CDRP cohosts Chicago CARE to guide philanthropic alliance in funding health equity research
On June 5 and 6, 2025, the UChicago Center for Chronic Disease Research and Policy in partnership with the University of Chicago Office of Research and the Cancer Center, hosted 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.
Jonathan Ozik to Deliver Mt Hood Plenary Lecture
Jonathan Ozik delivers the plenary lecture “Health Behaviors and Information Diffusion: An Agent-based Modeling Perspective” at the Mt Hood Diabetes Challenge
Eric Polley to Deliver Mt Hood Plenary Lecture
Eric Polley delivers the plenary lecture “Emulating Diabetes Clinical Trials using Medical Claims Data” at the Mt Hood Diabetes Challenge on Wednesday, June 25
CDRP to host international conference on diabetes for researchers and policy analysts working in health economics and simulation modeling
This June, the CDRP will host the Mt. Hood Diabetes Challenge, an international conference for researchers and policy analysts working in health economics and disease simulation modeling in the field of diabetes.
PITCH Fellow Jack Flores investigates congenital syphilis
“I was seeing the rise in cases not only at the University of Chicago but across the city and nationally. I thought, ‘This is a disease that’s preventable and treatable—one shot of penicillin, or at most three—and it’s cured. Why is this still happening?’”
May 5 and May 9: Join a Town Hall to Shape the Future of Health Equity
Join a national conversation on health equity on May 5 and May 9
Now Streaming: Chronic Diseases and Medical Decision-Making Workshop
Joon-Wook Ban, Fellow, University of Chicago Medicine presented Systemic Reviews in Decision-Making at the CDRP Chronic Diseases and Medical Decision-Making Workshop on March 25, 2025. Watch the video HERE.
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