Daylan Dufelmeier

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Author Bio

Daylan Dufelmeier, Ph.D, is the director of the SNAP-Ed program at University of Illinois Chicago, associate director of the Office of Community Engagement and Neighborhood Health Partnerships at UI Health and a Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project.

November 20, 2025

Healthy Start cuts' impact to Black maternal health

Twelve days after the birth of my youngest son, my wife and I woke up at 2 a.m. in a pool of her blood. Under normal circumstances, a person would have likely traveled straight to…

October 21, 2025

New Orleans Needs Sensible Policies, Not Troops, to Combat Crime

In light of No Kings Protests that drew an estimated 7 million people in cities across the nation, it’s important to revisit the meeting of 800 top military officials last month, where President Donald Trump suggested using “some of…