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UChicago Medicine invests $607 million in community benefits for South Side and Southland regions in fiscal 2021

As part of its commitment to advance health equity, the University of Chicago Medicine invested $607 million in benefits and services to the community in fiscal 2021. This includes $520.4 million invested at the University of Chicago Medical Center and $86.5 million invested at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial.

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UChicago Medicine, Comer Children’s join national gun safety movement to address guns as leading cause of death in kids
3d rendered image shown neuromuscular junction, where nerve end splits into several neural end plates on different muscle cells.
$10 million gift to support ALS research, educational outreach at local high schools
Aerial view of UChicago Medicine
UChicago Medicine, AdventHealth plan affiliation to expand care and services in Chicago’s western suburbs
Teaching healthcare workers how to combat medical misinformation
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Image of Director of Spiritual Care Marsha Sumner
‘I’ll help you through it’: As doctors heal patients’ bodies, the spiritual care team heals their spirits
Feed1st staff and volunteers restock a pantry in the Oncology department
Use more than doubled at self-serve, no-questions-asked UChicago Medicine food pantries during pandemic
Hyde Park campus from the air
Collaborative between UChicago Medicine and Advocate Health Care supports 18 grassroots organizations helping to keep kids safe this summer
Crown Point Groundbreaking
UChicago Medicine breaks ground on $121M multispecialty care facility in Crown Point, Indiana
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UChicago Medicine, WNBA Chicago Sky renew partnership agreement
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UChicago Medicine’s Community Health Needs Assessment identifies cancer, heart disease as health priorities for South Side
UChicago Medicine photo exhibit documents life in Washington Park in summer of 1987
Rose Blouin in front of her exhibit "To Washington Park, With Love," at UChicago Medicine, April-July 2022.
Ann Jackson, DPT, MPH
Making hunger one less challenge to deal with
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Mental health stigma and getting to mental wellness
Participants line up for the 2019 RBC Race for the Kids, one of two major fundraising events held every year by the Comer Development Board.
Comer Development Board helps fund research, community programs and patient care
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