HEADLINES
8/18/08 - UIC College of Medicine on List of Best Schools for Hispanics
The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine was named one of the Best Schools for Hispanics in the September issue of Hispanic Business magazine. more
8/13/08- Urban Health Program Marks 30 Years of Training Minority Physician
Thirty years ago, the Illinois State Legislature called for the formation of the Urban Health Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago to recruit, retain and graduate students from groups underrepresented in the health professions -- African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans -- who would practice in medically underserved urban areas. more
7/30/08 - String Probes for Devastating Childhood Digestive Disease
A swallowed string may someday replace the invasive, uncomfortable endoscope now used to diagnose a devastating childhood disease of the esophagus. more
7/10/2008 - UIC Psychology Professor Named Humboldt Fellow
Jennifer Wiley, associate professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship for the 2008-09 academic year. More
6/26/2008 - UIC Researchers Make Promising Finding in Severe Lung DiseaseResearchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified a novel function for an enzyme that plays a role in the tissue injury in acute respiratory distress syndrome, also known as ARDS. more
6/24/2008 - UIC Psychiatry Program Honored for Excellence in Clinical Service
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) has named the University of Illinois at Chicago's Behavioral Health and Welfare Program -- part of UIC's Department of Psychiatry and Institute for Juvenile Research -- as the 2008 recipient of the Rieger Service Program Award for Excellence. More..
6/19/2008 - Department of Pathology fellowship in Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine announces two year program in partnership with LifeSource of Chicago.
As of July 1, 2009, the UIC Department of Pathology's fellowship in Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine will become a two year program in partnership with LifeSource of Chicago. More...
6/18/2008 -UIC College of Medicine Confronts Healthcare Risk with Online Patient Safety Leadership ProgramHealthcare professionals now have the opportunity to improve patient safety and manage risk in their organizations with a new online Patient Safety Leadership degree program from the University of Illinois. More...
6/3/2008 - Dr. Allan Friedman performed surgery on Sen. Edward Kennedy yesterday, removing a deadly brain cancer.
UIC Alum Dr. Friedman, one of the top neurosurgeons in the country, graduated from the UIC College of Medicine in 1974. His association with UIC was mentioned in an Associated Press bio picked up by news organizations throughout the country, including the Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald and NPR affliates. The story can be read in the Chicago Tribune More...
5/22/2008 - UIC College of Medicine Leads in Minority Student Research Awards
Four University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine students have been named 2008 participants in the American Society of Hematology's Minority Medical Student Award Program, which encourages minority medical students to purse an interest in hematology research. More...
5/13/2008 - Psychotherapy in a Biblical Light
New online course offered by the University of Illinois at Chicago uses biblical narratives as an alternative to traditional Greek myths as a subtext for psychotherapy. More...
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