All Entries by Rob Mitchum

Chest x-ray grid

July 28, 2023

AI model enables earlier detection of diabetes through chest X-rays 

Model could help physicians detect disease earlier and prevent complications

Two women sitting at a table looking at food items.

July 27, 2023

Diabetes education program receives new grant to expand in Cook County 

A program developed at UIC received $1 million from the CDC to update its model and reach new participants.

A fluorescent microscope image of a red cell with green and blue fibers cutting across.

July 21, 2023

‘Junk DNA’ offers clue to stopping cancer drug’s vascular damage

A team led by UIC’s Sang-Ging Ong uncovered the reason why sunitinib damages blood vessels.

A male scientist poses by a microscope holding a circular cell culture dish.

July 20, 2023

Role of key metabolic enzyme in liver fibrosis defined by UIC scientists  

A team led by Nissim Hay identified a pathway that triggers the organ’s responsible to injury and illness.

Chris Kanich

July 6, 2023

Investigating new threats – and benefits – for online privacy 

Two NSF grants enable computer scientist Chris Kanich to study ad retargeting and privacy labels

A group of men and women pose in a conference room.

June 30, 2023

HIV partner notification program found effective in prisons 

The first test of the model with an incarcerated population saw an increase in HIV testing and diagnosis

June 26, 2023

Virtual doctor visits earn mostly positive reviews from patients

A research team from UIC Business scraped patient reviews to examine what people thought of virtual visits.

June 23, 2023

Chicago Biomedical Consortium names UIC grad among incoming fellows

Entrepreneurial Fellows include Ahmed Disouky, a UIC alumnus who studied Alzheimer’s disease

Students sitting at desk with laptop

June 22, 2023

Learning with the machines

How UIC educators and researchers are exploring the impact of ChatGPT and language models

Barbara Di Eugenio

June 22, 2023

Improving the models — smaller data, bigger dreams 

Researchers from computer science and UIC Business envision the future of large language models

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