University of Illinois at Rockford - College of Medicine

11/5/09 - The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford celebrates Nurse Practitioner Week, November 8 – 14, 2009.   More...

11/4/09 - The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford is pleased to announce that Alesia Hawkins, PhD, will be joining the faculty as director of research in the department of family and community medicine (DFCM).   More...

James A. Powers, Jr., LCSW, researcher with the Health Systems Research Department at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, was honored with the National Association of Social Workers Illinois Chapter’s 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award.   More...

Children up to age 10 are invited to attend a "Healthy Halloween Party" on Saturday, October 31 from 1 - 3 p.m. in the lobby of the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford.  More...

The College of Medicine is pleased to announce that Frank J. Nicolosi, MD, JD, has joined with Atisak Sapying, MD, David Pocock, MBBS, MRCP, Paul Reith, MD, and Nurse Practitioner Gail Brick to provide university level care for patients our Belvidere clinic.   More...

6/26/09 - The departments of family and community medicine and biomedical sciences at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford have been awarded a $75,000 grant from the Dr. Louis and Violet Rubin Fund of the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois,” said Vivek Kantayya, MD, interim head of family and community medicine at the College.  More...

Rockford, IL - University of Illinois at Chicago’s Cancer Center director, Dr. Gary D. Kruh, has announced that 10 pilot project grant applications will be funded in their first Cancer Center pilot grant program cycle. Neelu Puri, assistant professor in the biomedical science department   More...

Mian-Ying Wang, MD, research associate professor in the department of pathology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, gave a presentation entitled “Morinda citrifolia (noni) and Cancer Prevention” at the National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM) in Bethesda, MD, on Wednesday, June 10, 2009.   More...

Ramaswamy Kalyanasundarum, PhD, professor and head of the department of biomedical sciences at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, has been selected to receive a 2009 UIC INSPIRE Award. The award is given by the University of Illinois Alumni Association based on one’s integrity, nurture, service, pride, intellect, respect and excellence.   More...

The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford is partnering with the Winnebago and Boone County Health Departments, as well as the area hospitals, schools and physician’s offices in emergency planning and distribution of information regarding the H1N1, or Swine flu, influenza.   More...

Vivek S. Kantayya, MD, FAAFP, has been appointed interim head of the department of family and community medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford. Kantayya also serves as a family physician at the University Primary Care Clinic in Mt. Morris and   More...

3/30/09 – Registration is underway for the fall semester in a new certificate program in public health practice being offered at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford. During National Public Health Week, the College of Medicine will be hosting an Open House to introduce the community to public health issues and the certificate program.  More...

Rockford, Ill. - The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford has been re-designated as a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Developing Sustainable Human Resources for Health. The designation comes from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO).   More...