College of Medicine: Research
Our research goals are broad and ambitious, as are the needs and hopes of our patients. We aim to advance treatment now, and health in the future, by pursuing both fundamental insights and their application to the practice of medicine. Investigators across the College of Medicine are doing cutting-edge research in clinical medicine, in basic biomedical science, and in the translation of basic findings into clinical practice and societal health. Focus areas include cancer, women’s health, neurosciences, cardiac and vascular medicine, infectious disease, and obesity and diabetes.
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Research in the News
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Americas: a conversation about the situation in Brazil 4-15-21by UIC News staff on April 14, 2021 at 2:00 pm
COVID-19 pandemic in the Americas: a conversation about the situation
- Men with low health literacy less likely to choose active surveillance for prostate cancer after tumor profilingby Jacqueline Carey on April 9, 2021 at 8:00 pm
Tumor profiling has opposite effect among more socially advantaged populations
- Friends of Global Health Development Awards announce first recipients by Lori Botterman on April 6, 2021 at 2:35 pm
UIC's Friends of Global Health has awarded researchers from four countries funds to help them become "Global Health Change Makers"
- Even during a pandemic, ‘Harvey’ continues teaching UIC med studentsby Carlos Sadovi on March 30, 2021 at 2:24 pm
Lifesize manikin helps teach more than 300 medical school students remotely
- UI Health launches ‘two-generation’ clinic for postpartum moms, familiesby Jacqueline Carey on March 25, 2021 at 7:27 pm
Clinic at UIC targets maternal morbidity, mortality rates
- Single cell sequencing enables combination cancer therapyby Jacqueline Carey on March 24, 2021 at 2:07 pm
Individual cancer cells reveal information about potential tumor responses to therapies that can help physicians prescribe more effective, targeted cancer treatment
- ‘Zombie’ genes? Research shows some genes come to life in the brain after deathby Jacqueline Carey on March 23, 2021 at 10:15 am
Post-mortem changes may shed light on important brain studies
- A ‘Match’-making moment for medical studentsby Jacqueline Carey on March 19, 2021 at 4:15 pm
170 UIC students learn residency placements during Match Day event
- UIC researchers discover hidden link between cellular defense systemsby Lori Botterman on March 15, 2021 at 1:00 pm
UIC researchers discovered that heparanase, HPSE is a key regulator of cells’ innate defense mechanisms.
- UIC works with Chicago to deliver vaccinations to city’s most vulnerableby Lori Botterman on March 12, 2021 at 6:00 pm
UI Health's Mile Square Health Center Englewood along with Protect Chicago Plus has opened a temporary COVID-19 vaccination clinic.