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Released: 31-Oct-2024 8:25 AM EDT
$75 Million Donation From AbbVie Foundation to Support UChicago Medicine’s New Cancer Pavilion
University of Chicago Medical Center

The AbbVie Foundation, a nonprofit working to advance health equity, is donating $75 million to UChicago Medicine to support the $815 million cost to construct a state-of-the-art cancer care pavilion, the first and only freestanding facility of its kind in Illinois.

24-Oct-2024 12:00 PM EDT
‘The Way to a Man’s Heart Disease’: Can Social Expectations of Masculinity Be Bad for Cardiovascular Health?
University of Chicago Medical Center

A new study found that higher levels of stereotypical male gender expression were associated with a decrease in reported diagnoses and treatment for cardiovascular disease risk factors.

Released: 21-Oct-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Selwyn Rogers elected to National Academy of Medicine
University of Chicago Medical Center

Rogers is a trauma surgeon, public health expert, founding director of the Trauma Center and Executive Vice President for Community Health Engagement at UChicago Medicine.

Released: 9-Oct-2024 12:05 PM EDT
How a Cancer Drug Alters the Immune System to Fight Against Cancer
University of Chicago Medical Center

Research by James LaBelle shows how a widely used cancer drug has broader effects on the immune system.

Released: 9-Oct-2024 9:05 AM EDT
U.S. News Ranks Comer Children’s No. 2 in Illinois for Fourth Straight Year
University of Chicago Medical Center

Comer Children's Hospital ranks No. 17 in the Midwest in annual survey and is recognized nationally in four pediatric specialties.

Released: 2-Oct-2024 5:05 PM EDT
UChicago Medicine Recognized by Vizient as 2024 Rising Star
University of Chicago Medical Center

The University of Chicago Medicine has earned a 2024 Rising Star recognition from Vizient Inc. for making significant improvements in its year-over-year rankings and scoring in the top 25 in the Vizient Quality and Accountability Study.

Released: 2-Oct-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Three Chicago Universities Team Up to Map the Brain
University of Chicago Medical Center

The University of Chicago, Chicago State University, and the University of Illinois Chicago received a $4.8 million grant from the NIH BRAIN Initiative to build a faster microscope for mapping all the connections in the brain.

Released: 2-Oct-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Jennifer Moriatis Wolf Named Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Chicago Medical Center

Wolf is an orthopaedic hand surgeon with expertise in the surgical and non-surgical treatment of bone, nerve, tendon and ligament injuries caused by trauma or overuse.

Released: 30-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Common Diabetes Drug Shows Promise for Treating Macular Degeneration
University of Chicago Medical Center

Retina specialist Dimitra Skondra and team keep finding more data showing that metformin, a drug widely used for type 2 diabetes, can slow the progression of age-related macular degeneration.

Released: 30-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
New Combination Treatment Brings Hope to Advanced Bladder Cancer Patients
University of Chicago Medical Center

Researchers from the UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center published results from a clinical trial evaluating a novel combination treatment for advanced bladder cancer.

Released: 30-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD, Appointed University of Chicago Health System Leader for OB/GYN
University of Chicago Medical Center

As Health System leader for obstetrics and gynecology, Lengyel will lead UChicago Medicine's efforts to define a broad, coordinated and integrated strategy for women’s health.

Released: 26-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Sonia Kupfer Named Inaugural Director of the Community for Advancement of Physician-Scientists
University of Chicago Medical Center

The new CAPS program will work to unite and support the entire physician-scientist pipeline at the University of Chicago, from undergraduate students to faculty.

Released: 25-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Retiring ITM Founder Leaves Legacy of Collaboration, Discovery, Friendship
University of Chicago Medical Center

Renowned physician-researcher Julian Solway, MD, goes emeritus this fall after a nearly 40-year career at the University of Chicago.

Released: 25-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
David Meltzer named Associate Dean for Clinical Science Research, Translational
University of Chicago Medical Center

As an Associate Dean, Dr. Meltzer will be central in shaping the division’s strategic plans, fostering a forward-looking, multidisciplinary, and human-focused research, education, and training effort.

Newswise: UChicago Medicine Performs First-in-Illinois Procedure to Treat Bladder Leaks
Released: 23-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
UChicago Medicine Performs First-in-Illinois Procedure to Treat Bladder Leaks
University of Chicago Medical Center

UChicago Medicine has become the first medical center in IL to implant the Revi neuromodulation device, a minimally-invasive, convenient alternative to existing treatments for urinary urgency incontinence (UUI).

Released: 19-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
New Combination Treatment Brings Hope to Patients with Advanced Bladder Cancer
University of Chicago Medical Center

Findings from the international FORT-2 clinical trial showed that a combination treatment including immunotherapy is safe and tolerable in patients with locally advanced or metastatic bladder cancer. The results, which were recently published in JAMA Oncology, show potential to broaden the number of patients with bladder cancer who could benefit from immunotherapy, an approach that harnesses a patient's own immune system to fight cancer.

Released: 18-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
UChicago Medicine and Pritzker School of Medicine Receive AAMC's Prestigious National Award for Community Engagement
University of Chicago Medical Center

UChicago Medicine and the Pritzker School of Medicine received the Association of American Medical College's Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Engagement, recognizing their service through medical education, research and clinical care.

Released: 18-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
UChicago Medicine Patient First in the World to Receive Ulcerative Colitis Drug Since FDA Approval
University of Chicago Medical Center

A University of Chicago Medicine patient became the first in the world to receive the drug guselkumab (Tremfya) since its Sept. 11 approval by the FDA for treating moderate to severe ulcerative colitis.

Newswise: Brenda Battle to retire after 12 years of leading UChicago Medicine's community health transformation and DE&I work
Released: 9-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Brenda Battle to retire after 12 years of leading UChicago Medicine's community health transformation and DE&I work
University of Chicago Medical Center

The University of Chicago Medicine announced Brenda Battle's retirement following a 12-year tenure highlighted by increased community investment, expanded access to care and strengthened community partnerships.

Released: 5-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Harry Trosman, psychiatrist, 1924-2024
University of Chicago Medical Center

Trosman, who studied the psychological roots of emotional suffering and dreams, worked at UChicago for 70 years.



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