SINAI Urban Health Institute

Jade Dell, MRE

Coordinator of Research Programs

Professional Summary

Jade Dell has worked in the Chicago area for over 30 years with a concentration on health research and epidemiology.  While at Northwestern University’s Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research from 1978-1991, she coordinated the preparation of survey instruments, data gathering, and data analysis and participated in writing papers and making presentations on topics related to grant projects including “Epilepsy in the Urban Environment” and “Avoidable Mortality from Cancer in Poor African-American Women.” 

From 1991-2000, Ms. Dell served as Research Associate and Project Coordinator at the Chicago Department of  Public Health with an emphasis on domestic violence, infant mortality, and community health.  She led a project which analyzed Chicago health data as it related to the Department of Health and Human Services Year 2000 Goals for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and published a major report on the findings.

In 2000, she was hired by the Sinai Health System to assist in the genesis of the Sinai Urban Health Institute (SUHI).  She serves as Coordinator of Research Programs with a focus on administrative, financial and programmatic tasks related to the many grants that have been received by SUHI.  She serves on the Development Grants Committee and the Sinai Health System Management Team.

Education

M.R.E., Master’s in Religious Education, The Divinity School of Duke University, 1969

B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University, 1967

Selected Publications

Dell Jade and Whitman Steven.  A History of the Movement to Address  Health Disparities.  In:  Urban Health: Combating Disparities with Local Data.  Whitman, Shah and Benjamins, Eds.  New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.

Dell Jade, Whitman Steve, Shah Ami, Silva Abigail. The Smoking Experience in Six Diverse Chicago Communities - A Population Study.  Am J Public Health, 95(6):1036 – 1042, 2005.

Whitman Steven, Silva Abigail, Dell Jade.  ChicagoCommunity Health Profiles:  North Lawndale.  Chicago, Illinois: Sinai Urban Health Institute, 2001.

Whitman Steven, Silva Abigail, Dell Jade.  ChicagoCommunity Health Profiles:  South Lawndale.  Chicago, Illinois: Sinai Urban Health Institute, 2001.

Dell Jade.  A Comparison of Chicago Health Measures with United States Year 2000 Goals.  Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Department of Public Health Epidemiology Program, 1997.

Select Publications:

• Whitman, S. Shah, A. Benjamins, M. Urban Health: Combating Disparities with Local Data Oxford University Press, 2010.
• Dell JL, Whitman S, Shah AM, Silva A, Ansell D. Smoking in 6 Diverse Chicago Communities - A Population Study. American Journal of Public Health 2005;95(6):1036-42.
• Whitman S, Silva A, Dell J. Chicago Community Health Profiles: North Lawndale. Chicago, Illinois: Sinai Urban Health Institute, 2001.
• Whitman S, Silva A, Dell J. Chicago Community Health Profiles: South Lawndale. Chicago, Illinois: Sinai Urban Health Institute, 2001.