HIV infections surge in Chicago’s Hispanic & Latino communities: What’s being done to help
Chicago's WGN9, 2026
Chicago's WGN9, 2026
CSM Board Member, Imran Khan, was quoted in this article about the surge of HIV infections in underserved communities. “The incidence rates in Chicago have been alarming for HIV,” Khan said. “HIV has this amazing ability to expose our social fault lines in society and show us who is actually being neglected. Our migrant population sure can be scapegoated for the rise in HIV cases. What it more so exposes is how there are certain populations that have come to Chicago and are bereft of resources. They don’t know where to go. They have not been connected to care.” Read more...
Street Side Wound Care
AMSA, 2024
“Part of how we address this is recognizing how limiting our current healthcare system is when it comes to caring for this population. We as healthcare endeavor to become better, but that takes time. In the meantime we can apply our understanding of social determinants and help our patients by being patient-centered.” Read more...
Chicago needs better planning to help homeless people survive extreme weather
Chicago Sun Times, 2024
Our President, Timothy Jostrand, co-wrote a Chicago Sun Times op-ed titled to advocate for investment in resources for emergency weather response and how it affects Chicagoans experiencing homelessness. "The city has resources to reinvest in its emergency weather response. Let’s act now to help people stay alive during extreme heat and cold." Read more...
Over the Threshold: Street Medicine
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Medical Student Variety Show Supports Chicago Street Medicine
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Rylie O’Meara: Chicago’s warming shelters are not adequately caring for the unhoused in winter
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“Most Chicagoans can identify that feeling of relief upon entering a warm building after walking through the bitter cold. It's time we show compassion to our unhoused neighbors and prioritize the creation of reliable and easily accessible warm spaces for all.” Read more...
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“Izquierdo took what she learned from being part of Chicago Street Medicine, an initiative that began in 2016 with several UIC students and a UIC resident physician providing medical attention to people experiencing homelessness. 'I really like the model of bringing medical care in a mobile way to meet people where they’re at,' Izquierdo said.” Read more...
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UIC medical students, doctors provide migrant care
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Homeless Americans Are Costing Us Millions Each Year. Street Medicine Would Help
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Time and again, people experiencing homelessness have sought care and left feeling humiliated and angry. One man I spoke with equated being in the hospital to animal cruelty—he felt like "a pig in a stall" because he was homeless. Bringing health care workers out on the street can rebuild some of the lost trust felt by some outside of a traditional health care environment. Read more...
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“Through this project, Khan began learning more about addiction and injection drug use, and he began to notice a gap in providers’ understanding of addiction, which affected how his street medicine patients got treated in the hospital, especially in the emergency room.” Read more...
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Hospital Withdrawal
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UIC Medical Students Get Healthcare to the Chicago Homeless
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“You can’t just try to fix the medical problem without fixing the social problem that caused the medical problem to happen in the first place.” Read more...
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UIC Medical Students Seek to ‘Fill a Void’ in Health Care
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