The Chicago Board of Health is asking Mayor Brandon Johnson to keep Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady in her post following his campaign promise to replace her.
Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady in her office on Nov. 23, 2020.
The Board of Health agreed to send a letter requesting that Johnson keep Arwady after lauding her public health credentials and successes leading the city’s coronavirus regulations and vaccination drive.Board members praised Arwady’s professionalism, expertise and ability to stay level-headed amid rising hostility toward public health experts.
Board member Óscar Iván Zambrano, a director at Advocate Aurora Health, concurred with Smith’s emphasis on racial equity while touting the department’s record in the last four years as one that is “a little ahead of society.” He then stressed the importance of sticking to science when deciding on the city’s next public health commissioner.
“It’s not political, it’s apolitical,” Iván Zambrano said. “It is technical, and it’s based on facts and accomplishments.” Arwady, meanwhile, began robustly lobbying to keep her job. But many of the mayor’s progressive allies in City Council and beyond have recently rallied behind his goal of reopening the public mental health clinics shuttered years ago by ex-mayor Rahm Emanuel — an issue that caught Arwady some early grief during the tenure of previous mayor Lori Lightfoot.
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