Research At UIC

The College of Medicine received more than $63 million in National Institutes of Health research funding in fiscal year 2001. The college currently is ranked 47th among 125 medical schools nationwide in the amount of federal research funding–particularly NIH funding–received by 125 medical schools nationwide (five years ago, it was ranked 65th). The College’s goal is to rank in the top quartile. The College of Medicine is among the top five medical schools nationwide for growth in research funding in the last five years.

Top Research Projects at the College of Medicine include:

• Development of a potential vaccination for prostate cancer (Cancer Center)
• A $7 million National Institutes of Health grant to study the mechanisms of infertility (Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Development of a simple blood test for the prenatal diagnosis of fetal genetic errors (Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Neurophysiological basis of brain disorders using functional MRI imaging (Psychiatry)
• Transplantation of pancreatic islet cells to cure type I diabetes (Transplantation)