Center for Chronic Disease Research and Policy

08/13/2026

CDRP Director Elbert Huang, Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences at The University of Chicago, delivered the 2026 White Coat Ceremony keynote to welcome the 100th entering class at The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine - read more https://pritzker.uchicago.edu/news/2026-white-coat-ceremony + watch the speech at https://youtu.be/VqLl_26_Vv8

08/04/2026

CDRP director Elbert Huang will deliver the keynote during the White Coat Ceremony for the 100th entering class of The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine this Sunday at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel

07/28/2026

SAVE THE DATE for the CDRP's 13th Annual Research Symposium, "Medicare Advantage: The Promise, Problems, and Potential Solutions" -- featuring a keynote lecture by 2020-26 MedPAC Chair Michael Chernew of Harvard Medical School -- join us October 27 at The University of Chicago

07/02/2026

Millions more older adults qualify for GLP-1s under new Medicare trial program that launched this week, but the temporary nature of the program poses risks says CDRP director Elbert Huang in Reuters

Millions more Americans will qualify for obesity medications at just $50 a month under a new Medicare program starting on Wednesday, bringing the highly effective drugs to people aged 65 and older at an affordable price.

06/11/2026

Congratulations to PITCH Fellow Sam Bunting, MD, MSHA on being named Director of HIV Psychiatry Services at Montefiore Health System - read more about how Bunting is integrating HIV prevention and mental health care https://chronicdisease.uchicago.edu/2026/06/10/2025-pitch-fellow-sam-bunting-named-director-of-hiv-psychiatry-services-at-montefiore-einstein/

06/10/2026

Should AI be used in diabetes care? CDRP associate director Neda Laiteerapong says costs, equity risks and infrastructure gaps demand caution in this American Diabetes Association debate

Artificial intelligence is already being used in diabetes preventio...

05/26/2026

June 3: Philip Clarke of University of Oxford Population Health on "The Relationship Between Disease and Income Inequality: National Level Analysis Using Linked Data from New Zealand" - join at https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/97170761765?pwd=HPUaqr6Oqv2m2J3Uzb5E9Ps7T0qyqa.1

05/09/2026

Congratulations to Elizabeth Tung on receiving the Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year Award! Society of General Internal Medicine

05/08/2026

Congratulations to Neda Laiteerapong, MD, MS on receiving the Quality & Practice Innovation Award for the UChicago Medicine Primary Care Behavioral Health Integration Program at Society of General Internal Medicine

05/08/2026

Congratulations to Monica Peek, MD, MPH, on receiving the Herbert W. Nickens Award at Society of General Internal Medicine