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
- UIC Innovation Celebration honors researchers’ successful discoveriesby Laura Fletcher on September 16, 2022 at 2:16 pm
Event honors inventions that UIC professors have brought to market
- How many drinks is too many?by Jacqueline Carey on September 12, 2022 at 2:15 pm
New study shows even low doses of alcohol prime brain for addiction
- UIC scientists discover method for restoring memory loss from Alzheimer’s diseaseby Jacqueline Carey on August 19, 2022 at 2:00 pm
Stimulating brain stem cells to produce new neurons could lead to promising therapies.
- Developing antivirals for pandemic-level virusesby Jacqueline Carey on August 8, 2022 at 3:00 pm
UIC awarded $3M NIH grant to establish a center for antiviral drug development
- Behavioral intervention reduces depression, anxiety in adults with obesity by Jacqueline Carey on August 2, 2022 at 4:00 pm
UIC researchers publish new study in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science
- Adaptive weight loss intervention study to test telehealth behavioral interventions by Jacqueline Carey on August 1, 2022 at 3:00 pm
Study funded by $3M NIH grant
- Global transplant program celebrates 10 yearsby Jacqueline Carey on July 18, 2022 at 2:00 pm
UIC head of hematology and oncology honored by national transplantation society
- Implementation strategies underreported in studies of suicide prevention interventionsby Jacqueline Carey on June 15, 2022 at 3:00 pm
New analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry
- A dynamic duo of cells identified in lung blood vesselsby Jacqueline Carey on June 14, 2022 at 2:00 pm
Scientists identify subtypes of lung endothelial cells that promote inflammation, regeneration
- Suicidal thoughts, behaviors linked to hormone-sensitive brain disorderby Jacqueline Carey on June 13, 2022 at 4:00 pm
One-third of people with premenstrual dysphoric disorder attempt suicide