COVID-19 Contact Tracing and Epidemiology Program

The UIC COVID-19 Contact Tracing and Epidemiology Program (CCTEP) is a group of epidemiologists and student contact tracers housed in the School of Public Health. CCTEP’s mission is to monitor COVID-19 epidemiology on the UIC campus and perform case investigation and contact tracing for employees and students who are infected with COVID-19 or exposed to someone with COVID-19. CCTEP collaborates with University Health Services COVID-19 contact tracing team to collectively form UIC Contact Tracing, serving all students, faculty, and staff at UIC.

Since its inception on August 31, 2020, CCTEP has grown from a team of seven student contact tracers, to an impressive forty-one student contact tracer corps, with representatives from all across the campus. CCTEP collaborates with many stakeholders across campus, including Campus Housing, Athletics, Performing Arts, Student Health Services, UI Health Infection Prevention and Control, UIC’s Incident Commander, and UIC saliva testing program leadership. CCTEP has established a reputation for speed, accuracy, and efficacy and for preventing ongoing spread from clusters of infected persons and their contacts. Some of our metrics can be reviewed on the UIC COVID-19 dashboard.