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…
Dr. Hunter Holt, a current BIRCWH Scholar was featured in a December 2022 article for the New York Times entitled “Why Many Older Women Are Getting Pap Tests They Don’t Need.” Dr. Holt co-authored a…
Society for Women’s Health Research presented the Health Education Visionary Award to Dr. Pauline Maki on April 26, 2023. Dr. Maki serves as Senior Director of Research at the University of Illinois Chicago…
On April 17, 2023, the University of Illinois Center for Research of Women and Gender along with Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health program and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology hosted…
The Department of Medicine Inclusion Council honors and celebrates the accomplishments of Paula Allen-Meares, PhD. Dr. Allen-Meares may be best known for her tenure as Chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago from 2009 - 2015 where she served
Dr. Pauline Maki is featured in a New York Times article entitled “Women Have Been Misled About Menopause.” The article details current research on menopause. Dr Maki’s research on hot flashes and cognitive decline in…
The Center for Research on Women and Gender unequivocally denounces the Supreme Court’s decision as intentionally harmful and catastrophic to the health and wellbeing of millions of Americans.
