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Upcoming Events

Browse upcoming events below or learn more about the different types of events that IPR hosts. To notified about upcoming events by email, subscribeYou can also view a complete list of our upcoming events hereTo watch previous events, go to our YouTube channel.

March 2, 2026

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

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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March 9, 2026

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

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. 

July 6, 2026 - July 16, 2026

Research Training Institute on Cluster-Randomized Trials

Faculty Organizers: Larry Hedges and Elizabeth Tipton

This two-week, in-depth training institute covers a range of specific topics in the design, implementation, and analysis of data for use in cluster-randomized trials, allowing researchers to account for the group effects of teachers and classrooms when measuring an intervention’s effects on individual student achievement. Support comes from the National Center for Education Research, housed in the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences.