Research | Department of Emergency Medicine | University of Illinois College of Medicine

Introduction

Advancing Emergency Medicine Through Research

The UIC Department of Emergency Medicine advances research that improves emergency care, addresses health inequities, strengthens health systems, and extends the impact of the emergency department beyond the immediate encounter. Our investigators lead and contribute to clinical, translational, community-based, and multicenter research across resuscitation science, population health, and emerging areas of digital and data-driven care.

Research Focus Areas

Social Emergency Medicine & Health Equity

Our work examines how social conditions, access to care, and structural inequities shape emergency health outcomes. This includes research in health equity, community and population health, substance use disorders, and cancer disparities
Resuscitation & Acute Care Research

Our work examines sudden cardiac arrest, hemorrhagic shock, hypotension, ischemia-reperfusion injury, and related cardiovascular emergencies. Through CARM, investigators connect basic, translational, clinical, and community-based research to improve survival and translate discoveries into better emergency care.
Digital Health & Data Science

We use technology, data, and computational tools to improve emergency care delivery and decision-making. This work includes digital health, bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
Health Systems & Quality Improvement

We study how emergency care is organized, delivered, and improved across health systems. This includes quality improvement, implementation science, care coordination, and systems-level approaches to improving patient outcomes.

Research by the Numbers FY25

$ 905 K Research funding received in FY25
32 Peer-reviewed publications
25 Presentations, posters and abstracts
19 Grant submissions
8 Federal grant submissions
# 45 Blue Ridge federal research funding ranking, 2024

Research Opportunities and Mentorship

Opportunities are available across the department’s clinical, translational, population health, health systems, digital, education, and global health research.

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