Abstract: Bell’s Palsy is the most common cause of facial nerve paralysis. Recent clinical studies have suggested that the causative feature may be a long term thickening of the facial nerve sheath in the mastoid air cell system. Computed Tomography (CT) can easily identify the diameter of the vertical facial nerve in the mastoid [...]
Abstract: Postoperative infection following rhinoplasty is rare but can have detrimental effects on patient outcomes. Although routine use of postoperative antibiotics after rhinoplasty is a widely accepted practice, there is limited data on whether its use in preventing postsurgical complications is efficacious. This retrospective study will involve a medical record review of patients who [...]
New research has found that Chicago neighborhoods with barriers to social distancing, including limited access to broadband internet and low rates of health insurance, had more COVID-19 deaths in spring 2020. The study, led by researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago, is published in the Annals of Epidemiology. “We wanted to look at neighborhood [...]
“Cluster-level adaptive interventions and associated clustered sequentially randomized trial designs” Thursday, January 14th, 2021 11:00AM–12:15 PM via Zoom Register in advance: https://go.uic.edu/CDIS_Colloquium_Jan21 CDIS Colloquium Series Co-Sponsored by CDIS, Richard Weber, and the Center for Clinical and Translational Science Daniel Almirall, PhD Associate Professor Co-Director, Data Science for Dynamic Intervention Decision-making Laboratory (d3lab) Survey Research Center, Institute for [...]
Wednesday, 07 April 2021 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm via Zoom World Health Day Event David Peters MD, PhD Professor, Health Systems Division Edgar Berman Chair in International Health Johns Hopkins University Director, Alliance for a Healthier World
Wednesday, 03 March 2021 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm via Zoom "Description of the Healthcare System in Israel: Implications for COVID Response" Gabi Bin Nun MA Associate Professor in the Department of Health Systems Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev UIC School of Public Health Visiting Scholar* *The SPH Visiting Scholar in Israeli [...]
Dr. Richard Novak, chief of infectious diseases weighs in on how soon you are immune to the coronavirus after receiving the COVID19 vaccine. Click here to read the full article.
Department Alumna, Elise Lippmann, M.D. will be teaching a course at Harvard Medical School in April 2021. Click on the link to register
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