This fall UICOMP researchers enrolled their 100th participant in the “Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery” (RECOVER) initiative by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). UICOMP is collaborating to study causes, prevention and treatment…
Mark Linder Walk for the Mind donated $115,000 to the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria to support brain tumor and brain cancer research. The donation includes proceeds from the group’s 20th…
Regional Dean Meenakshy Aiyer, MD, was honored as the 2022 Athena International Woman of the Year by the Peoria Chamber of Commerce during the annual Thanksgiving Day Luncheon on November 17 at the…
The University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria presented its 2022 Community Health Awards during its annual Celebration of Excellence faculty recognition event November 3. The awards started in 1995 to honor individuals…
In conjunction with September’s “Women in Medicine Month” created by the American Medical Association (AMA), the UICOMP Women in Medicine and Science Council solicited nominations of faculty members who work to support gender…
The Pediatric Resource Center (PRC) will host its annual fundraising event, “Hope for Kids” on Saturday, November 5, at Jump Simulation, 1306 N. Berkeley, Peoria. Proceeds from this event help PRC ensure the…
Dr. Alfonse and Mrs. Nancy Masi, Peoria, will donate $1.2 million to kick-off a fund leading to the establishment of an endowed chair in the Department of Medicine at the University of Illinois…
Join UICOMP virtually for the Class of 2026 White Coat Ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Friday, August 12, 2022, streamed live on UICOMP’s YouTube! The White Coat Ceremony is a rite of passage for…
A team of UICOMP researchers in the Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology had their work published in Cell Death and Disease published by Nature Publishing Group. The work entitled “Galectin-1 activates Carbonic…
The University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria will collaborate to study causes, prevention and treatment strategies for long COVID in central Illinois. The work is part of a broader collaboration led by…
