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Nominations are now open for our 2025 Health & Medicine Awards! Join us in honoring the public health heroes in our community who dedicate their lives to enhancing the health and well-being of others. We’re looking for individuals or organizations that embody...
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group is proud to share our 2025 Policy Agenda. Our top policy priorities are divided into seven categories: Aging Equity Healing-centered and Trauma-informed Health Workforce Health Care as a Human Right Housing Justice Public...
Last week, Health & Medicine’s Policy Director, Wesley Epplin, joined Illinois Public Media’s The 21st Show to discuss the critical need to protect Medicaid. In a conversation about the future of healthcare in Illinois, he highlighted the devastating consequences...
Medicaid funding cuts could hit Illinois hard! In a recent full-length article for Crain’s Chicago Business, Health & Medicine’s Policy Director Wesley Epplin warns, “Increasingly, people who were covered by Medicaid would go without preventive care, end up sicker...
The health and well-being of millions of Illinois residents are under attack as the Trump administration and congressional Republicans push forward drastic Medicaid cuts. Health & Medicine’s Policy Director, Wesley Epplin, sheds light on this urgent issue in an...
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group is proud to announce that Andrea Kimpson, MPP(C), has been named the HiteHass Equity Intern and will be continuing with us in the current spring cohort to further her work in health policy and workforce development. Andrea...
On January 24, 2025, Health & Medicine Policy Director Wesley Epplin delivered testimony to the Cook County Health Board of Directors, highlighting the urgent need to address immigrant fears and threats caused by unjust ICE raids. His recommendations included:...
Health & Medicine announces an exciting collaboration that marks a transformative step forward for reproductive justice in Illinois. Health & Medicine Policy Research Group is joining forces with the Black Midwifery Collective and researchers from Northwestern...
By Meera Puthenmadom, Anna Yankelev, and Gita Krishnaswamy A 2020 report by the Illinois Nursing Workforce Center forecasts a daunting shortage of nearly 15,000 registered nurses by 2025 (1). With less than 8,000 nurses in Illinois graduating each year, our healthcare...
The Healing-Centered Illinois Task Force, established through SB 646 in January 2024, has released a landmark recommendations report outlining a blueprint to advance trauma-informed and healing-centered policies and practices statewide. The Illinois ACEs Response...