Weight Loss Drugs Not Worth High Cost: CDRP JAMA Health Forum paper cited in NY Times
Are GLP-1 drug benefits worth their enormous cost? The answer right now is no, according to a new study published in JAMA Health Forum by CDRP researchers Jennifer Hwang, Neda Laiteerapong, Elbert Huang, and David D. Kim
Cases of Neurosyphilis Rising in Chicago Heterosexual Men Shows New CDC Report
Clinicians should consider NOO syphilis even in persons who do not have HIV and who are not MSM reports CDC Notes from the Field coauthored by PITCH Fellow John “Jack” Flores
CDRP’s Monica Peek discusses barriers to care in Black patients with Type 2 Diabetes on Medscape Care Cues
CDRP faculty affiliate Monica Peek, Ellen H. Block Professor for Health Justice of Medicine and Associate Director of the Chicago Center for Diabetes Translational Research at the University of Chicago, discusses barriers to care for Black patients with Type 2 Diabetes
CDRP director urges support of CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program and HRSA’s Health Center Program in LA Times
CDRP director Elbert Huang urged policymakers to find common ground by supporting initiatives like the CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program and HRSA’s Health Center Program that both improve healthcare and lower costs in the LA Times. Read more to find out why.
Award-winning Behavioral Health Integration Program, led by CDRP associate director Neda Laiteerapong, mobilizes primary care providers to address the mental health care shortage
To offset provider shortage and lengthy waitlists, the BHIP puts the knowledge and skills of mental health specialists into the hands of primary care clinicians and nurses.
CDRP Hosts 2025 Mt Hood Diabetes Challenge
The Center for Chronic Disease Research and Policy is hosting the 2025 Mt Hood Diabetes Challenge from June 23-25 at the Chicago Theological Seminary in Chicago. Register and submit abstracts at https://www.mthooddiabeteschallenge.com/upcoming-conference
Stacy Tessler Lindau’s bionic breast project featured in Chicago Tribune
CDRP faculty affiliate Stacy Tessler Lindau’s bionic breast project to restore sense of touch for mastectomy patients was featured in the Chicago Tribune on December 22, 2024
CDRP Hosts 12th Annual Symposium: Intersections of Policy, Innovation, Healthcare and Financialization for Kidney Disease: Where Are We in America Today?
On October 16, 2024, the Center for Chronic Disease Research and Policy, in partnership with the UChicago Medicine Section of Nephrology and Transplant Institute, hosted its 12th Annual Symposium, Intersections of Policy, Innovation, Healthcare and Financialization...
Now streaming: Chronic Diseases and Medical Decision-Making Workshop
This week’s Chronic Diseases and Medical Decision-Making Workshop is available to stream on our YouTube channel