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
- Study shows contact with police may be detrimental to health, well-being of Black youthby Jacqueline Carey on September 9, 2021 at 6:00 pm
Researchers say health care and law enforcement communities must work together
- Protein receptor in endothelial cells promotes lung healingby Jacqueline Carey on August 30, 2021 at 4:43 pm
Drugs that target receptor may prevent inflammatory lung injury
- Medical student’s research links benzene exposure and non-Hodgkin lymphomaby Jacqueline Carey on August 30, 2021 at 3:26 pm
Study published in Lancet Planetary Health
- New study planned to help understand oral health outcomes for children in low-income areasby Lori Botterman on August 18, 2021 at 2:00 pm
Long-term study expands on previous data about pediatric oral health outcomes
- UIC announces students, alumni offered Fulbright awards for 2021-2022by Brian Flood on August 11, 2021 at 4:00 pm
Four offered the prestigious opportunity to study, conduct research and teach abroad
- UIC awarded $6 million to develop potential COVID-19 treatmentby Jacqueline Carey on July 28, 2021 at 2:00 pm
U.S. Department of Defense grant supports pre-clinical research studies
- UIC’s IGNITE, SPARKS programs receive $5M in federal fundsby Lori Botterman on July 21, 2021 at 1:30 pm
The funding for UIC's Urban Youth Trauma Center programs will help prevention and intervention services for vulnerable youth.
- Machine learning algorithm predicts how genes are regulated in individual cellsby Jacqueline Carey on June 30, 2021 at 5:00 pm
New models can help researchers identify key gene regulators in health and disease
- Next-generation sequencing of community-based COVID-19 samples to detect emerging variantsby Jacqueline Carey on June 28, 2021 at 3:00 pm
UIC researchers expand testing and study SARS-CoV-2 strains in Chicago's Black, Latino neighborhoods
- UIC research identifies potential pathways to treating alcohol use disorder, depressionby Lori Botterman on June 14, 2021 at 4:00 pm
Researchers find a link between STAT3 protein and alcohol withdrawal-related depression.