From: http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/uhi/about/eric-whitaker.html
Prior to his appointment at the State, Dr. Whitaker was an attending physician in Internal Medicine at Cook County Hospital in Chicago and a member of its Collaborative Research Unit. His research interests included HIV/AIDS prevention and minority health, particularly for black males. He helped found Project Brotherhood: A Black Men’s Clinic, a weekly clinic for African American men housed in Woodlawn Adult Health Center, which is affiliated with the Cook County Bureau of Health Services. African American men die prematurely from preventable diseases and this innovative clinic provides free haircuts to entice men to visit.
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