Illness and Substance...

Overview Physician David Meltzer of the University of Chicago talked about the power of the doctor-patient relationship with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Meltzer, who also has a Ph.D. in economics, discussed a controlled experiment he has overseen to measure the importance of maintaining the...

Overview In an ongoing effort to address health issues that affect communities on the South Side and beyond, the University of Chicago Medicine is launched another season of the Community Health Focus Hour on WVON 1690 AM. Entering its eighth season, the show featured topics on diet and nutrition...

Overview You know that old saying about two things you can’t escape: death and taxes? These days it seems there should be a third: rising healthcare costs. Healthcare costs is something that hits everyone — from patients and doctors to hospitals and insurance companies. But what if those costs could...