All Health Sciences Colleges

March 15, 2021

UIC researchers discover hidden link between cellular defense systems

UIC researchers discovered that heparanase, HPSE is a key regulator of cells’ innate defense mechanisms.

Sania White gets her first shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Mile Square Health Center in Englewood.

March 12, 2021

UIC works with Chicago to deliver vaccinations to city’s most vulnerable

UI Health’s Mile Square Health Center Englewood along with Protect Chicago Plus has opened a temporary COVID-19 vaccination clinic.

March 4, 2021

UIC nursing, pharmacy and education rank among top global programs according to ‘QS World University Rankings’

Three University of Illinois Chicago programs nursing program have been named one of the top 100 in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2021.

March 1, 2021

4D bioengineering materials bend, curve like natural tissue

Study published in Advanced Science

Nadera Sweiss

February 25, 2021

UIC researchers find new biomarker for active sarcoidosis

The researchers looked at the medical records of 58 patients – mostly African American – diagnosed with sarcoidosis

February 24, 2021

New shape-changing 4D materials hold promise for morphodynamic tissue engineering

Shape-changing scaffold for tissue engineering

Natasha Crooks

February 19, 2021

Researchers publish call to action for research ethics in the time of COVID-19 and BLM

Calls for new standards to engage continued research with Black communities

Lee Friedman

February 18, 2021

Heroin, fentanyl fuel rising mortality rates in opioid deaths

UIC/CCDPH report shows increased deaths among Black residents, lower hospitalizations, deaths among Latinx residents

illustration of a DNA double helix

February 16, 2021

UIC researchers invent new gene-editing tool

New process uses special molecules called ‘proGuides’

February 15, 2021

New diversity effort for UI Health

Funding from Blue Cross Blue Shield Illinois’ health equity incentive program

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