The University of Illinois at Chicago’s Department of Radiology is pleased to announce that Dr. Ron Gaba has been selected as the 2023 UI Health Physician of the Year. Dr. Gaba was chosen from nearly 800 physicians on staff at UI Health. The Physician of the Year embodies the I CARE values of [...]
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Dr. Wali Badar, MD, Receives SIR Foundation 2023 Radiology Resident Research Grant for Detection and Prognostication of HCC through Circulating Genetic Material The Radiology Resident Research Grant is awarded annually by the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Foundation. SIR awards grants to radiology residents located in the U.S. or Canada to fund a research [...]
Two UIC M1 medical students have received the Craig Fellowship for research with our faculty over the summertime. They are Marianna Vakaki, and Alyssa Poentis. Marianna is going to be in the Roth lab, and Alyssa in the Minshall lab. The Craig Fellowship is a competitive award that provides salary support during the M1 [...]
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 [...]
