Current TRICAM Activities

TRICAM Symposium on Addressing Child Mortality

Join us Wednesday, December 11 for our Symposium on Addressing Child Mortality. Agenda highlights include keynote speaker Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, focus area updates, networking and next steps.

When: Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Time: 9:00 am - Noon
Location: Simpson-Querrey Auditorium, Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center
303 East Superior Street, Chicago, Illinois

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TRICAM Strategy Planning Meetings

This summer TRICAM hosted a series of strategy planning meetings to develop local strategies to address mortality from leading causes of death among infants, children, and adolescents. Each meeting focused on a different leading cause of death.

Participants

The series of strategy planning meetings drew 250 participants.

All Lurie Children’s staff and Northwestern-affiliated faculty working at any of the following institutions were invited to participate:

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Northwestern Medicine
Northwestern University
Prentice Women’s Hospital
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Participation was strongly encouraged, for those who:

currently conduct research, education or advocacy in one of these areas.
frequently care for patients with these injuries or illnesses.
want to get involved in addressing mortality in one or more of these areas.

Meeting Dates

July 10, 2019 - Sepsis
July 16, 2019 - Suicide
July 23, 2019 - Child Abuse & Neglect
July 24, 2019 - Motor Vehicle Collisions
July 25, 2019 - Congenital Heart Disease
August 5, 2019 - Asthma

Were you unavailable to attend or missed the meetings?

If you were unable to attend a session of interest to you, there will be future meetings devoted to each cause of mortality. Details will be forthcoming. Please consider attending a future meeting. We also invite you to email our team to express your interest, so we can communicate details to you.

Community-based organizations and interest groups

If your organization or group is currently working in one of our 6 initial areas of focus, TRICAM would welcome the opportunity to hear from you. Please contact Madiha Qureshi, Sr. Project Manager – Community Engagement and Partnerships, at mqureshi@luriechildrens.org.

Employment seekers

TRICAM will be expanding our team over the next 12-24 months. Look for upcoming job listings on the Lurie Children’s careers webpage.

Supporters

If you are interested in supporting activities of TRICAM or the programs with which TRICAM collaborates to reduce pediatric mortality, please contact Anya Maziak, Director – Private Foundations, to learn more. She can be reached via email at amaziak@luriechildrens.org or phone 312.227.7307.