All Faculty

Katherine Warphea

October 10, 2012

Moving research from lab to market

Once researchers have discovered a way to turn basic science into a potentially viable commercial product, they have to actually develop the product.

Samuel Dudley

October 10, 2012

Developing a blood test for heart failure

Samuel Dudley is developing a diagnostic blood test that could help save the lives of patients who come to the ER with heart failure.

Xavier Llor

October 10, 2012

An alternative to colonoscopy

Too many people refuse screenings for colorectal cancer because the tests are uncomfortable and costly. Xavier Llor has a better idea.

Hayat Onyuksel

October 10, 2012

Targeting liver disease with gene therapy

There’s no treatment for liver fibrosis, a disease that kills about 29,000 Americans each year. Hayat Onyuksel and her team of researchers are working to change that.

James Ho

October 10, 2012

Professor wins top 2012 global award

James Ho, professor of information and decision sciences, was named Best Professor in Information Systems at the 2012 World Education Congress Global Awards.

Howard Wial

October 10, 2012

Low wages

“Competing for low wages is not good for American workers, is not good for consumers or companies either, although there is some benefit in the short term.”

October 9, 2012

Simple Test May Ease Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis

A simple new test, in which the patient swallows a string, can monitor treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis as effectively as an invasive, expensive and uncomfortable procedure that risks complications, particularly in children.

October 4, 2012

UIC Conference Marks 250th Anniversary of Rousseau’s Social Contract

Three centuries of human rights theory and practice around the world will be examined and discussed by top scholars and social justice activists at a conference Oct. 17-19 hosted by the University of Illinois at Chicago.

October 3, 2012

UIC Helps Chicago Launch Groundbreaking Budget Process by and for Ward Residents

Beginning this year, four Chicago wards will undertake “participatory budgeting,” a process used by only two other U.S. cities. Ward residents will be empowered to decide directly how to spend $4 million in taxpayer dollars. The University of Illinois at Chicago’s Great Cities Institute will help coordinate the process.

October 3, 2012

Open House at New Mile Square Englewood Clinic

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System is celebrating the newest addition to the Mile Square federally qualified health center network, the Englewood Clinic, with an open house and tour on Oct. 4.

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