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May 22, 2013
Seven UIC students named Schweitzer FellowsUnderserved communities to benefit from year-long service learning programs
May 21, 2013
New ways to provide health care for complex casesPatient-Centered Research Institute funds two UIC projects
May 21, 2013
Anthropologist Crystal Patil works for a better worldCrystal Patil thought she wanted to be a nurse – until she took her first anthropology course
April 16, 2013
Individualized care more effective, study findsPatients’ health outcomes improve when physicians pay attention to their patients’ life circumstances.
April 15, 2013
Patients go undercover to record encounters with doctorsStudy finds improved outcomes when physicians consider patients’ life circumstances.
April 3, 2013
Using technology to train health care professionalsNew grant expands interprofessional education.
March 28, 2013
NIH official to discuss health disparitiesMinority health will be the focus of April 10 Chancellor’s Lecture Series event.
February 22, 2013
UI Health opens Brighton Park clinicA new health center offers much-needed care in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood.
February 21, 2013
Minority health conference targets health disparitiesResearchers, community leaders and students gather to address health disparities.
November 5, 2012
U.S. Hispanics at High Risk for Cardiovascular DiseaseHispanics and Latinos living in the U.S. are highly likely to have several major cardiovascular disease risk factors, such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and smoking, according to a new, large-scale study.