January 2020

Lung Cancer Research to Expand With New Grant

Dr. Neelu Puri The University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford recently received a two-year grant totaling $100,000 from the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois with support from the Dr. Louis and Violet Rubin Fund to continue lung cancer research already underway in Winnebago County and expand it to nearby counties. Previous research [...]

Grant to Help UIC Health Sciences Campus-Rockford Inform Youth of Health Careers

The University of Illinois at Chicago’s Health Sciences Campus-Rockford received a grant for nearly $18,000 that will help to create a Health Careers Pathway Initiative to educate area high school and college students about health care careers. The grant was awarded by the Dr. Louis & Violet Rubin Fund of the Community Foundation of Northern [...]