Please join us as our Global Medicine (GMED) Class of 2021 present their final capstone projects on April 30th from 1-4pm GMED is one of the Scholarly Concentration Programs offered by the UIC College of Medicine, and these capstone presentations are the culmination of 4 years of participation in this program by our students [...]
Wednesday, 05 April 2021 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm via Zoom Register HERE (required) "Building Service Capacity and Addressing Service Needs Among Refugees With Disabilities in Illinois" Mansha Mirza, PhD, OTR/L, MSHSOR Associate Professor, Dept of Occupational Therapy College of Applied Health Sciences, UIC Rooshey Hasnain, Ed.D., MA. Clinical Assistant Professor Department of [...]
We received the UIC Chancellor’s Translational Research Initiative (CTRI) Award to develop a saliva-based diagnostic assay for COVID-19 screening. Xin is the PI of this grant.
UIC Anesthesiology is proud to announce our MARC 2021 Award –Winning presentations: David Betancourth, MD Airway —2nd Place Eva Martinez, MD OB —1st Place Matthew Moynihan, DO General —3rd Place Stephen Riutta, MD OB —2nd Place Matthew Strope, DO OB —3rd Place Ayden Zarkhah, MD CVT —2nd Place You'll find the [...]
Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, proclaimed April 21, 2021, to be SARCOIDOSIS DAY IN CHICAGO to raise awareness about sarcoidosis and encourage all residents to support the vital work done by those working to diagnose and treat sarcoidosis.
Dr. Helen Lee, was featured in the April 12,2021 edition of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Community. In the article, “Member Spotlight: Dr. Helen Lee on the Health-Equity Crisis in Pediatric Dental Care,” she discusses her research at the intersection of medicine and dentistry, with a strong focus on the young patients who are disproportionately [...]
Our Department has a strong virtual presence at this year’s Midwest Anesthesia Residents Conference (MARC 2021). Whether presenting an interesting case, serving as a judge or planning future conferences, UIC Anesthesiology is fully involved in all aspects of MARC 2021. Below is a link to our list of resident presentations: MARC 2021 UIC Anesthesiology Presentations
Dr. Ali Kord was presented with the prestigious 2020-2021 RSNA Roentgen Resident Research Award this year. This is a competitive award which only a few residents across North America received in 2020. Recipients have shown exemplary activities related to radiologic research, and are on course for receiving research grants from RSNA and other sources. “Ali [...]
Dr. Gelila Goba, was honored on April 14, 2021 with the Chicago Medical Student Council Faculty Award (Dr. Pulido Award) for this past academic year. The Pulido Award for Excellence in Medical Education in Surgery is to acknowledge outstanding teaching of medical [...]
Kate Merrill, PhD, CDIS Post-Doctoral Fellow, published “‘So hurt and broken’: A qualitative study of experiences of violence and HIV outcomes among Zambian youth living with HIV” in Global Public Health. The article summarizes the findings from in-depth interviews with adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Ndola, Zambia, to better understand the relationship between violence [...]
