Pavitra Kotini Shah, MD, Associate Professor in Dept. of Emergency Medicine at UIC and former BIRCWH scholar is the winner of the 2024 Max Harry Weil Early Career Award for Resuscitation Science by…
BIRCWH alum Dr. Beatriz Penalver-Bernabe, PhD and Dr. Janine Clayton, M.D., FARVO, NIH Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health and Director, NIH ORWH attended the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) meeting in Baltimore,…
In September, Dr. Jonathan Samet joined UI COM for the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series. In a talk entitled “How Do We Know What We Know? Integrating Evidence for Action,” Dr. Samet discussed the…
From September 19-21, 2024, the University of Illinois College of Medicine held its annual reunion activities and celebrated with alumni from 14 different graduating classes. Guests met with current students, visited the Art…
On September 14, 2024 in Faculty Alumni Hall, the new class of GPPA Medical Scholars convened for its 2024 orientation. The GPPA Medical Scholars are UIC Honors College students with a guaranteed entrance…
Location: CMWT 227 Irwin Auditorium The GPPA Medical Scholars Program welcomed the twenty-eighth cohort of incoming first year GPPA Medical Scholars at the 2024 Oath and Fleece Ceremony and Reception.
University of Illinois System President Timothy Killeen recently visited the 55th and Pulaski Health Collaborative on his annual tour of the state. The Health Collaborative is a vital resource for Chicago’s Gage Park…
As Chicago’s largest and most diverse university, UIC is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment and has taken proactive steps to support digital accessibility. The University of Illinois College of Medicine is fully…
Actress Halle Berry was joined by a group of bipartisan senators on Capitol Hill Thursday to push for legislation that would put $275 million towards research and education around menopause. Read More
Dr. Irina Buhimschi, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at University of Illinois Chicago, has always been a connector. In her research on the biological causes of pregnancy complications such as preterm birth and preeclampsia,…
A new center at the University of Illinois Chicago dedicated to maternal health research will try to reduce health inequities in maternal morbidity and mortality with an $11 million, six-year grant from the…
On April 17, 2024, the Center for Research on Women and Gender along with the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health program, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Cancer Center…
The IL Maternal Health Task Force (Task Force), organized by I PROMOTE-IL, held their last meeting on June 5th, 2024. The Task Force came together to celebrate everything they have accomplished over the…
Rural facilities that no longer provide planned maternity care face challenges in providing safe, high-quality services to pregnant, birthing, and postpartum people who arrive needing care.
The University of Illinois College of Medicine (UI COM) was recently awarded a five-year grant to continue its Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), educating exceptional students for careers as physician-scientists. As one of…
Dr. Pauline Maki was featured in the New York Time article “How Menopause Changes the Brain.” Dr. Maki co-authored a study on menopause and dementia risk in older women. Read more on the…
Rob Mitchum, rmitchum@uic.edu|Posted on March 20, 2024
Until recently, families of infants diagnosed with Krabbe disease had few options. The neurological condition, also known as globoid cell leukodystrophy, usually strikes children in their first months of life, and is fatal…
The First Lady and Ms. Berry teamed up to come to UIC to bring continued visibility to the first-ever White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, and to showcase the work of Dr.…
Dear All, It is our great pleasure to announce that Dr. Qingfei Luo joined the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR) and the Department of Radiology as Research Assistant Professor. Qingfei received his PhD degree in Medical Physics…
Katherine Craemer, MPH, presented our work developing the Maternal Health Emergency Department Toolkit as part of the panel “Emergency Obstetric Care Models/Solutions Panel” on August 2nd, 2023. The presentation discussed organizing over 30…
