
Tag: Ron Hershow



Co-founder and co-leader of the UIC COVID-19 Impact Task Force & Epidemiology Group.
Frequently, guests are invited to discuss research in progress. Topics have included COVID-19 in correctional settings, COVID-19 as it affects the elderly inside and outside

Member of the UIC-SIU-Rush-IDPH Consultant Group for Congregate Care COVID-19 Response Group.
The work of this task force has led to ongoing and immediate policy modifications to protect residents and staff in these facilities from COVID-19 and

UIC’s Chi-Tracing Program has collaborated with over 30 community-based organizations to hire, train, and evaluate a corps of 550 community health workers to perform contact tracing for the Chicago Department of Public Health.
Trainees also come from the Mount Sinai Urban Health Institute and Malcolm X College. Through its Citizen Scientists Program, this program seeks to have a
Co-investigator and thought leader on the Illinois Healthcare and Family Services-funded “Transform Project”
The “Transform Project” uses quantitative and qualitative data-based approaches to identify health care gaps in Illinois and propose potential solutions to ameliorate identified gaps in
UIC Campus Contact Tracing and Epidemiology Program (CCTEP)
The UIC Campus Contact Tracing and Epidemiology Program (CCTEP) has been monitoring the epidemiology of COVID-19 on the UIC campus since August 2020 while performing


