Center for Chronic Disease Research and Policy

10/01/2026

October 21: Jennifer Hwang, DO, MS, DABOM, Pathways Instructor at UChicago Medicine, presents "Predicting Individual Responses to GLP-1RA Therapy Using Real-World EHR Data" at the CDRP Chronic Diseases and Medical Decision-Making Workshop -- join over Zoom!

09/24/2026

Deadline extended! Submit posters on chronic diseases and health care policy for presentation at the CDRP Research Symposium through OCTOBER 2 https://chronicdisease.uchicago.edu/annual-symposium-2026/

09/24/2026

CDRP faculty affiliate David D. Kim will present on evaluating the value and impact of GLP-1s using simulation modeling at University of Chicago Institute for Translational Medicine Grand Rounds on October 16 -- register at https://chicagoitm.org/events/itm-grand-rounds-19/?occurrence=2026-10-16

09/15/2026

Share your work at the CDRP's 13th Annual Research Symposium! Submit posters on chronic diseases and health care policy by September 25 https://redcap.uchicago.edu/surveys/?s=NMELNAEHDNYRYJKL

Learn more at https://chronicdisease.uchicago.edu/annual-symposium-2026/

09/10/2026

October 27: Join the CDRP for our 13th Annual Research Symposium, "Medicare Advantage: The Promise, Problems, and Potential Solutions," featuring a keynote by 2020-26 MedPAC chair Michael Chernew of Harvard University - info + RSVP https://chronicdisease.uchicago.edu/annual-symposium-2026/

09/04/2026

Sept 16 at 12PM CT: Robert Smith and Lucy Watson of Dark Peak Analytics kick off the 2026-27 CDRP Chronic Diseases and Medical Decision-Making Workshops with "Structuring Uncertainty: Why Expert Elicitation is the Key to Robust HEOR Models" -- join over Zoom!

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.