Place and Health Dialogue

Join us for an interactive about how communities, schools and businesses can help make the healthy choice the easy choice for residents.

When :Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Where: Loyola University Chicago, 2160 S. First Avenue, Maywood 60153
Room: Stritch School of Medicine, Room 170
Time: 2pm – 4pm

Elected officials, community leaders, business leaders, educators, policymakers, medical and public health professionals, parents and youth are encouraged to participate. Participants will learn action steps they can take to help create healthy places in the community.

For more information about hosting a Place and Health Dialogue, please contact,
Name: April Tolbert, Cook County Department of Public Health Public Health
Title: Public Health Educator
Phone: 708-633-8066
Email: atolbert@cookcountyhhs.org
Website: www.cookcountypublichealth.org

February is African American History Month

Did you know that an African American physician from Chicago may be one of the first pioneers for open heart surgery?

Daniel Hale Williams successfully operated on the victim of a knifing victim and after opening the chest wall, Dr. Williams stiched the pericardium saving the patient. He also championed sterilization procedures and became well known for his surgical techniques. In 1891, in Chicago, Daniel Hales Williams founded Provident, the first American interracial hospital. Provident hosted the first nursing school for African Americans.

Celebrate African American history month by learning more about African Americans who have championed public health and reduction of racial and economic health disparities: See PDF

Learn more about the mission of the Loyola MPH Programs!

Graduate School Research Symposium Call For Abstracts

5th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Symposium for Graduate School Students
Pursuit of Truth: Jesuit Ideals in Graduate Research
Saturday, April 21, 2012 Crown Center, Lake Shore Campus

Official Call for Abstracts
Submission Deadline: March 2, 2012

• The Graduate School will host their interdisciplinary research symposium on Saturday April 21, 2012 at the Crown Center on Lake Shore Campus from 9 AM to 5 PM, as a forum for Loyola graduate students to present their scholarly work. The goal of the Interdisciplinary Research Symposium is to provide participants an appreciation of how Loyola Graduate students are incorporating the Jesuit ideals within their research.

• The theme of this year’s symposium is Pursuit of Truth: Jesuit Ideals in Graduate Research. We invite students to display their research exemplifying one of the six Jesuits ideals of the university: Faith & Spirituality, Social Justice, Ethics & Values, Global Awareness, New Approaches & Methods, and Community & Service

• Present your work - in the form of either as a paper presentation or as a poster presentation. Paper presentations will occur as part of a panel session followed by questions and answers from the audience. Poster presentations will be informal presentations throughout the day.

• Any current graduate student within the Graduate School is welcomed to submit. Students should rank which of the Jesuit ideals (up to three) they think best exemplifies their research. Panel sessions and poster categorizations will be composed upon these Jesuit ideals.

• Monetary awards will be given to the top paper presenters and poster presenters.

• Submissions are due Friday, March 2, 2012 at 5:00pm and should be submitted electronically to GSAC@luc.edu . Submissions should include keywords that broadly describe the research particularly paying attention to individuals not familiar with the discipline. In Word format, please include an abstract (maximum 250 words) and a brief bibliographical statement (50-100 words).

• Selected paper and posters will be notified by March 23, 2012

Questions can be sent to GSAC@luc.edu .