
Stephen Brown
Stephen Brown
Primary Affiliation: Substance Use Disorders and Behavioral Health Working Group
College of Medicine | University of Illinois Chicago
Skill Highlights
Project Management
Social Work
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Milestones
EXPERIENCE &
BACKGROUND

ABOUT
Stephen is a licensed clinical social worker, researcher, a clinical director for team-based programs that coordinate the care of healthcare super-utilizers, and a behavioral health and social determinants policy expert. He has a split appointment between the Department of Emergency Medicine, the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs, and the Institute of Government & Public Affairs.
His role as a Senior Director addresses systemic social justice, working upstream with other public sectors such as criminal justice, law enforcement, and human services for better alignment and coordination of care for patients who have severe mental illness, substance abuse, or experience homelessness.
He has led the Better Health Through Housing program, UI Health’s housing program for the chronically homeless. It is the longest running healthcare-to-housing program and has housed more homeless persons than any other hospital in the country.
Stephen is the clinical lead for ComPaCT – the Complex Patient Care Team, a partnership between Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Psychiatry and Mental Health Courts. ComPaCT brings together a large multidisciplinary team to manage patients with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and complex medical needs.
Prior to transitioning into healthcare in 2005 as an Emergency Room Social Worker at the University of Chicago, Stephen worked for 13 years at Motorola, Inc. and held a variety of positions such as a Systems Engineer, Senior Account Executive, District Sales Director, and Director of Unix Systems Division Product Development. His previous tech experience enables him to work with healthcare and government Information Technology (IT) organizations to drive healthcare and social service interoperability, empowering better clinical care, data-driven public policy, and outcomes-based research.
He is the co-author of a 2016 Health Affairs article entitled “Mr. G and the Revolving Door: Breaking the Readmission Cycle at a Safety Net Hospital.”
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, UI Health
Senior Director of Social and Behavioral Health Policy, 2001 to Present
Preventive Emergency Medicine, UI Health
Director, 2009 – 2011
Urban Health Initiative, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Manager of Technology Projects, 2008 – 2009
University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
Director of Preventative Emergency Medicine, 2005 – 2008
University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
Social Worker, Emergency Medicine, 2003 – 2009
1st Presbyterian Church, Evanston, IL
Psychotherapist, The Counseling Center, 2003 – 2009
Loyola University, Chicago, IL., M.S.W., 2004.
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL., B.G.S. in Psychology, 1998.
Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL., B.S. in Business Marketing, 1981.
Engagement
Better Health Through Housing
Stephen Brown is the Project Director for Better Health Through Housing. Since 2015, UI Health has housed more patients than any other hospital in the country. It is also the longest running healthcare to housing program. UI Health has housed over 80 patients and has invested $1.4 million to date. His policy work is focused on creating a behavioral health continuum in Illinois.
Better Health Through Housing
80 Homeless Patients
80 homeless patients have been housed in the program
80 Homeless Patients
$1.4 Million
UI Health has spent $1.4 million to date
$1.4 Million
Profiled on NPR
Interviewed on WBUR Boston, Stephen was interviewed about the need for hospitals to recognize homelessness as a health condition.
Profiled on NPR
Recent Publications
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HONORS & AWARDS


POLICY
Policy Work
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