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…
Dmitri Azar, dean of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, explains that translational medicine — from the research bench to the hospital bedside and out into the greater community — is the…
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…
Dr. Luan Phan has tremendous hope for military veterans suffering from PTSD. As the director of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders clinical and research programs at the University of Illinois College of Medicine,…
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.…
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…
More than 1,200 undergraduate and 933 graduate students received their degrees December 10. Two ceremonies were held at the UIC Pavilion to recognize students who graduated after summer and fall semesters. Seventeen “Golden…
Members of the Chicago Circle Campus Class of 1966 returned to campus June 18 for the reinstallation of a class gift on the 50th anniversary of their graduation. As Chicago Circle Campus alumnus…
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.…
