Congratulations Dr. Nancy Freitag
Congratulations Dr. Nancy Freitag for being selected as a University Scholar for 2017-18!
Congratulations Dr. Amy Kenter
Congratulations Dr. Amy Kenter on your promotion to Full Professor!
Drs. Layden and Wicksteed published in Endocrinology
Drs. Brian Layden and Barton Wicksteed recently published in Endocrinology, “Incretin‐Based Therapies: Revisiting Their Mode of Action”, highlighting now an important class of diabetes and obesity drug works. The full article can be found on the Endocrinology website at https://academic.oup.com/endo/article/158/6/1560/3859567/
AIM Research in Practice Seminar Talk Monday, September 25, 2017
“Outcomes of a Clinical Pharmacist ‐ Community Health Worker Team to Address Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes” Speaker: Lisa K. Sharp, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Systems Outcomes and Policy, College of Pharmacy University of Illinois Chicago Monday, September 25, 2017 – 12:00pm – 1:00pm COMRB Room 2175 909 S Wolcott A light lunch [...]
Save the Date! UI Health Heart Walk
Heart Walk season is in full effect! Save The Date: 09.22.17. The Heart Walk is the American Heart Association's premiere event for raising funds to save lives from this country's No. 1 and No. 5 killers - heart disease and stroke. To learn more or join our team visit http://www2.heart.org/goto/UIC_HeartAndSole
Dr. Kevin Haas receives Respiratory Health Association Award
Dr. Kevin Haas received a Respiratory Health Association (RHS) award for his research entitled “Pulmonary Nodule Diagnostic and Therapeutic Timeliness Study (PuNDiTT)”. On hand to present the award were Mr. Joel Africk, President & Chief Executive Officer of Respiratory Health Association and DOM faculty Dr. Kevin Kovitz (Pulmonary) and Dr. Lawrence Feldman (Hematology/Oncology). The RHA [...]
2017 Academy Health Annual Research Meeting (ARM)
Denise Hynes, PhD, MPH, RD, along with Ifeanyi “Beverly” Chukwudozie, MPH, presented posters at the 2017 Academy Health Annual Research Meeting (ARM) held June 25th through June 27th in New Orleans, LA. ARM shares important finds, showcases the latest evidence, and moves research into action to improve health and health care. The meeting features compelling [...]
Trial to compare injection to daily pills for HIV prevention
The University of Illinois at Chicago will begin recruiting participants for a clinical trial to compare the efficacy of a newly-developed injectable drug to prevent new infections of the HIV virus with Truvada, the only FDA-approved drug currently available to prevent the spread of HIV. Truvada, approved in 2012, is a pill that is taken [...]
Growing Transplantation Program
In the latest UI Health News video, Dr. Barish hosts Dr. Enrico Benedetti, head of the Department of Surgery, and Dr. David Perkins, director of research for transplantation at UIC, to discuss UI Health's growing transplantation program. The Division of Transplantation is one of the premier transplant programs in Chicago and Illinois and last year [...]
New PET-CT Scan Improves Detection of Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Using a new imaging technique that can diagnose cardiac sarcoidosis much more accurately than traditional tests, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have found that the disease affects other organs in 40 percent of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis. The findings are published in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease that [...]