This June, the University of Chicago will host Chicago CARE (Collecting and Aligning Research to Achieve Health Equity), a major event bringing together foundations, researchers, and community leaders to tackle health disparities and build a stronger, more equitable healthcare system.
To ensure your concerns and ideas help guide this national conversation, the Center for Chronic Disease Research and Policy invites you to attend one of two upcoming community town halls—on May 5 and May 9.
These town halls are your chance to:
- Share the health challenges your community faces
- Help shape the action plan that will inform the work of major organizations like the Doris Duke Foundation, American Cancer Society, and American Heart Association
- Build connections with others working for change
Your input will directly inform the discussions at Chicago CARE and contribute to a national plan for improving disease prevention, treatment, and research access.
Don’t miss this opportunity to make your voice heard.
REGISTER HERE to attend a town hall.
About Chicago CARE
In 2024, the Doris Duke Foundation, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, and several other partners, formed the Collective to Strengthen Pathways for Health Research to unite resources for research to improve disease treatment and prevention.
This June, the Center for Chronic Disease Research and Policy, in partnership with the University of Chicago Office of Research and Cancer Center, will host Chicago CARE (Collecting and Aligning Research to Achieve Health Equity), one of 18 symposia across the United States to identify problems and strategize together on solutions to achieve health equity. The findings from Chicago CARE will be incorporated into an action plan to guide the Collective to Strengthen Pathways for Health Research in their next steps. Learn more at https://voices.uchicago.edu/ccare/
Chicago CARE is part of the national conversation “Strengthening Pathways”
Strengthening Pathways is a national conversation focused on identifying opportunities to better translate innovations from prevention and care research to maximize societal benefits, comprised of 18 symposia occurring across the country in the spring and summer of 2025. Supported by a collective of leading funders of health research in the U.S., these symposia will illuminate strategies to connect societal health priorities with research ideas, funding models, policies and commercial incentives to improve health outcomes. The aim is to create a blueprint for action that can shape new funding models, policy changes and industry investments to promote health innovations that prevent disease and improve outcomes of clinical care.
About the Collective to Strengthen Pathways for Health Research
The Doris Duke Foundation, together with American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Dana Foundation, Donaghue Foundation, Prebys Foundation, Robertson Foundation, Susan G. Komen, and additional philanthropic partners are the Collective to Strengthen Pathways for Health Research. The Collective is seeking to bring greater attention and resources for breakthrough health research to improve how we prevent and address disease. Current activities are focused on elevating voices and ideas to help define an actionable blueprint for progress.