Tag: Collaborative Research

• 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…
• May 19, 2026

  Panel Event: Conceptualizing Opioid Geographies

  Wednesday, May 20, 2026,3 PM CST via Zoom Join us for a Panel & Roundtable of the Geospatial Consortium & Community of Practice, a collaboration of researchers and practitioners that meet regularly to share, discuss, and learn how geospatial methods, tools, and models can be used to build understanding and develop resources for the opioid…
• November 2, 2025

  Join Us at APHA 2025: Visit Booth #1418!

  It’s not our first time presenting at APHA, the nation’s premiere public health conference, but it is our first time at the Exhibit Hall! Find us at Booth #1418.
• July 2, 2025

  Healthy Regions + NCSA at Geo4Lib Camp 2025

  Healthy Regions & NCSA at Geo4Lib Camp 2025 In May 2025, Adam Cox and Pengyin Shan from the SDOH & Place Project team traveled to the University of Minnesota to attend Geo4Lib Camp, a small “unconference” for geospatial librarians and metadata experts from academic institutions across the U.S. Collaborating with members of this group since…
• June 11, 2025

  The 2nd 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!
• March 6, 2025

  March Speaker Series: ConnectedNest

  ConnectedNest: Addressing Unmet Health Related Social Needs of People with Cancer Using Local Community Based Organizations. Join us for brunch, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, March 14th, at 10 AM CDT. Brunch will be served from 10-10:10am, so please join us in person a bit early…
• May 2, 2024

  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!
• November 3, 2023

  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…
• April 19, 2022

  Does Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Match Community Vulnerability?

  During the COVID-19 pandemic, the disruption and shortage of treatment options for people with opioid use disorder (OUD) has been linked to significantly higher rates of overdose deaths across the country. How might an improved understanding of current community-level availability of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) inform future responses to pandemics or natural disasters…