Dr. Erin Hickey is providing inclusive care for patients with disabilities in two ways and recently helped open UI Health’s Lifespan Disability Clinic on Chicago’s southwest side. There, patients with disabilities can access…
Two new grants awarding over $10 million to UIC will help Dr. Jun Ma and colleagues investigate the use of a smartphone app, an AI voice assistant and other technologies to diagnose and…
Dr. Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, weighed in on a new blood test for colon cancer screening! “There’s a lot of people who have early…
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) announced that Heather L. Heiman, MD, has been appointed to the Board of Directors for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2024. The Board of Directors sets the…
A new center at the University of Illinois Chicago dedicated to maternal health research will try to reduce health inequities in maternal morbidity and mortality with an $11 million, six-year grant from the…
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Illinois Chicago a U54 grant to expand its Maternal Health Research Centers of Excellence. Launched last year as part of NIH’s Implementing a…
Awarded by the National Institutes of Health, the Centers of Excellence develop and evaluate innovative approaches to reduce pregnancy-related complications & deaths and promote maternal health equity CHICAGO – U.S. Senate Majority Whip…
“CDIS faculty, Julie Bobitt, PhD and Dennis Watson, PhD and colleagues recently published an article in the Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) Education and Training Journal on “Incorporating implementation science principles into curricular design.”
T32 Precision Lifestyle Medicine and Translation Research (PREMIER) Postdoctoral Training Program at the University of Illinois Chicago The program objective is to provide postdoctoral fellows who aspire to be both independent investigators and…
We wish to congratulate our faculty that received awards at the 2024 Internal Medicine Graduation! Pilz Attendings of the Year: Ashley Binder Dustin Fraidenburg Recognized for Teaching excellence: Ashley Binder Tirsa Marien Ferrer…
The UIC Sickle Cell Center received Illinois Department of Public Health grant funding to support mental health care for patients with sickle cell disease. This is in collaboration with Drs. Santosh Saraf, Christopher…
Dr. Zeenat Farooq was the recipient of the Outstanding Abstract Award by The Endocrine Society for her abstract titled “Understanding the role of the novel hexokinase HKDC1 in Alzheimer’s disease”. Congratulations Dr. Farooq!
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Ana Ricardo, a distinguished physician at the University of Illinois College of Medicine (UICOM), has been selected for the esteemed Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Faculty Inductee…
(Chicago, 5.10.2024) – The University of Illinois Chicago Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Doyinsade Awodele has been selected by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to participate as one of…
Dr. Zeenat Farooq is the first recipient of the new Postdoctoral Scholar of the Year award, honoring her work on the connections between diabetes and dementia. Dr. Farooq is a postdoctoral research associate…
The Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium (Big Ten CRC) recently appointed Oana Danciu, MD, as chair of the consortium’s steering committee. Dr. Danciu is associate director of clinical research at the University of…
University of Illinois Cancer Center member and Department of Medicine faculty Md. Wasim Khan, PhD, is the Principal Investigator on a newly funded $1.6 million U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Award with…
The Illinois State Medical Society awarded Dr. Shikha Jain with its 2024 Physician Leader of the Year Award. The society presents the award each year to an Illinois physician who shows an extraordinary…
