UIC Urban Health Program (UHP)

At UHP we provide a variety of services for students pursuing a career in the sciences or health professions. Make UHP apart of your UIC college experience.

The application deadline is approaching. Close the summer learning gap of your current 4th - 11th grade students.

We are saddened to share the passing of Dr. Jobe Payne. We share our condolences with the family and friends. Dr. Jobe Payne spent a total of fifty years at the University of Illinois systems.

Everything is Public Health Podcast: Wellness Check-in this Thursday at 6pm. Stream live on Facebook.com/TheYoungHealth… Youtube: YoungHealthProfessionals

Good luck with finals this week! Happy Holidays.

Please join us for the Urban Health Program Virtual Open House on Thursday, October 21, 2021, from 4:00pm-7:00pm. More info provided in the Flyer Registration Link: uic.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

UHP staff & students had the incredible opportunity to attend the Chicago Classic Elite! We were amazed by all the talent, passion & sense of community! Thank you to the CPASS Foundation for extending the invitation.

Our heartfelt condolences, do we extend to the family in the passing of Dr. Carter. He was a long-time member of the UHP Community Advisory Council where he served faithfully. We truly appreciate his commitment to helping minority students conceptualize and achieve their dreams.

Congratulations to Charese Jackson, Assistant Director for UHP, for winning the Julie & Mark Zerwic Diversity Award!

Susan Rogers has been named President-Elect for the Physicians for a National Health Program . PNHP supports a single payer system (Medicare for All). Dr. Rogers is an alumni of UIC College of Medicine. Read more about Susan here: pnhp.org/about/speakers…

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) is pleased to announce that a limited number of Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Awards (CURAs) are available for the Spring 2020 term! Program information and the CURA application can be found at cura.uic.edu/information-fo…

.@uiccom & @UICUHP were well represented at the #NMFChicagoGala last night. And it was good to see Emerging Leader awardee and UICOM/UHP alum Dr. Don Arnold, III.@NMFonline #NationalMedicalFellowships

If you or someone you know is a current high school student interested in a career in science check out our 2020 Pharmacy Camp! Apply now at hspc.pharmacy.uic.edu/apply-now/

Congratulations to UIC School of Public Health MHA Ose Ituah, who has obtained an administrative fellowship with Advocate Aurora beginning after graduation in the spring

Our team puts a ton of work in every Wed at LEGO robotics practice, but it’s the little moments of success, where our youth see themselves as engineers and programmers, that make it all worth it. We welcome our new partners @UICUHP for funding new supplies and events to come!

Photo from the Black Caucus of Health Workers Awards Dinner at #APHA. Including Claude Jacob's and current President Alfreda Holloway-Beth with @LindaRaeMurray past president of APHA and Dr. David Satcher former Surgeon General

In honoring the Transgender Day of Remembrance, College of Pharmacy, Office of Diversity and Inclusion will have a panel discussion by Dr. Evelyn Figueroa (she/her/hers) and Dr. Emilia “Mimi” Arquilla (they/them/theirs) discussing Creating Awareness for Transinclusive Healthcare

Join us Nov 18 for our Fall Cultural Workshop!

The UIC SNMA chapter would like to cordially invites you to their annual networking event, Wine & Cheese on Saturday, November 9th, 6:30pm at Gallery Guichard located in the historical Bronzeville Neighborhood. eventbrite.com/e/uic-snma-ann…

UHP faculty & students join the demonstration against ICE detention camps during APHA. Studies show that separation of families harm the health of children.