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Contact Information
David R. Buchanan, MD
Section
Head
Section of Social Medicine
1900 W. Polk, 9th Floor
Chicago, IL 60612
david_buchanan@rush.edu
Lisa Stevak, MA
Section Coordinator
Tel: 312-864-7333
Fax: 312-864-9500
lisa_stevak@rush.edu
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Welcome to the Section
of Social Medicine's new website.
Please check back often as we continue to
unveil exciting new developments here.
Institutional Links
Cook County Bureau of Health
Services
John Stroger
Hospital
Department of Medicine at
Stroger Hospital
Academic Links
Stroger Hospital's academic affiliation is with
Rush University. Their website describes the various
health professions programs offered.
www.rushu.rush.edu/
Access Issues
Health and Medicine has a twenty-three year history of
evaluating local health policy as an independent, voluntary
policy center with a mission centering on the health of the poor
and underserved.
www.hmprg.org/index.htm
The Campaign for Better Health
Care is a coalition of organizations and individuals
organizing to help create and advocate for an accessible,
quality health care system that provides for all.
www.cbhonline.org
Physicians for a National Health Program is a
not-for-profit organization of physicians, medical students, and
other health care professionals that support a national health
insurance (NHI) program.
www.pnhp.org/
Advocacy Training
American Forum is a nonprofit media
organization that works to encourage more citizen debate on
important societal issues.
www.mediaforum.org
Cultural Competency
The National
Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) works to increase the
capacity of health and mental health programs to design
implement, and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent
service delivery systems.
gucchd.georgetown.edu/nccc/
The Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP) has been
addressing broad cultural issues that impact the health of
individuals and families in ethnic minority communities since
1992. www.xculture.org
Fellowships
The
Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority
Health Policy is designed to prepare physicians,
particularly minority physicians, for leadership roles in
formulating and implementing public health policy and practice
on a national, state, or community level. For
application materials, information, and other training
opportunities, go to the website
www.mfdp.med.harvard.edu/fellows_faculty/cfhuf/index.htm
and then contact the CFHUF Program Coordinator by
telephone at (617) 432-2922; by fax at 617-432-3834; or by
e-mail at
mfdp_cfhuf@hms.harvard.edu
The Physician Advocacy
Fellowship provides support to doctors who want to develop
their policy and advocacy skills by partnering with an advocacy
organization on project that they design jointly.
Additional information, including a list of past fellows, and
application information, is available on our website at
www.cmap.columbia.edu/research_fellowship.shtml
Grant
Opportunities
and Training
The Donors
Forum of Chicago
is the Midwest's premier resource
for leadership, education, research, and action on behalf of
philanthropy and nonprofits. The Donors Forum provides
fundraising training and access to information about local and
national funders. www.donorsforum.org/
The Foundation Center's
mission is to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing
knowledge about U.S. philanthropy. This website lists
funding opportunities in health and other areas, as well as
fundraising training opportunities and publications.
www.fdncenter.org/
Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Issues
This
website has been put together by Randell Sell, an epidemiologist
and researcher at the Columbia University School of Public
Health. It compiles the best evidence and data available
on LGBT health issues.
www.gaydata.org
Local Conferences
The
Illinois Public Health Institute's 5th annual conference,
Partners in Action: Communities at the Heart of Illinois
Health, will be held May 1-3, 2007, at the Mid-America Club
in Chicago, Illinois. This event is filled
with excellent opportunities to help collaboratively strengthen
and align community health processes to support health
improvement throughout Illinois. For more information, go
to
http://www.iphionline.org/
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