General News
COVID-19 Saliva Testing for Campus Community
COVID-19 Saliva Testing for Students, Staff and Faculty at the UIC Health Sciences Campus-Rockford UIC has expanded saliva-based testing to include the Rockford campus. Free testing for students, staff and faculty will be offered on Friday, [...]
Service of Gratitude 2020
You are invited to attend the virtual Service of Gratitude presented by the medical students of the University of Illinois College of Medicine’s campuses in Chicago, Peoria and Rockford, Illinois honoring the anatomical [...]
Saliva-based COVID-19 Testing Coming Soon for Area Group Settings
A new saliva-based COVID-19 test will be available in the Rockford area early in 2021, a delay from the previously expected October 2020 date. The test was developed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [...]
Medical Student Research Accepted for Presentation
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 [...]
Dr. Jeff Smith is New Chair of Department of Medicine
The University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford has appointed Jeffrey R. Smith, MD, FACC, chair for the Department of Jeffrey Smith, MD Medicine and Medical Specialties. Dr. Smith is a clinical associate [...]
Dr. Jones Named Interim Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
The University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford announces the appointment of Alesia Jones, PhD, as interim assistant dean for diversity and inclusion. She is also an associate professor in the Department of Family and [...]
$3 Million NIH Grant to Further College of Medicine Rockford Researcher’s Vaccine for Lymphatic Filariasis
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 [...]
Dr. Mary Jo Ironside Receives Distinguished Teaching Award
The University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford presented its 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award to Mary Jo Ironside, MD. “Dr. Ironside has demonstrated a strong commitment to medical education in family medicine and obstetrics and [...]
Dr. Charles Welford Receives Distinguished Service Award
The University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford presented its 2020 Distinguished Service Award to Charles Welford, MD, a clinical associate professor in the Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties and an internal medicine physician [...]
Researcher Receives $1.8 Million NIH Grant to Further Research on Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
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 [...]