The University of Chicago Medicine hosted a community picnic with live entertainment, DJ, games, and food trucks to celebrate the South Side community and accomplishments made together. The Sept. 30 event with nearly 200 attendees came days after the academic health system broke ground on Chicago’s first freestanding facility dedicated to cancer care and research. It also marked the five-year anniversary of the start of UChicago Medicine’s Level 1 adult trauma center, which opened in 2018.
“As we expand our efforts to provide more of the care our community needs, UChicago Medicine looked to celebrate together with our South Side neighbors,” said Brenda Battle, Senior Vice President of Community Health Transformation and Chief Equity Officer. “Our work is centered around the community and its needs, and these recent accomplishments are shared with all of our community partners.”
UChicago Medicine broke ground Sept. 19 on the $815 million project to build a dedicated cancer care and research pavilion. Expected to open in 2027, the 575,000-square-foot building located on the Hyde Park campus will provide expanded and integrated research and care services and respond to the higher incidence of cancer in the community and beyond.
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