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University of Illinois College of Medicine
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UI COM Interim G. Stephen Irwin Executive Dean Enrico Benedetti, MD has been spotlighted in Chicago Medicine Magazine's latest "Who's Who" feature. You can read the full article in September's issue: go.uic.edu/ChiMedBenedetti
Did you graduate from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in a year ending in 1 or 6? Join us for Reunion 2026, September 17-19, and reconnect with classmates, friends, and the COM community. Register by September 10 to join us for Reunion 2026!
go.uic.edu/COMReunionRegistr…
Congratulations to the eight @thisisUIC students selected as Schweitzer fellows and awarded funding for health-related community service projects: today.uic.edu/uic-students-e…
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Wishing a warm welcome to the University of Illinois College of Medicine Class of 2030, who were honored at today's White Coat Ceremony!
Details and more photos: go.uic.edu/whitecoat2026news
Dr. Masrur and Dr. Reed recently spoke with @nbcchicago about rising calls to Illinois poison centers from GLP-1 users. View the segment: go.uic.edu/poisoncentercalls
The Department of Pediatrics recently had the honor of participating in @AmerAcadPeds' PEEK program. Medical students travelled to Chicago from all over the country, gaining hands-on experience in pediatric care and learning from current residents about the specialty.
University of Illinois College of Medicine retweeted
Inside our bodily fluids are particles called extracellular vesicles, which can signal chronic disease.
UIC researchers created a guide for capturing and analyzing the EVs that immune and cancer cells create. The work advances early disease detection.
📰today.uic.edu/uic-researcher…
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UI COM alumnus Garth Walker, MD ’14 has been confirmed as Commissioner of @ChiPublicHealth. A native Chicagoan, Dr. Walker grew up in Hyde Park and previously served as chief medical officer for Rush Health. In 2024, he received UIC’s Rising Star Leadership Award.
University of Illinois College of Medicine retweeted
Drumroll, please. 🥁
The winners of the inaugural Lasker Video Contest are: Max Bucklan of @DukeU, @benko_colette of @Stanford, @Bhamidipat23220 of @salkinstitute, Dimitri Seneviratne of the @UnivOfKansas School of Medicine, @Dr_Ramirez_ of @uiccom, and Mark Sorin of @mcgillu.
Congratulations! 🎉 #FutureofScience #SciComm
🎥 Watch the winning videos: ow.ly/ng4m50Zm4Qv
📖 Read the news article in the Journal of Clinical Investigation: ow.ly/YASu50Zm4Qw
ALT Portraits of six young professionals smiling against various neutral and outdoor backgrounds. From top left to bottom right: Max Bucklan, Colette Benko, Sai Krishna Bhamidipati, Dimitri Seneviratne, Lindsey Ramirez, and Mark Sorin.
University of Illinois College of Medicine retweeted
🏆 Congratulations to @Dr_Ramirez_, one of six winners of the inaugural Lasker Video Contest!
Lindsey earned her PhD in physiology and is now a postdoctoral scientist at @uiccom. Although having an aversion to alcohol can protect against developing an addiction, there are individual differences in aversion. Lindsey investigates what areas in the brain signal aversion to understand the reason for those differences.
@thisisUIC @jclinicalinvest
youtu.be/cDhXzl4hBsU
University of Illinois College of Medicine retweeted
Salmonella bacteria lurk in raw meat, on pets and in unpasteurized dairy products.
UIC researcher Kiwook Kim asked why some salmonella infections stay in the intestine while others evolve to be life-threatening.
📰today.uic.edu/how-immune-cel…
📗doi.org/10.1084/jem.20251492
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Maria Irene Givogri, PhD, has been awarded $375,000 from the @Rosenau_Fdn for her work in treating Krabbe disease with Anakinra, an FDA-approved anti-inflammatory medication. Read more: go.uic.edu/Anakinra
Researchers at UICOM and @UIHealth are changing the narrative surrounding telesurgery with a new $9 million grant from the Office of Naval Research. Read more: go.uic.edu/telesurgery
University of Illinois College of Medicine retweeted
New experiments performed in vitro and in mice clarify the molecular origins of uncontrolled inflammatory immune responses in the lungs—a common and severe complication of lung infections. @dollymehtalab @uiccom #InnateImmunity scim.ag/3Rna6yk
Don’t miss your chance to take part in our Annual Checkup! Visit go.uic.edu/AnnualCheckup to join in and tell us what matters to you. #COMannualcheckup
It’s our Annual Checkup, and we’re asking the College of Medicine community to weigh in by 5/15. Visit go.uic.edu/AnnualCheckup to tell us your interests and preferences. Then if you’re one of the first 1,000 people to respond, claim your College of Medicine keychain.
Congratulations to the UI COM Class of 2026! go.uic.edu/comm2026
Let's celebrate our grads! The 144th annual UI COM commencement ceremony will be held Friday, May 9 at 2:00 p.m. CST. We're pleased to share that Harold Varmus, MD will be delivering our address. Join the livestream tomorrow: go.uic.edu/144Commencement
University of Illinois College of Medicine retweeted
Takeshi Shimamura, associate professor of surgery in @uiccom, sees cancer as a many-headed monster: adaptive and relentless. But with a new treatment, an "undruggable" lung cancer is now effectively being targeted.
Learn more at today.uic.edu/two-in-one-tre…
#UICResearchMatters
