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Joined March 2022
C3EN Pilot Awardee Eva Chang, PhD, MPH, research scientist at @advocatehealth, studies the implementation of social needs screening with a particular focus on limited English-speaking patients -- read more about her Pilot project at c3en.org/2026/09/24/pilot-aw…
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Deadline extended! Submit posters on chronic diseases and health care policy for presentation at the CDRP Research Symposium through OCTOBER 2 chronicdisease.uchicago.edu/…
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Interested in the potential and cost of GLP-1RAs in obesity care? Join a virtual ITM Grand Rounds with @UChicago's David D. Kim, PhD, as he shares how simulation modeling helps evaluate the value, affordability, and long-term impact of these medications. chicagoitm.org/events/itm-gr…
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On July 1, 2026, C3EN Co-Director Elizabeth Lynch became Director of Research for the RUSH BMO Institute for Health Equity Read more at c3en.org/2026/08/14/c3en-co-…
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📢 Call for Manuscripts! SGIM's Health Equity Commission & the Journal of General Internal Medicine invite submissions for a special theme issue: Equity in a Time of Headwinds: Accelerating Scholarship, Leadership, and Advocacy in Health Equity. 🗓️ Opens July 1 | Deadline: Oct. 1, 2026 Original research, perspectives, reviews & innovations welcome. At least one author must be an SGIM member. buff.ly/L8jGYmt #HealthEquity #AcademicMedicine #MedicalResearch #HealthServicesResearch #MedEd #JGIM #SGIM
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More posters from today's Annual Meeting -- more photos coming soon!
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Posters from today's Annual Meeting -- more photos coming soon!
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C3EN and other public health experts share recommendations from a series of meetings held nationwide to develop new solutions for achieving health equity c3en.org/2026/05/20/new-repo… @DorisDukeFdn @nejmcatalyst
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🎉 Congratulations to our #SGIM26 Award Winner! 🎉 Please join us in celebrating Elizabeth Tung, MD, recipient of the Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year Award. Her outstanding work exemplifies excellence in general internal medicine. 👏 Help us congratulate Elizabeth in the comments! #SGIM26 #AwardWinner #AcademicMedicine #InternalMedicine
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Chicago Chronic Conditions Engagement Network C3EN retweeted
🎉 Congratulations to our #SGIM26 Award Winner! 🎉 Please join us in celebrating Neda Laiteerapong, MD, MS and the team Primary Care Behavioral Health Integration Program PC-5HIP at the University of Chicago, recipient of the Quality and Practice Innovation Award. Their outstanding work exemplifies excellence in general internal medicine. 👏 Help us congratulate them in the comments! #SGIM26 #AwardWinner #AcademicMedicine #InternalMedicine
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🎉 Congratulations to our #SGIM26 Award Winner! 🎉 Please join us in celebrating Monica Peek, MD, MPH, recipient of the Herbert W. Nickens Award. Her outstanding work exemplifies excellence in general internal medicine. 👏 Help us congratulate Monica in the comments! #SGIM26 #AwardWinner #AcademicMedicine #InternalMedicine
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Chicago Chronic Conditions Engagement Network C3EN retweeted
.@DedeepyaKonu in "Debunking Medicare Advantage: Symptoms, Systems, and Strategies for Patient Care" workshop at #SGIM26 @SocietyGIM @UChicagoGIM
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Chicago Chronic Conditions Engagement Network C3EN retweeted
Monica Peek, MD, and @DedeepyaKonu on the panel "DIY Media Skills for the Physician Advocate" at #SGIM26 @SocietyGIM @UChicagoGIM
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Chicago Chronic Conditions Engagement Network C3EN retweeted
.@spencer_asay and @MarshallChinMD poster, "Value-Based Payment Adoption in the Primary Care Safety Net: A Qualitative Study of California’s Population Health Management Initiative" at #SGIM26 poster session @SocietyGIM
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Congratulations to C3EN Pilot Awardee Ha Ngan (Milkie) Vu, assistant professor at @NUFeinbergMed , on receiving a William T. Grant award to continue her research on Vietnamese American youth health! Read more at c3en.org/2026/04/27/pilot-aw… @cmaachicago
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AI Promotora, a digitally synthesized person created by C3EN Pilot Awardee Mohan Zalake to help the Latinx community learn about Alzheimer's disease, is now live on the Latino Alzheimer's Coalition for Advocacy, Research, and Education (LA CARE) website! lacareillinois.org/en/ai-pro…
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Read more about Zalake’s work with AI Promotora and LA CARE in this C3EN story from July 2024 c3en.org/2024/07/05/communit…
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Join Live Healthy Chicago in Ogden Park this Friday to get your blood pressure checked and celebrate Heart Health Month!
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C3EN Pilot Awardee Chibuzor Abasilim continues research on "forever chemicals" and chronic disease as an assistant professor at @UWM Zilber College of Public Health c3en.org/2026/02/17/c3en-pil…
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Celebrate Heart Health Month on Feb 21 at Garfield Park and Feb 27 at Ogden Park -- join for music, food, family friendly activities, blood pressure screenings, and more @ChicagoParks #LiveHealthyChi
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