FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Contact: Shaheen Khan, project coordinator
voice: 312-996-1451 e-mail: skhan3@uic.edu
UIC Health
Sciences Center receives $300,000
from National Library of Medicine
Chicago, IL, March 25, 1998 -- The University of Illinois at
Chicago Health Sciences Center has been awarded a $300,000 Integrated Advanced Information
Management System (IAIMS) grant from the National Library of Medicine. The IAIMS grant
will assist UIC in planning the integration of its academic and clinical enterprises using
the latest information technologies. This Phase I planning grant is the first step in a
nationally competitive process that can potentially lead to a grant of approximately $3
million.
In winning this grant, UIC joins a group of approximately 30
institutions that are partners with the National Library of Medicine. This group includes
the Baylor College of Medicine, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Duke University,
University of Michigan, Yale University/New Haven Medical Center, Washington University in
St. Louis, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Washington, among others.
At UIC, the IAIMS process is called ATHENA@uic.edu (Athena for
short). The leadership of Athena is grounded in the office of the vice chancellor for
health services, yet faculty involvement is university-wide: Over 40
participants--including faculty leaders and students--are committed to implementing the
initiatives set forth by UIC. The principal investigator for Athena is
Walter Panko, PhD, who jointly serves as assistant vice chancellor for health informatics
and director of the School of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences. The co-principal
investigators are Elaine Martin, director of the National Network of the Libraries of
Medicine, Greater Midwest Region, and assistant university librarian for health sciences;
James Bono, assistant vice chancellor for planning, marketing, and business development;
and Richard Mendola, PhD, chief information officer for UIC Medical Center. The project
director is Donald Mon, PhD, director of informatics strategy in the School of Biomedical
and Health Information Sciences.
"Changes in our health care system require that academic
health science centers leverage their strengths and exploit their concentration of
expertise," said Dr. Panko. "The National Library of Medicine’s support for
Athena offers us an opportunity to make better use of our expertise and
knowledge through technology. It also means that UIC can better project that expertise and
knowledge out to the people in Illinois who need it."
UIC ¾one of three campuses that
comprise the University of Illinois (U of I)¾ is the largest
institution of higher education in the Chicago area, and one of the top research
universities in the United States. It is dedicated to the land grant university tradition
of education, research, and public service.
For more information about Athena, please send
e-mail messages to athena@uic.edu, or contact
Shaheen Khan, IAIMS coordinator, at 312-996-1451.
Be sure to visit the Athena Website at: http://www.uic.edu/hsc/athena/splash.htm.
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