UI Health doctors to study new diagnostic test for preeclampsia in Africa
Read more about Dr. Irina Buhimschi and Dr. Gelila Goba's study: https://today.uic.edu/ui-health-doctors-to-study-new-diagnostic-test-for-preeclampsia-in-africa
Dr. Gelila Goba Appointed to the FIGO Committee on Well Woman Health Care
In December 2021 our faculty Dr. Gelila Goba was invited to serve as full member of International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Committee on Well Woman Health Care. This is a significant honor for our Institution and Department! Congratulations Dr. Goba! Read more about the Committee on Well Woman Health Care here: https://www.figo.org/what-we-do/figo-divisions-committees/committee-well-woman-health
Dr. Gelila Goba received the Chicago Medical Student Council Faculty Award
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 [...]
UIC Global Women’s Health at 10th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health (March 2019)
The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) supports academic institutions and partners to improve the wellbeing of people and the planet through education, research, service, and advocacy. The 10th Annual CUGH conference was held from March 8-10, 2019, at the Hilton Chicago Hotel. Host institutions included the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Herida, Northwestern [...]
UIC OBGYN Department welcomes Jessica George as incoming Global Women’s Health Fellow (February 2019)
Dr. Jessica George grew up in Lincolnshire, Illinois, and attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After her undergraduate studies, Dr. George joined Teach for America and taught high school biology in Louisiana. After Teach for America, Dr. George attended the University of Illinois at Chicago for her medical education. During medical school, [...]
Dr. Gelila Goba Named First Martin-Peterson Awardee (December 2017)
Congratulations to Gelila Goba, MD, MPH, the first recipient of the Martin-Peterson Global Health Scholar Award! Dr. Goba has spent more than 20 years dedicated to improving women’s healthcare in Ethiopia and the United States. Her commitment to women’s health was shaped by growing up in Ethiopia in the 1970s/80s, when women had [...]