September 18, 2013
Jamila R. Rashid, noted minority health official and advocate at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has been named executive director of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Urban Health Program. Her appointment was approved by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees at its July meeting.
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Federal Policy Maker to Head UIC's Health Program
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) has added a federal level policy maker to their staff. Chicagoan, Dr. Jamila R. Rashid, former minority health official and advocate at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has been named executive director of the UIC’s Urban Health Program. Dr. Rashid will be responsible for developing programs that bring minority and underrepresented pre-college, undergraduate and graduate students in Chicago into careers in the health care professions.