Apr 7 2026

UIC Global Health Colloquium in Observance of World Health Day

April 7, 2026

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Location

UIC School of Public Health

Address

1603 W Taylor Street, Room 160, Chicago, IL 60612

Cost

none

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Please join us for a special UIC Global Health Colloquium

When: Tuesday April 7 from 12:00pm-2:00pm

Where: UIC School of Public Health, 1603 W Taylor, Room 160

In person, lunch will be served. If you wish to attend via Zoom, you may register HERE

The keynote speaker for the Colloquium is Stella Chungong, MD, MPH, Director of the Health Emergency Preparedness Department in the Health Emergencies Programme at the World Health Organization.

Following Dr. Chungong's keynote lecture, a panel discussion will be held.

Panelists Include:

Rohan Jeremiah, PhD, MPH
Professor and Associate Dean for Global Health
Department of Human Development Nursing Science
UIC College of Nursing
Kristen Malecki, PhD, MPH
Professor and Division Director
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
UIC School of Public Health
Co-Lead, Cancer Prevention and Control
University of Illinois Cancer Center
Massimo Pacilli, MPH, MS
Chief Transformation Officer
Illinois Department of Public Health
Damiano Rondelli, MD
Michael Reese Professor of Hematology
Division Chief, Hematology/Oncology
Director of Blood & Marrow Transplant
UIC College of Medicine
President, Worldwide Network for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (WBMT)
Rachel Rubin, MD, MPH, FACP
Senior Medical Officer
Cook County Department of Public Health
Alexander Sloboda, MD, MPH
Medical Director and Deputy Commissioner of Emergency Preparedness and Immunization
Disease Control and Emergency Preparedness Bureau
Chicago Department of Public Health

Panel Moderator:
Babatunde Olowokure, MD, MPH, PhD, MBA
Associate Dean for Global Health
Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
UIC School of Public Health

All UIC students, faculty, staff, and the general public are welcome to attend. Lunch will be provided. A virtual viewing of the event will be available via Zoom.

RSVP

Contact

Jeanne Burian

jburian@uic.edu

Date posted

Apr 6, 2026

Date updated