Chicago Innovator: Illinois to get its first farmworker health and research center
The University of Illinois at Chicago received $6 million from The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
By Lynnea Domienik
Chicago Innovator: Illinois to get its first farmworker health and research center
The University of Illinois at Chicago received $6 million from The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
By Lynnea DomienikThe Great Lakes Center for Farmworker Health and Wellbeing will focus on the health needs of seasonal and migrant workers. It will join 10 other NIOSH-funded agriculture centers across the country. UIC will partner with Legal Aid Chicago and Community Health Partnership of Illinois to strengthen bonds across organizations serving farmworkers.
Reset learns more from the director of the new center and other partners.
GUEST: Dr. Linda Forst, professor of environmental and occupational sciences at UIC, and director of the new center
Jina Ramirez, Community Health Partnership of Illinois
Lauren Dana, supervisory attorney at Legal Aid Chicago