Windy City Times Managing Editor Matt Simonette sat down with Karen Reitan, Mary Morten, and Nat Duran this fall to talk about how Illinois Safe Schools Alliance (the Alliance) came to live at Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago (PHIMC).
Four years of youth-led advocacy results in unrestricted access to locker rooms for trans students
Grecia Magdaleno, Policy and Advocacy Manager for PHIMC’s Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, speaks to ABC-7 about the years of youth advocacy that resulted in District 211 allowing transgender students access to the locker rooms that align with their gender identity,
LaShyra Nolen, National Health Corps Chicago Alumna speaks with NPR about lack of diversity in medical training
LaShyra Nolen, National Health Corps Chicago Alumna (2018-2019) and first-year student at Harvard Medical School spoke to NPR’s Morning Edition on November 4, 2019, in a segment called “Diagnostic Gaps: Skin Comes In Many Shades And So Do Rashes.” “…
PHIMC Routine HIV Screening Successes Published
PHIMC’s nationally recognized model for integrating routine HIV screening in diverse healthcare settings is featured in the most recent issue of the peer-reviewed journal, Public Health Reports. “Routine HIV Screening as a Standard of Care: Implementing HIV Screening in General
