Last month, Dr. Humaidan-Zayed was invited to speak as a panelist on immigrant and refugee health at the 4th Annual Health Equity Summit at University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford. Read…
Dr. Jonathan Abaho, a Health Provider Educator from Rwanda, is dedicated to elevating patient care through mentorship and global training. Listen to Jonathan on YouTube Visit the UIC Center for Global Health website
Dr. Indi Trehan joins Better Together to share his journey, sharing pearls about mentorship, how to be effective in capacity-building and research, and creative paths for funding. Read more about this Past Better…
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) students from medicine, law, and public health recently collaborated to investigate toxic exposure and human rights abuses in Tsumeb, Namibia. Read more about this Visit the UIC Center…
UIC Office of Health Literacy|Posted on March 16, 2026
Personal Health Literacy means how well people can find, understand, and use basic health information and services to make good decisions about their health.
In this short video, we follow Dr. Solomiia Hlukhovska, one of the many international trainees who traveled to UIC to take part in our Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program. Listen to Solomiia…
Dr. Waleed Omar, one of the pediatrics residents in the Center for Global Health’s Graduate Global Health Program, recently developed and implemented a project to promote oral health equity for immigrant minors. Read…
Ramaiah Hospital has built its Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) program from the ground up with our partnership and has reached a milestone. Read more about this Visit the UIC Center for Global Health…
Dr. Azhar Faryal highlights how minimally invasive surgery can expand access to quality healthcare across Pakistan, and she hopes to share her expertise by training physicians around the world. Listen to Azhar on…
Dr. Maarten Bosland has facilitated short-term observer internships within the College of Dentistry specifically for dental students from the Dental School at the Kwame Nkrumah University for Science and Technology located in Kumasi,…
Angela Restrepo, Regional Program Manager for Latin America for MedGlobal, discusses treating migrants with lack of access to healthcare in Columbia. Listen to Angela on YouTube Visit the UIC Center for Global Health…
Faculty from the Center for Global Health and Department of Psychiatry, Drs. Mary Bunn, Stevan Weine and Judith Cook, delivered a plenary presentation at the Global Mental Health Summit in Cape Town, South…
Steven Kisingiri with Global Emergency Care speaks on investing in healthcare workers in Uganda to help build a resilient and effective healthcare system. Listen to Steven on YouTube Visit the UIC Center for…
Dr. Paul Blessing is presently instructing the emergency medicine clerkship for 4th-year medical students at the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda. Read more about this Visit the Center for Global Health website.
The Center for Global Health is pleased to recognize GMED students Nancy Kaul and Nihmot Adebayo for their poster presentations at the annual Department of Psychiatry Research Extravaganza. Read more about this Visit the…
In this short reflection, Byron describes how global health training made it possible for him to become a hematologist and work toward establishing bone marrow transplant care in his home country. His story…
The Center for Global Health recently hosted a Global Medicine (GMED) Benefit event, led by GMED Program Director and CGH faculty, Dr. Paul Blessing! Read more about the event Visit the UIC Center…
UIC Office of Health Literacy|Posted on December 18, 2025
Personal Health Literacy means how well people can find, understand, and use basic health information and services to make good decisions about their health.
In 2024, Dr. Victoria Lee received a Cures Within Reach (CWR) grant to study whether topical probiotic sinus irrigations using lactic acid bacteria, a common probiotic used in the gut, can reduce symptoms in difficult-to-treat chronic rhinosinusitis
On Sunday, September 14th, the University of Illinois Physicians Group hosted its second annual 5K Fun Run/Walk at Oakwood Street Beach. Over 100 participants laced up their running shoes and enjoyed a morning…
Each year, the University of Illinois College of Medicine honors select alumni for outstanding contributions in their fields. This year’s award winners range from recipients who have made groundbreaking strides in heart and…
The University of Illinois College of Medicine is proud to share that Dr. Francis Alonzo, PhD, has been named Assistant Dean for Graduate Education effective August 19, 2025.
Dr. Natasha Crooks recently presented a poster at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) 2025 Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. Her presentation highlighted findings from the pilot study IMAGE: An Acceptability…
Join the Illinois State Medical Society for this webinar presented by Ann Borders, MD, from Endeavor Health, and Stacie Geller, PhD, from the University of Illinois Chicago to learn more about the maternal…
As birthing and non-birthing hospitals in Illinois and across the United States shutter their doors, the emergency department is often the only place pregnant and postpartum individuals can receive care.
Senior Researchers Kate Craemer, MPH and Emilie Glass-Riveros, MA attended the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ILPQC) Conference in Springfield, Illinois on May 21, 2025
Catalin Buhimschi, MD, MMS, MBA has been appointed as the new head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBGYN) at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Dr. Buhimschi has served as the department's interim head since August 2021.
Last week we celebrated the graduation of our tenth GMED class! The graduates will be moving on to nine different specialties for their residency training: internal medicine (3), general surgery (3), internal medicine/pediatrics…
