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  • Introducing the 2024 SDOH & Place Fellows

    Exciting news from the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab! We’re thrilled to introduce the 2024 cohort of the SDOH & PLACE Fellowship. This virtual program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, empowers participants to craft impactful visualizations of social determinants of health using spatial data. Learn more about the pioneers who are set to…

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  • The SDOH & Place Symposium—Call for Applications

    How do you use SDOH data to understand, support, and advance Healthy Neighborhoods? Have you generated any web applications that map out SDOH in communities? Join us in Chicago this June for the first ever SDOH & Place Symposium!

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  • April Speaker Series: Humanities for Health

    Humanities for Health: Graphic Public Health & the Environment Robin McCrary PhD, Syracuse University Friday, April 26th @ Noon, via Zoom & In-Person at NHB 2049 in Urbana, IL Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, April 26th at noon. Coffee and networking session…

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  • Seeking SDOH Data Super Users

    Do you use social determinants of health (SDOH) data on neighborhoods or communities in your research, advocacy work, and/or classroom? We are developing an “SDOH Super User Group” to learn more about current practices and existing challenges of accessing SDOH data across a wide range of applications.

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  • Be a Part of Environmental & Climate Justice in Chicago

    Be a part of Climate & Environmental Justice in Chicago! Join the team to design & expand ChiVes, a NASA-funded project connecting data on the environment with neighborhoods. Add your and your community’s own stories, photos, events, news and more to the project.Add your own imprint. Co-designers receive $25+ per workshop and can also earn…

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  • February Speaker Series: Wildfire Smoke & How it Affects our Health

    Wildfire Smoke & How it Affects our Health Colleen E. Reid, Ph.D., U of Colorado BoulderFriday, Feb 23rd @ 3 PM CST,via Zoom & In-Person at NHB 2049 in Urbana, IL Join us for snacks, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, Februart 23rd at 3 PM. Coffee…

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  • January Speaker Series: Microbiomes & One Health

    Microbiomes and One Health: Exploring the Importance of Microbial Communities for Environmental and Host Health Sierra Raglin, Ph.D., U of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignFriday, Jan 26th @ Noon,via Zoom & In-Person at NHB 2049 in Urbana, IL Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, January…

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  • December Speaker Series: The Air We Breathe

    The Air We Breathe: Partnering to Measure Air Quality in Cicero, IL. Dillon Bergin, MuckRock Foundation & Irene Romulo, Cicero Independiente Friday, December 8th at Noon CST, via Zoom & In-Person at NHB 2049 Join us for learning and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, December 8th at noon.…

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  • November Speaker Series: Social inequity and SARS-CoV-2 dynamics

    Social Inequity and SARS-CoV-2 Dynamics Pamela P. Martinez, PhD. Pamela P. Martinez PhD, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Friday, Nov 17th @Noon, via Zoom & In-Person at NHB 2049 in Urbana, IL Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, November 17th at noon. Coffee…

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  • Apply for the SDOH & Place Fellowship Program

    The SDOH & Place Fellowship The SDOH & Place Fellowship is a part-time virtual program of the new SDOH & Place Project, sponsored by the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with funding in part from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Throughout this program, Fellows will learn how to…

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