The new Center for Health Equity, Education, and Research (CHEER) at the Illinois Institute of Technology is composed of five programs, all focused on different aspects of health care disparities and access and all sharing the common theme of health equity.
“We’re interested in stigma. We’re interested in health equity. Our deep roots tend to be in serious mental illness—serious illness being people diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, PTSD—but because of that, they’re unable to make their life goals, unable to get a job, unable to get through school,” says the Center’s director Patrick Corrigan.
See “A Community to Help: New Research Center to Tackle Health Care Disparities” by Tom Linder on the Illinois Tech website (April 15, 2024)
