After completing an undergraduate science degree in Florida and working summers at the Manatee Reservoir water treatment plant as a field sampler and lab analyst, Robert Kay, DrPH, (MPH ’78) was hired as…
Phillip Squibb was the primary earner for his small but growing family when he quit his job as a special education teacher in Chicago to earn his Master of Social Work degree from…
Born in Mexico and raised in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, medical student Alexandra Cano wants to apply everything she’s learned at the University of Illinois College of Medicine to improve the health of…
As an internationally recognized expert in male reproduction and prostate disease, Dr. Gail Prins spearheaded the effort to bring awareness to the potential harm of BPA and its use especially in plastic packaging.…
Right now, the University of Illinois College of Medicine and its Cancer Center are revolutionizing the way our communities approach treatment for cancer. Director of the UI Cancer Center and Associate Vice President…
Through a generous $2.5 million grant, Medtronic Philanthropy fostered the Illinois Heart Rescue (IHR) collaboration. Physicians from the University of Illinois College of Medicine spearhead the collaboration between the Chicago Fire Department, EMS…
The UIC department of surgery, in partnership with the department of neurosurgery, broke ground December 12 on a new expanded surgical and robotic surgery training center. Both departments are well-known innovators in surgical…
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD M. Christine Schwartz, ’70 BSN M. Christine Schwartz For years, the lobby inside the UIC College of Nursing building on Damen Avenue was a tired, disjointed mess, punctuated by…
Imagine needing to perform a surgery looking through the tunnel of a microscope. You need to manipulate your surgical tools within the space of a pea or less, and there’s no tactile feedback.…
