Congratulations to Sydney Mathis, MD candidate 2024, whose submission entitled Same-Day Virtual Reality Surgical Planning and Intraoperative Navigation: A New Surgical Workflow for Craniofacial Trauma and Reconstruction was accepted for presentation at the 90th Annual Plastic Surgery The Meeting 2021, taking place in Atlanta this Octo Sydney Mathis, M2 ber. The Office of [...]
The Office of Research is now accepting applications for the 2022 Bridge Funding cycle. Bridge funding is intended to provide short-term financial support to sustain the research programs, laboratories, and momentum of productive researchers during funding gaps to give them a chance to regain extramural funding. Bridge funding is targeted to all members of the [...]
Dr. Manorama Khare Manorama Khare, PhD, recently received the Women of Achievement Professions Award from the YWCA of Northwestern Illinois. Dr. Khare is a research associate professor and interim director of the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford’s Division of Health Policy and Social Sciences Research. She is a well-published public health [...]
Best Basic Science Research Poster Award Sponsored by Department of Biomedical Sciences Preksha Shahagadkar Exploring NCX4040, an Aspirin Derivative, for Treating Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Best Basic Science Research Poster Award Sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific Edidiong Essien A novel drug delivery system for Rheumatoid Arthritis: L-sulforaphane loaded boronate-PAMAM dendrimers Best Case Report [...]
Research Week showcases some of our research, but our faculty, staff and students have a number of research publications and presentations throughout the year. Find out more about our research from the last year. Publication List (Jan. 2019–Dec. 2020)
Welcome to Research Week 2021 This showcase of research projects from the UIC Health Sciences Campus-Rockford and the Rockford area is impressive — please join us in this celebration of research activities. This year's theme is The Mental Health Impact of COVID-19. Award winners will be announced Friday, April 23, 2021. View the [...]
Ramaswamy Kalyanasundaram, DMV, PhD, was named the 2020 Inventor of the Year by the University of Illinois Chicago. Dr. Ramaswamy Kalyanasundaram Kalyanasundaram, DMV, PhD, is a professor and head of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford. His work on a vaccine to prevent parasitic infections [...]
Fourth-year medical student Akash Khurana’s research Akash Khurana, M4 has been accepted for a poster presentation at the American College of Gastroenterology National Conference in October. His project, “Follow-up Outcomes in Celiac Disease Patients Followed at a Large, Community-Based Gastroenterology Practice” assessed whether patients who were referred to a dietitian had significant differences [...]
Study will develop a vaccine for preventing a disabling infectious disease that affects millions around the world Dr. Ramaswamy Kalyanasundaram A University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford researcher and his collaborator at PAI Life Sciences Inc. received a three-year grant totaling $3 million from the National Institutes of Health that will advance [...]
College of Medicine Rockford Researcher Receives $1.8 Million NIH Grant to Further Research on Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Study goal is to identify role of glia-neuron crosstalk Researchers at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford received a five-year grant totaling more than $1.8 million from the National Institutes of Health that will enhance research [...]
