Center for Community Health Equity

12/23/2025

As 2025 is winding down, CCHE is reflecting on the past year. Please check out the graphic below to learn more about our social media impact (LinkedIn, Facebook, and our website) recently. If you don't follow us, please check out our LinkedIn, Facebook, and website regularly to be up to date on CCHE news!

12/20/2025

Have you checked out CCHE's website or Spotify account recently?

In 2026, we recently updated our website and created a Spotify account. We'd love for you to check them out. We also have a LinkedIn account we update as well. Please follow these accounts and check back regularly to stay up to date on CCHE news and events.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7DHS5RwUoiEOxVqivLqkjZ

Website: https://healthequitychicago.org/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/center-for-community-health-equity/?viewAsMember=true

Podcast · Center for Community Health Equity · Welcome to the Voices of Community Health Equity podcast from the Center for Community Health Equity (CCHE) is a partnership between DePaul University and Rush University! Our center is committed to improving community health outcomes and contributing...

12/18/2025

CCHE has been busy over the last year and is taking the next few weeks to highlight some of the impactful work we have been up to with the partnership of community-minded organizations throughout Chicago.

Last spring, we were proud to host a Youth Mental Health First Aid Training and & Belonging Workshop for Chicago Scholars alumni and current students. See below for some photos of both of those events.

We especially appreciated hearing about the scholars view of belonging in their Chicago neighborhoods. We are looking forward to a future partnership in 2026!

12/13/2025

Before 2025 comes to an end, we want to highlight some of the work CCHE as been involved in this year, starting with our Voices of Community Health Equity podcast. We have been so lucky to learn from individuals in the field that have highlighted the need for community health, equity, and belonging in the Chicagoland area. Check out some of the individuals we have highlighted recently!

https://open.spotify.com/show/7DHS5RwUoiEOxVqivLqkjZ

12/11/2025

CCHE was so grateful to sit down with Dr. Tarisha Washington, who is the Epidemiology Research Coordinator at the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center. During this Voices of Community Health Equity episode, we learn about Dr. Washington's work in aging across the Chicagoland area.

You can check out the interview on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6usI80ILWJcPEathuVuNQN?si=NusHNsctQjiXcvNhsPFVhA&nd=1&dlsi=ad047d1e4e1249b5

Learn more about our podcast series on our website: https://healthequitychicago.org/our-work/voices-of-health-equity/

12/06/2025

Please check out this preprint of "Belonging and health outcomes in older Americans: a scoping review," an article written in conjunction with CCHE.

Charlotte Moss, a coauthor of this review, wrote: "It has been such a privilege to work with Dr. Shah and our coauthors to write and share this paper as a preprint. I am grateful to the Center for Community Health and Equity for their work on this topic and for supporting our efforts. We look forward to submitting this work for peer review shortly."

Read the preprint here: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/pe7a8_v1

12/04/2025

During this season of gratitude and giving, CCHE feels grateful to work alongside so many community-minded organizations who are working towards health equity across the Chicagoland area. Working together to combat health inequality and create a healthier Chicago is what we are passionate about and we believe the strength of Chicago lies within its many diverse neighborhoods. Thank you for being with us on this journey!

11/15/2025

CCHE is so excited to announce that we are officially on Spotify!

Our podcast, Voices of Community Health Equity, is now available on Spotify. In this podcast, we interview Chicago stakeholders who are involved with community health equity in the Chicagoland area. If you have an idea of who we should interview next, please let us know in the comments!

Take a listen here: https://open.spotify.com/show/7DHS5RwUoiEOxVqivLqkjZ?si=5e7dd52ea89843b2

11/13/2025

Music is a universal language that brings together people from vastly different backgrounds. It is a tool that strengthens bonds between individuals and within communities.

CCHE is so grateful that Harrison Copeland, a Clinical Research Assistant at Rush University Medical Center, made this playlist to showcase songs that revolve around ideas of belonging and Chicago. Many of these songs are about Chicago itself and/or were recorded by famous Chicago artists, but others are about belonging in a more general sense.

Harrison's hope for listeners of this playlist is that a similar message can be found throughout all these songs despite the widely different musical genres and backgrounds of each recording artist.

Take a listen here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/33Ig1dvQty4mG5DvzE2VQP

Stay tuned for an upcoming project centered around belonging and music.

Playlist · Harrison Copeland · 30 items

11/06/2025

We were so excited to celebrate ten years at the Center for Community Health Equity this fall. Upon reflecting upon this moment in time and the work that has gotten this organization to this place, we are honored to work alongside so many dedicated individuals and organizations who are committed to healthy and equitable communities across Chicagoland.

As we look forward to another ten years of working collaboratively and growing our partnerships with Rush and DePaul, as well as other community groups, we know there is work to be done. There are still wide gaps in life expectancy and health outcomes that are simply reflective of where an individual or a family lives and puts down their roots. There is more research to be done about the idea of belonging and syndemics. We strive to create unique solutions to public health issues, while centering marginalized population’s voices at the center of those conversations. We believe that communication and collaboration are critical pieces of moving towards a healthier and more equitable place for all Chicagoans to live and grow.

Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our journey over the past ten years and who have dedicated their time to ensuring that all of Chicago has a stake in their community!

11/01/2025

This past Tuesday we were so excited to celebrate 10 years of working towards community health and equity across the Chicagoland area. We are so grateful to those individuals and community partners who have been with us since the beginning and are so excited to welcome new faces in our journey towards creating a healthier and more equitable Chicago (and beyond). We truly couldn't do this hard work without all of our amazing supporters and partners!

Please stay tuned for more photos and reflections from ten years of CCHE in the next few weeks.

What does health equity in Chicago look like to you?

10/30/2025

We were thrilled to be invited by Chicago Scholars to attend the 2025 Onsite College and Leadership Forum at McCormick Place on Tuesday, October 21! It was an incredible day of witnessing hundreds of students connecting with community partner organizations and numerous colleges and universities.