Dr. Rachel Caskey was awarded the Chancellor’s COVID-19 Response Award!  This prestigious campus-wide honor recognizes contributions of UIC/ UIH employees who serve as first responders or who have significantly contributed to maintaining campus operations during this unprecedented time. Congratulations Dr. Rachel Caskey!       More News

Left to Right: Drs. Patricia Finn (Chair of Medicine), Jonathan Radosta, Rachel Caskey (Chief of Academic Internal Medicine) On Wednesday, August 5, Dr. Jonathan Radosta was surprised with a UI Health CARE Award. Recipients of the CARE Award have demonstrated the following: Demonstrates the core values of UI Health: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and [...]

Dr. Rachel Caskey, associate professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine, was chosen as a recipient of the 2019 UIC Distinguished Researcher and Scholar of the Year Award. The Research and Scholarship Annual Award competition celebrates the efforts and commitment of individuals who are making exceptional progress advancing knowledge in their areas of research and [...]

Dr. Alana Biggers, assistant professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine, was chosen as a recipient of the 2019 UIC Rising Star Researcher and Scholar of the Year Award. The Research and Scholarship Annual Award competition celebrates the efforts and commitment of individuals who are making exceptional progress advancing knowledge in their areas of research [...]

A $9.5 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration will help the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Illinois Department of Public Health improve maternal outcomes in Illinois. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pregnancy-related mortality has increased steadily over the last 30 years. The number of deaths [...]

Univision Chicago interviewed Dr. Olga Garcia-Bedoya, associate professor of medicine in the division of academic internal medicine, about the All of Us Research Program and the unveiling a new mobile research clinic. Watch the story online: https://bit.ly/2YevNQg UIC’s All of Us Research Program is part of the Illinois Precision Medicine Consortium. All of Us is [...]

An intervention combining behavioral weight loss treatment and problem-solving therapy with as-needed antidepressant medication for participants with co-occurring obesity and depression improved weight loss and depressive symptoms compared with routine physician care, according to an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Obesity and depression commonly occur together. Approximately 43 percent of adults with [...]