Dr. Olusimbo (Simbo) Ige

CTL-E-4936 · Person · educator · contemporary

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health. Appeared at City Club of Chicago program 'Promoting Equitable Cancer Care and Research in Chicago's Communities of Color in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society' (2024-10-24).

Notes

BCCVA Source Collection 001 (City Club of Chicago) seed record. Role at time of speech: Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health. Civic lenses: 07 Health & Human Services. Programs: Promoting Equitable Cancer Care and Research in Chicago's Communities of Color in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (2024-10-24). Identity verification: "making her the first Black female commissioner to permanently head the organization." — Chicago Defender (via blackfacts repost). Research status: seed-verified. Last verified: 2026-10-06.

Relationships

City Club of Chicago: Promoting Equitable Cancer Care and Research in Chicago's Communities of Color in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society — related to
Appeared at City Club of Chicago program "Promoting Equitable Cancer Care and Research in Chicago's Communities of Color in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society" (2024-10-24). Role at time: Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health.

Sources

Identity evidence: "making her the first Black female commissioner to permanently head the organization." — Chicago Defender (via blackfacts repost)
City Club of Chicago program: Promoting Equitable Cancer Care and Research in Chicago's Communities of Color in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (2024-10-24) — https://cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/5655/promoting-equitable-cancer-care-and-research-in-chicago-communities-of-color-in (primary source)

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