General News
National Center for Rural Health Professions redesignated as a WHO Collaborating Center
For the next four years, the National Center for Rural Health Professions (NCRHP) will continue to be a World Health Organization/Pan-American Health Organization (WHO/PAHO) collaborating center for medical education and primary health care. It’s one [...]
SHIELD COVID-19 Community Testing Site moves off campus
The SHIELD Illinois community testing site for COVID-19 is no longer operating at the UIC Health Sciences Campus-Rockford. The site has relocated to Providence Baptist Church, 2209 Clifton Ave., in Rockford. Most of the current [...]
The National Center for Rural Health Professions to receive $6.5 million in grant funding
Funds will be used to address persistent and critical health care workforce challenges in rural and underserved communities in the state. The National Center for Rural Health Professions at the University of Illinois College of [...]
Dr. Joe Ross named Physician of the Year
Joe Ross, MD, associate professor of clinical family medicine, has been named the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians 2022 Physician of the Year. He was selected based on input from his colleagues, peers and patients. [...]
National Hispanic Heritage Month
Today, we begin our annual celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s Hispanic Heritage National Theme is “Unidos: Inclusivity for a Stronger Nation.” This theme “encourages us to ensure that all voices are represented [...]
Free continuing medical education program on human trafficking and child abuse offered
Identifying and Responding to Victims of Human Trafficking in a Clinical Setting With TJ Webb, MD Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Family and Community Medicine “I Think it Was an Accident…” Child Abuse: What You [...]
Nine students inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha
A big congratulations to the following UICOMR students recently inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society: Omair Ali Johnathan Beldin Katrina Dovalovsky Adrianna Gorniak Zach Hart Jessie Kirk Kate Saulcy Christopher Yao Abbey [...]
Underrepresented in Medicine Student Research Program welcomes first medical student researcher
Danielle Rossell, a second-year medical student, is the first student selected for the UICOMR’s Underrepresented in Medicine Student Research Program. Danielle Rossell This program provides medical students from groups who are underrepresented in [...]
Rockford researchers seek better therapies for skin cancer
Researchers at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford are investigating therapies for melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer responsible for more than 7,000 deaths last year in the U.S. alone. Neelu Puri, [...]
Medical Students Inducted Into Gold Humanism Honor Society
Ten fourth-year University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford students were recently inducted into the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism Honor Society (GHHS). The GHHS recognizes students, residents and faculty who are exemplars of compassionate [...]