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
- Inner ear has a need for speedby Jacqueline Carey on January 23, 2023 at 6:39 pm
New study uncovers how a unique, fast synapse keeps us from falling
- Salmonella exposure a risk for colon cancerby Jacqueline Carey on January 17, 2023 at 3:30 pm
Study shows exposure is an environmental risk factor
- Are older women being over-screened for cervical cancer?by Jacqueline Carey on November 28, 2022 at 7:00 pm
JAMA Internal Medicine study looks at rates among women over 65
- HIV, AIDS training center at UIC goes national with help of $3M grant by Jacqueline Carey on October 26, 2022 at 2:00 pm
Center will use funds for training in patient care
- New enzyme inhibitor shows promise for treating cancers, autoimmune diseasesby Jacqueline Carey on October 25, 2022 at 2:00 pm
Discovery reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie
- Making weight loss surgery easier for patientsby Jacqueline Carey on October 20, 2022 at 9:47 pm
UI Health surgeons perform first SinglePort robotic sleeve gastrectomy
- Rural health education center in Illinois gets $6.5Mby Jacqueline Carey on October 3, 2022 at 3:00 pm
UIC's medical school in Rockford addresses critical health care workforce challenges in rural, underserved communities in Illinois
- 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.