In The News...
| "UIC researchers shed light on inflammation-related tissue damage" Chicago Tribune (March 2012) Researchers at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago have recently shed light on the body's ability to decrease tissue damage caused by inflammation... |
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| "University Scholars - Looking at the ‘right’ heart" UIC News (November 2011) “In China we have a saying that translates as, “Would you rather paint on a white paper or on a paper that is already painted?” says Yuan... |
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| "Garcia named to Institute of Medicine" UIC News (October 2011) Joe G.N. "Skip" Garcia "is an extraordinary leader who sees what health care can be in the 21st century," says Chancellor Paula Allen-Meares... |
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| "Doctor Wants to Make UIC Among the Best" ABC 7 News Chicago (September 2011) Dr. Joe "Skip" Garcia plays a dual role at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the vice president for health affairs and vice chancellor for research... |
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| "$12 Million NIH Grant to Study Acute Lung Injury" UIC News (July 2011) Researchers at the UIC College of Medicine have been awarded more than $11.7 million to study the pathology of severe lung injury... |
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| "UIC Department of Medicine Newsletter" UIC MEDNEWS (July 2011) (read pdf) |
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| "Move Quickly on Health Care Strategies" UIC News (June 2011) The need: high-quality, cost-effective health care for the people of Illinois, attacking the disparities between disease and mortality that exist among different populations... |
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| "Garcia Outlines Strategies for University's Health Care Enterprise" UIC News (June 2011) Joe G.N. "Skip" Garcia laid out his vision for the future of the university's statewide health care enterprise... |
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| "Researcher's Work Earns MERIT from Federal Agency" UIC News (March 2011) Viswanathan Natarajan, professor of pharmacology, received a MERIT Award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and its National Advisory Council... |
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| "New University VPs Keep Eyes on the Future" UIC News (March 2011) As they assume new leadership positions, Joe G.N "Skip" Garcia and Lawrence Schook see opportunities to boost the university’s clinical care and research missions... |
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| "Garcia Named Health Affairs VP" UIC News (February 2011) Joe G.N. "Skip" Garcia, vice chancellor for research, was named interim vice president for health affairs... (read pdf) |
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| "Medicine 'A Calling' For New Vice Chancellor For Research" UIC News (March 2010) Joe G. N. “Skip” Garcia found his passion for medicine as a youth, working alongside migrant farm workers in California... (read pdf) |
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| "Former U of C Hospital Boss Lands at UIC" Crains Business Magazine (February 2010) The former top doctor at the University of Chicago Medical Center has popped up at a crosstown rival... |
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| "Statins Reduced Death Risk From Pneumonia" Forbes.com (October 2008) The death rate among people hospitalized for pneumonia was one-third lower for those taking statins... (read pdf) |
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| "Docs Duel Downtown" Crains Business Magazine (June 2008) The University of Chicago Medical Center is challenging arch-rival Northwestern Memorial Hospital on its own turf... (read pdf) |
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| "Paging Doctor Leadership" Crains Chicago Business Magazine (September 2007) At its worst, academic medicine is akin to politics, with dueling egos jockeying for position and space... (read pdf) |
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| "Potential Avian Flu Treatments" PBS (April 2007) University of Chicago researchers discuss potential treatments for an avian flu pandemic... (watch flash video) |
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| "Who's Who In ATS" ATS News (January 2006) Joe G.N. "Skip" Garcia, M.D., first became interested in medicine at age 11, when he picked strawberries alongside migrant farm workers in coastal California... (read pdf) |
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