Dauphine Gregory, administrative assistant in the Division of Cardiology, was selected as a recipient of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) 2022 Janice Watkins Award for Distinguished Civil Service. Since 1979, the Janice Watkins Award has been presented annually to Civil Service employees who display extraordinary humanity, diligence, and dedication as UIC employees and community [...]
This project conducted a process evaluation that utilizes ethnographic, survey, and community collaborative methods to determine whether program activities have been implemented as intended. The results of the process evaluation are to improve the quality of services and future activities of the psychosocial programming provided by the Turkish Red Crescent (TRC) for Syrian refugees [...]
Dr. Jeffrey Jacobson is the recipient of UI Health's 2022 Physician of the Year Award! Dr. Jacobson continuously put patients first, collaborates with other departments, respect his peers, and personify the core values of our mission at UI Health. Congratulations!
Congratulations to Dr. Aswathi Jayaram who was recently named the Medical Director of the Ultrasound Unit and Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Department of Obstetrics Gynecology. Since her arrival at UIC, the ultrasound program registered exponential success in improving the diagnosis, detection, and counseling for mothers whose fetuses require special care [...]
Congratulations to Dr. Ayesha Hasan who was recently named the Medical Director of Perinatal Diabetes Clinic and Program at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Department of Obstetrics Gynecology. Since her arrival at UIC our high-risk pregnancy program registered a significant success in improving the diabetes in pregnancy medical care at our institution. Our diabetes [...]
CDIS researchers recently published the process of adapting IMARA, a mother-daughter sexual and reproductive health intervention originally designed for Black adolescent girls aged 14-18 years to meet the needs of early adolescent girls ages 11-13 years. This process included three phases: (i) soliciting feedback from an expert panel and community advisory board; (ii) conducting focus [...]
Save the Date! UI Health and the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism will host it’s annual fundraiser on Saturday, October 1st, 2022 To Register please visit https://runsignup.com/Race/IL/WillowSprings/SweetRide To Donate please visit: https://go.uic.edu/DiabetesDonate
On April 29th – May 1st, UIC Anesthesiology will be traveling to St. Louis, MO to attend the first “live” in-person Midwest Anesthesia Residents Conference since the COVID-19 hit in March, 2020. Whether presenting an interesting case, conducting a poster discussion, serving as a judge or planning future conferences, UIC Anesthesiology is fully involved [...]
Dr. Eva Martinez, Dr. Arun Reddy and Dr. Zachary Weinerman have been elected to become the Department of Anesthesiology Chief Residents for the upcoming 2022-2023 academic year. Our warmest congratulations to the 3 of them!
Erickson Explorer Awardees 2021 Congratulations on the 2022 recipients of the Erickson Explorer Awards! The Erickson Explorer Award supports trainees doing elective rotations in low- and middle-income countries to support humanitarian medical care, advance global health research, or provide capacity building or other educational programs. The support is provided by the founder of the UIC [...]
