Northwestern's Institute for Public Health and Medicine

It’s CBITs Partnership Week! We’re launching a new pathway to connect with partners in academia, nonprofit, government, tech, and healthcare, expanding our reach...(pretty relevant given it's Mental Illness Awareness Week #MIAW) Read all about it: cbits.northwestern.edu/about/_news-...

Promotional graphic for 'A Century of Public Health: Then and Now' event on Oct 9 at noon, featuring speakers Ron Ackermann and Kristi Holmes, hosted by IPHAM and Galter Library. Includes RSVP link and background of vintage public health posters.

Explore a century of public health through graphic art!
Join us this Thursday for an inspiring exhibition, dialogue, and networking event.

🔗RSVP: bit.ly/ipham-galter...
🗓️ Oct 9 | 🕛 Noon
📍 Galter Library Mezzanine

What Healing Looks Like: Osher Center Hosts Integrative Health Benefit The Osher Center for Integrative Health hosted its 2025 benefit, raising funds to support access to healthy food and address mental well-being

Bestselling author William Li, MD joined Melinda R Ring, MD, FACP, ABOIM in front of a full house during this year's Osher Center for Integrative Health Benefit, raising support for high-impact initiatives and research.

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Northwestern Launches New Online Certificate and MPH Concentration in Implementation Science Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine has launched two new graduate offerings on advanced implementation science methodologies and design strategies.

World-class implementation science training that works with your schedule. Northwestern launches online implementation science certificate and MPH concentration. Now open to applications.

www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/ipham/...

Chisom Obiezu-Umeh, PhD​,​ headshot

You're invited to "Think Global, Act Local: Harnessing Implementation Science to Address NCDs" at our September #IGHSeminar with Chisom Obiezu-Umeh, PhD, from the Ryan Family Center for Global Primary Care!

🗓️ Wed, Sept 10
⌚️ 1 PM - 2 PM CT
💻 Zoom webinar: northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We’re excited to kick off “The Future of” Webinar Series with Nick Jacobson, PhD!

📅 Tuesday, September 9
🕛 12:00–1:00 PM CT
📍 Zoom – Free registration required

🔗 Join us! | Register now 👇
northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🚀 “The Future of” Webinar Series is finally here!

We’re excited to launch our reimagined digital mental health webinar series in collaboration with @sdmh.bsky.social.

📅 The quarterly series kicks off: Tues, Sept 9 | 12–1 PM CT

Don’t miss it! Register for the year now: tinyurl.com/3tnpyc7f

Join the Sinai Urban Health Institute for:
--Rooted and Resilient--
a virtual talk on sustaining the CHW workforce beyond funding

Where: online
Time: Aug 13, 12:00-1:30 PM CT
Featuring: leaders from the National Association of CHWs and SUHI

Register now: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Social network influence in public health and how to map it Scientists at Northwestern have developed Network Canvas, a free and open-source program to study the complex social drivers of disease.

“Over the last 20 years, there’s been a real recognition of the importance relationships have in our lives, whether that be in infectious disease, public health, information sharing.”

@michellebirkett.bsky.social on the success of Network Canvas

www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/ipham/...

Map Shows States With Best—and Worst—Quality of Life

Quality-of-life rankings are likely to shift in the coming months and years, with tariffs, immigration and climate change potentially having a "big effect on the rankings"

—David Cella, PhD, for @newsweek.com

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Implementation science aims to improve healthcare by validating effective interventions | PNAS Implementation science aims to improve healthcare by validating effective interventions

“We now have tangible examples of the transformational impact of implementation science as a tool to close gaps in care.”
@rsbeidas.bsky.social and Lisa Hirschhorn discuss the latest advances in #impsci for @pnas.org

Read the story: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

ICYMI: research shows that introducing peanut products early helps prevent peanut allergy. So why don't more pediatricians recommend it?

The latest research from CFAAR's Chris Warren, PhD

A Catalyst for Change: CFAAR’s 2025 Food Allergy Summit Shapes the Future of Food Allergy Care CFAAR’s 2025 Food Allergy Summit united global experts to advance care through policy, education, and research, driving collaboration to improve allergy outcomes

The food allergy and asthma world converged in Chicago for the third annual CFAAR Food Allergy Summit. Read about the emerging trends and solutions in the prevention of atopic disease.

www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/ipham/...

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@blurky.bsky.social @noshir.bsky.social

A huge congrats to the Network Canvas team on receiving the 2025 Richards award 🎉
Their free and open-source program allows researchers to easily design, capture, and export network data. networkcanvas.com (photo by Network Canvas)

Survivor says doctor saved her life. Together they’re marking National Cancer Survivor Month Survivor’s story inspired oncologist’s new study on gaps in post-cancer care

Throat cancer survivor Paula Ruska and her physician, Laila Gharzai, MD, mark National #cancersurvivormonth by sharing their experience and discussing the need for continued care after cancer treatment.

news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...

This heat is serious. Fans won't cut it.
➡️ If you need a place to cool off, Illinois has cooling centers all over the state:
www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboa...

Co-Creation and Resilience at the Community-Engaged Research Conference Trust was the key theme during this year's Community-Engaged Research Conference, drawing public health scientists, community organizations and students to Northwestern’s Chicago campus.

Trust was the key theme during this year's Community-Engaged Research Conference, drawing public health scientists, community organizations and students to Northwestern’s Chicago campus.
www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/ipham/...

"Promises and Pitfalls of a 20-Year Journey Through Academic Global Health" IGH Seminar

**THE JUNE 11 SEMINAR HAS MOVED TO ZOOM!**

Learn about "Promises and Pitfalls of a 20-Year Journey Through Academic Global Health" at our June #IGHSeminar with Mark J. Siedner, MD, MPH!

🗓️ Wed, June 11
⌚️ 1 PM - 2 PM CT
💻 Zoom
🔗 Register: northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Hear Dr. Moise's talk on implementation strategies for digital behavioral health at our Digital Mental Health Webinar!

Join us Tuesday, June 3 at 12PM CT 💻🌟

🔗 Register now: tinyurl.com/ynhfvfa9

The work groups at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Implementation Science Academy were a highlight! 🎉 Hands-on learning, real-world challenges, big ideas & “a-ha!” moments 💡🙌 Join us in 2026: shorturl.at/o5nas @ipham.bsky.social

Just published this article @thehill.com about the paradox of American wealth not delivering health.

@societygim.bsky.social #SGIM25 @ipham.bsky.social
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thehill.com/opinion/heal...

Identifying subgroups of nonsuicidal self-injury: A systematic review Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a complex behavior, and its presentation is marked by significant heterogeneity, complicating efforts to identify and intervene. In this study, we sought to systemati...

🎉 Exciting news from Dr. Kaylee Kruzan’s lab! 🎉

A systematic review co-authored by Dr. Kruzan, Research Study Assistant Israel Ramirez, and former MA student, Eva Hentges has just been published in PLOS Mental Health.

You can read the full paper here: journals.plos.org/mentalhealth...

Illinois has reported its first measles case of 2025 - but this is not an outbreak. The risk to the public remains low.

Here's what you should know. 👇

Mobile Clinic Brings Healthcare to Women in West Africa

For many women in West Africa, access is a roadblock to healthcare. With the “Health on the Roll” mobile clinics, a team brings cancer care directly to patients. #globalhealth

Read more: www.globalhealth.northwestern.edu/about/news/0...

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🔔Join us this Thursday!🔔

painTRAINER: Increasing access to pain coping skills training for people with chronic pain

🎙️ Christine M Rini, PhD
🗓️04/24
⏰12:00PM CT
🖥️In person and online

northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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