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 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.
- Microgel coating gives donor cells a boost in reversing pulmonary fibrosisby Jacqueline Carey on June 8, 2021 at 1:00 pm
Single cell encapsulation in gel can optimize cell-based therapy
- UIC leads new collaborative to reduce COVID-19 disparitiesby Jacqueline Carey on May 24, 2021 at 2:30 pm
NIH funds work to improve community vaccinations, testing, and engagement in clinical research
- Researchers use environmental data to assess prostate cancer diagnosis factorsby Lori Botterman on May 20, 2021 at 6:00 pm
Researchers use SEER and EQI databases to study associations between environmental quality and prostate cancer aggressiveness
- Why is it so hard to withdraw from some antidepressants?by Lori Botterman on May 19, 2021 at 8:22 pm
New research provides clues
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Americas: a conversation about the situation in Mexico 5-17-21by UIC News staff on May 15, 2021 at 2:00 pm
COVID-19 pandemic in the Americas: a conversation about the situation