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 launches COVID-19 research registryby Jacqueline Carey on July 16, 2020 at 2:00 pm
Registry provides new ’service, then research’ infrastructure
- New antiplatelet drug shows promise for treating heart attackby Jacqueline Carey on July 15, 2020 at 6:15 pm
Peptide-derived nanoparticle shows promise in lab
- Eight UIC students selected for Schweitzer Fellowshipsby Jacqueline Carey on July 8, 2020 at 2:08 pm
Projects address the health needs of underserved Chicago communities
- UIC study identifies key molecule involved in acute respiratory distress syndromeby Jacqueline Carey on June 24, 2020 at 1:30 pm
Findings may help alleviate lung distress in diseases like COVID-19
- Study unveils new mechanism for long-distance cell communicationby Jacqueline Carey on June 17, 2020 at 8:00 pm
New insights could advance therapeutics targeting diseases
- COVID-19 vaccine to be tested in UIC clinical trialby Jacqueline Carey on June 15, 2020 at 2:00 pm
UIC is the only site in Chicago selected for phase 3 clinical trial
- Adult stem cell study shows fish oil may help with depressionby Jacqueline Carey on June 11, 2020 at 2:30 pm
UIC researchers use stem cells from adults with depression to test treatments
- Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics at UIC receives $8M from NIHby Jacqueline Carey on June 4, 2020 at 7:30 pm
Continued research will test alcohol effects on whole epigenome and brain function
- UIC’s campus-wide COVID-19 effortsby Carlos Sadovi on June 4, 2020 at 3:00 pm
Assisting patients, providers during the pandemic
- Does estrogen influence alcohol use disorder?by Jacqueline Carey on June 1, 2020 at 5:15 pm
Estrogen pathways may help increase feelings of reward in response to alcohol