A research article detailing a central Illinois poison outbreak involving synthetic cannabinoids earlier this year and the therapy provided is featured in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. A study involving 34 patients at OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center between March and April of 2018 were identified as having [...]
The University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria was awarded $1.8 million by the National Institutes of Health to expand a series of preclinical research studies over the next five years involving ischemic stroke. Researchers at the UICOMP campus have identified a specific enzyme typically not found in healthy brains but that becomes prevalent [...]
New students recite an oath and receive their white medical coat during a ceremony on Friday at Jump Simulation, welcoming them to Peoria and into the medical profession. The Class of 2022, with 67 students, is the largest ever at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria. [...]
The newest class of medical students at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria is the largest ever. The 67 students in the Class of 2022 is an increase of nine over last year. All of the students also are from Illinois. Total enrollment is currently 244 students, the largest in UICOMP history. That’s [...]
Conjure an image of a doctor and automatically many will think of a person in a white lab coat. While true throughout many physician offices and hospitals, you will find a standout among the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria faculty. Here, the faculty instead don a light-blue clinical coat. [...]
Fifty-seven UICOMP students received their medical degrees Saturday, May 5 at the Peoria Civic Center, raising the total number of doctors who have received their medical degrees in Peoria to more than 2,000! Congratulations to all! View more photos on Facebook
Congratulations to all of the UICOMP student and faculty award recipients – the recognition was well deserved! More than 60 individual awards and honors were given out Thursday, May 3, 2018, at The Warehouse on State in Peoria during the annual Student Awards Event. Congratulations to Dr. Carl Strauch, who was honored with the Distinguished [...]
Fifty-six medical students from the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria joined thousands across the country on Friday, March 16 as they learned where they “matched” to continue their path in medicine. UICOMP students matched to 19 specialties across 23 states and the District of Columbia. Of those, 24 are headed into primary care [...]
The University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria will receive $1.25 million to assist low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families over the next three years in central Illinois. The local grant is part of a $37 million nationwide award announced in December by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide [...]
The dust has cleared. What were conceptual sketches and hundreds of pages of construction blueprints are now the new learning spaces for students and faculty on the UICOMP campus. New technology, a new technology-rich classroom, a new anatomy wing, and student oasis were part of an aggressive – yet very essential – series of [...]
