Month: August 2026

• August 25, 2026

  Welcoming Dr. Fath (Sandborn) as new Postdoc Scientist

  The Healthy Regions Lab is thrilled to bring on Dr. Hilary Fath (Sandborn) as the new Postdoctoral Research Scientist supporting the Localize Opioid Use Disorder (LOUD) Study, and the SDOH & Place Project. Hilary joins us from University of North Carolina at Chapin-Hill, where she completed her PhD under the supervision Dr. Paul Delameter at…
• August 18, 2026

  Research Innovations Presented at 2026 Global Health Conferences

  The Summer of 2026 was a busy one for the Healthy Regions & Policies team! Lab members presented research papers, held workshops, and traveled across the world to share their latest work and make new connections. Academic conferencing is one of the best ways to get feedback on your work, be inspired by others, and…
• August 13, 2026

  Join Our Free R Workshop on Community Spatial Data Access

  Join us for an upcoming free, technical workshop on accessing community spatial data in R. Building on our prior workshop that introduced spatial data, we’ll focus on finding, accessing, and integrating community-level data in an R-spatial environment.  Accessing Community Spatial Data in R August 31, 2026 | 11:30 – 1:00PM CT |  REGISTER by 8/29 This virtual…
• August 11, 2026

  HeRoP Lab Graduate R. Loftus Earns Jerome D. Fellman Award

  Rachel Loftus, HeRoP Lab alum, is this year’s University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign recipient of the Jerome D. Fellman Award. The award recognizes her senior thesis work on measuring the impact of public libraries across multiple community-level social determinants of health, from education to health resources, social cohesion, and more. Her work helps towards contributing new…