Apostolis Sambanis, Ph.D.
Program Director
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Health Policy and Administration
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About
Dr. Sambanis is an Adjunct Assistant Professor and Program Director of the Emergency Management and Resilience Planning Program at the University of Illinois Chicago's School of Public Health. His research uses a community-based participatory design methodology to identify hazards often overlooked in state-level dashboards but essential for city policymaking and more commonly recognized environmental hazard sources.
Working with his team, he has been awarded millions of dollars in funding from the Departments of Justice, Housing and Urban Development, and the Illinois Department of Public Health by developing implementation grants to establish school safety, environmental hazards identification, building upgrades, and preparedness training, respectively.
Outside of his work at the University, he helped private sector customers for over 20 years and is currently Vice President of Sustainability at Sloan. Dr. Sambanis is responsible for developing, managing, and constantly improving the company's sustainability program. Specifically, this work includes leading global governance, processes, and systems to ensure the company is at the forefront of the industry in its socio-economic systems toward sustainability.
Selected Publications
Sambanis A., Kim S., Osiecki K., Cailas M.D. A new approach to the social vulnerability indices: Decision tree-based vulnerability classification model. Research Brief No. 114. Illinois Prevention Research Center, University of Illinois at Chicago. Chicago, IL. September 2019
Jagai J.S., Grossman E., Navon L., Sambanis A., & Dorevitch S. Hospitalizations for heat-stress illness varies between rural and urban areas: an analysis of Illinois data, 1987–2014. Environ Health 16, 38 (2017) doi:10.1186/s12940-017-0245-1
Stumpf M., Sambanis A., Cailas M., Utilizing HAZUS and PACER SURGE to map and characterize hospitals in Illinois within the New Madrid seismic zone. Progress in Disaster Science. Vol 4. December 2019. doi:10.1016/j.pdisas.2019.100048
Professional Leadership
Vice President of Sustainability, Sloan
Emergency Management and Resilience Planning Program Director, University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health
Notable Honors
2025, Chancellor’s Committee on Sustainability and Energy (CCSE), University of Illinois Chicago - Office of the Chancellor
Education
Ph.D. in Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago
M.S. in Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago
B.S. in Earth and Environmental Science, University of Illinois at Chicago
Professional Memberships
Board of Directors of Illinois Green Alliance
Internal WELL Being Institute - Water Advisory Board
American Public Health Association
Chicago Chapter Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals