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December 5, 2012
Research experience, plus a paycheckGet paid to learn – that’s the idea for the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Awards.
December 5, 2012
Students honored as ‘future care scholars’Two UIC students — one in medicine, the other in nursing — are among 40 health care students nationwide to be named 2012 Tylenol Future Care Scholars.
November 28, 2012
MRI system a powerful tool for bioengineering researchUIC has a powerful new research tool: a 9.4 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging system that helps engineers and scientists study a range of bioengineering problems.
November 28, 2012
Renowned Mexican singer recovering after robotic surgeryRenowned Mexican singer Vicente Fernández Gómez traveled from his home country to undergo robotic surgery at the UI Hospital Nov. 8.
November 27, 2012
Mexican Singer Vicente Fernández Gómez Receives Life-Saving Surgery at UI HospitalRenowned Mexican singer Vicente Fernández Gómez underwent a robotic left hepatectomy, a surgical procedure to remove a portion of the liver, Nov. 8 at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System.
November 20, 2012
Conference Focuses on Emerging Health Issues in Underrepresented Minorities“Bridging the Gap: Emerging Health Issues in Underrepresented Minorities,” a symposium for clinicians, healthcare leaders and basic researchers to raise awareness of disparities in minority health care and provide viable emerging treatment options.
November 16, 2012
Photo-switch for nerve cells in eye and brainUIC research could be a first step to overcoming degenerative eye diseases or to quieting epileptic seizures.
November 13, 2012
Glaucoma Specialist Named Head of Ophthalmology at UICDr. Rohit Varma, a leading eye specialist and epidemiologist at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, has been named head of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, pending approval by the UI Board of Trustees.
November 8, 2012
New, Improved Mouse Model of Human Alzheimer’s May Enable Drug DiscoveryResearchers have developed a transgenic mouse that carries a human gene known to increase risk of Alzheimer’s 15-fold. The new mouse, which mimics the genetics of the human disease more closely than any existing model, provides new evidence for the earliest cause of Alzheimer’s and may prove more useful in the development of drugs to prevent or treat the disease.
November 2, 2012
Medical students bring free health screenings to PilsenShe’s not yet a doctor, but Anayatzy Franco is already helping people get healthier. Once a month, she joins about 50 other UIC medical students who volunteer at a neighborhood church, giving advice and providing free health screenings.