March 23, 2011 Sandeep Jain, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Corneal Neurobiology Laboratory has received start-up funding for a project with Craig Foster, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Civil and Materials Engineering Department from the UIC Chancellor's Discovery Fund for Multidisciplinary Pilot Research. The project aims to develop a new [...]
March 14, 2011 Dr. Ben Ticho with patientBenjamin Ticho, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, was recently appointed to the Executive Committee of the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG), a collaborative network of physicians who participate in clinical research in strabismus, amblyopia and other eye disorders that affect children. Dr. Ticho sees pediatric [...]
March 10, 2011 Dr. Dimitri AzarJerry L. Bauman, Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost, announced today the appointment of Dimitri T. Azar as Interim Dean of the College of Medicine, effective May 1, 2011, pending Board of Trustees approval. Dr. Azar is currently Head of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science [...]
