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2026

Upcoming Events

IPR Panel: Evidence into Impact: Research at the Policy Table, Health Policy

March 2, 2026

Panelists:

Olusimbo (Simbo) Ige, MD, MPH, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Health

Matthew Smith, MPP, Chief Policy Officer, Illinois Department of Public Health

Emma Adam, Edwina S. Tarry Professor of Human Development and Social Policy and IPR Fellow

Moderator:

Thomas McDade, Carlos Montezuma Professor of Anthropology and IPR Fellow and Director of IPR's Cells to Society: The Center on Health Inequalities 

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IPR Panel: Journalism’s Role in Translating Social Science for Policy and the Public

March 9, 2026

Panelists:

Charles Whitaker, Dean of Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Clinical Professor, and IPR Associate

Natalie Moore, Senior Lecturer, Director of Audio Journalism Programming, Medill, and IPR Associate

Louise Kiernan, Professor and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Medill, and IPR Associate

Moderator

Laurel Harbridge-Yong, Professor of Political Science and IPR Associate Director and Fellow

Register here. 

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