2021 marks a significant milestone for Health & Medicine Policy Research Group. Health & Medicine was founded 40 years ago on July 23, 1981. That’s when 15 scrappy health advocates came together with the lofty goals of creating policy and systems that would improve the health of all Illinoisans by addressing past and present systemic injustice. Here we are, 40 years later, with so many successes and so many obstacles still in front of us. We remain steadfast in this journey and are grateful to the thousands who have linked arms with us throughout this journey.

Our work is collaborative in nature and each of you has played an important role in helping shape who we are and what we have been able to accomplish. Here’s to an incredible first 40 years! We can’t wait to see what the future holds.