IDPH Welcomes Janice Phillips As New Assistant Director

The Illinois Department of Public Health is welcoming Janice Phillips as its new Assistant Director. She was appointed to the position by Governor Pritzker. Phillips most recently served as the Director of Nursing Research and Health Equity at Rush University Medical Center and Associate Professor in the Department of Community Systems and Mental Health Nursing at Rush College of Nursing. In her new role, Phillips will focus on the elimination of health disparities and inequities.