IMARA to be adapted for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa

With support from the National Institutes of Health, the IMARA program, a sexual education and skills-building program designed to help reduce the incidence of new sexually transmitted infections, will be adapted for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa. This new grant was recently featured on UIC Today  and on the National Institute of Child and [...]

By |2022-01-25T14:57:25-06:00November 29th, 2018|DOM CDIS News|Comments Off on IMARA to be adapted for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa

UIC Anesthesiology Faculty Making News

Newest Member of the Board of ASRA Effrossyni Gina Votta-Velis, MD PhD, was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Dr. Votta-Velis is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology who has research interests in exploring the effects of Local Anesthetics on cancer. She also serves as our Pain Fellowship [...]

By |2018-11-20T14:51:11-06:00November 20th, 2018|Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology - News|Comments Off on UIC Anesthesiology Faculty Making News

Adolescent HIV Prevention and Treatment Implementation Science Alliance (AHISA)

Geri Donenberg, director of the Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science, is a member of the new Adolescent HIV Prevention and Treatment Implementation Science Alliance (AHISA), which aims to enhance the effective use of evidence and help overcome implementation challenges related to prevention, screening and treatment of HIV among adolescents (ages 15 to 24) in sub-Saharan Africa [...]

By |2022-01-25T14:57:12-06:00November 19th, 2018|DOM CDIS News|Comments Off on Adolescent HIV Prevention and Treatment Implementation Science Alliance (AHISA)

Annual Conference 2018, “Challenges in OB/Gyn: Pearls for Practice,” October 26, 2018

Our Annual Conference, “Challenges in OB/Gyn: Pearls for Practice”, held on October 26, 2018, was a resounding success!  Registrants heard from and interacted with national and international Distinguished Faculty who provided state-of-the-art lectures on patient care topics. The Conference began with our Keynote Speaker, Dr. Erica Marsh, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and [...]

By |2018-11-14T11:54:58-06:00November 14th, 2018|OB/GYN - News|Comments Off on Annual Conference 2018, “Challenges in OB/Gyn: Pearls for Practice,” October 26, 2018

“The same code of silence haunts law enforcement and medicine” by Pilar Mercado, MD, featured in the Chicago Tribune

Dr. Pilar Mercado, is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology who serves in our Pediatric Anesthesiology Division. In the November 12, 2018 edition of the Chicago Tribune, she discusses the parallels of culture and practice between law enforcement and medicine and the importance of transparency and accountability in both fields. Please click below for article. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-stress-workplace-culture-police-officers-doctors-1112-story.html

By |2018-11-13T06:45:55-06:00November 13th, 2018|Anesthesiology - News|Comments Off on “The same code of silence haunts law enforcement and medicine” by Pilar Mercado, MD, featured in the Chicago Tribune

Constructing and Pilot Testing a Novel Prostate MRI/US Fusion Biopsy Phantom, Urology. 2018 Oct 23

Caldwell B, Greenwald D, Moreira D, Tain RW, Coogan C, Xie K, Mar W, Pfanner P, Abern M. "Constructing and Pilot Testing a Novel Prostate MRI/US Fusion Biopsy Phantom.",  Urology. 2018 Oct 23 Read abstract >

By |2018-11-02T15:53:22-05:00November 2nd, 2018|Urology Publications|Comments Off on Constructing and Pilot Testing a Novel Prostate MRI/US Fusion Biopsy Phantom, Urology. 2018 Oct 23

Structure⁻Activity Relationship of Piplartine and Synthetic Analogues against Schistosoma mansoni and Cytotoxicity to Mammalian Cells, International journal of molecular sciences, Jun 2018

Campelo Y, Ombredane A, Vasconcelos AG, Albuquerque L, Moreira DC, Plácido A, Rocha J, Hilarion Fokoue H, Yamaguchi L, Mafud A, Mascarenhas YP, Delerue-Matos C, Borges T, Joanitti GA, Arcanjo D, Kato MJ, Kuckelhaus SAS, Silva MPN, Moraes J, Leite JRSA, Iacovelli V. “Structure⁻Activity Relationship of Piplartine and Synthetic Analogues against Schistosoma mansoni and Cytotoxicity [...]

By |2018-11-02T13:55:48-05:00November 2nd, 2018|Urology Publications|Comments Off on Structure⁻Activity Relationship of Piplartine and Synthetic Analogues against Schistosoma mansoni and Cytotoxicity to Mammalian Cells, International journal of molecular sciences, Jun 2018
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