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October 17, 2012
Public Health celebrates 40 years of research, serviceThe School of Public Health marks its 40th anniversary this year with events leading up to a gala at the Chicago Cultural Center next spring.
October 17, 2012
Great Cities project gives citizens a say in budgetResidents of four Chicago wards will be empowered to decide how to spend $4 million in taxpayer dollars through a participatory budgeting process coordinated by the Great Cities Institute.
October 17, 2012
Mile Square adds Englewood clinicThe Mile Square Health Center is now providing primary care with an emphasis on women’s and children’s health at the Englewood Clinic on Chicago’s South Side.
October 17, 2012
Students stress importance of keeping college affordableWhen Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon visited UIC last week to talk about keeping college affordable, she met four reasons why it’s important: Sean Suastegui, Swathi Madugula, Jeff Li and Mena Poonaki.
October 17, 2012
Health system ‘making progress’Speaking to a standing-room-only crowd last week, Joe G.N. “Skip” Garcia, university vice president for health affairs, outlined the progress, challenges and opportunities for the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System.
October 17, 2012
Nursing helps improve health services in RwandaUIC is one of five U.S. nursing schools selected to participate in the new Rwanda Human Resources for Health initiative.
October 17, 2012
So you think you can dance your dissertation?If it’s difficult to explain your research to friends, family and the world at large — why not dance it?
October 17, 2012
‘Patients are alive because of what you’re doing’Why take an hour of your day to donate blood? Levarr Butler, 11, is one reason.
October 10, 2012
Moving research from lab to marketOnce researchers have discovered a way to turn basic science into a potentially viable commercial product, they have to actually develop the product.
October 10, 2012
Developing a blood test for heart failureSamuel Dudley is developing a diagnostic blood test that could help save the lives of patients who come to the ER with heart failure.