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Exceptional care for you Our mission is to advance health for everyone through outstanding clinical care, education, research, and social responsibility.

UI Health provides comprehensive care, education, and research to train healthcare leaders and foster healthy communities in Illinois and beyond. A part of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), UI Health is an academic health enterprise that includes the University of Illinois Hospital, dozens of primary and specialty care clinics throughout the region, and the seven UIC health science college

s. Our vision is shaping the future of healthcare through innovative and advanced clinical care. And our ICARE values of Inclusion, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence are present in every interaction with patients, coworkers, and our community.

27/07/2025

After a decade of diligent progress, a new drug from UI Health — biologic eyedrops to treat dry eye disease — will proceed to clinical trials this summer 👀

Dry eye disease is an umbrella term for conditions that cause chronic pain, itchiness, inflammation, and overall eye discomfort.

Several immune signals switch on simultaneously to trigger dry eye, each traveling down its own biological route to inflame the eye’s surface. Because today’s drugs typically target only one route, the unchecked pathways can continually irritate the eye. Fuller relief often depends on treatments that calm multiple signals at once.

The new drug is composed of antibodies, consolidated from more than 8,000 healthy participants. Administered in the form of eyedrops, the biologic drug shuts off multiple inflammation pathways at once.

“It’s not just one drug. It’s a collection of natural antibodies with myriad actions against inflammation,” said Dr. Sandeep Jain, a UI Health ophthalmologist who directs our Dry Eye and Ocular GVHD Clinic. “It’s like using a hair clipper versus cutting your hair strand by strand.”

Learn more: https://bit.ly/40u158y

26/07/2025

Six UI Health system nurses will be inducted as fellows of the American Academy of Nursing for their work as UIC College of Nursing faculty members!

Induction into the academy is one of the highest honors in nursing and allows fellows to be recognized for their substantial contributions to health and healthcare.

“I cannot emphasize enough at this pivotal time in history the vital importance of recognizing this extraordinary and sizeable group of nurse leaders,” academy president Linda D. Scott said. “With rich and varied backgrounds from practice, policy, research, entrepreneurship, and academia, they have been instrumental in using nursing’s holistic approach to improve the health of patients and communities throughout the world.”

Learn more about each of our inductees: https://bit.ly/4mc6fhU

25/07/2025

Feeling groggy after a full night’s sleep? Hearing complaints about loud snoring? Sleep apnea may be to blame.

So what is sleep apnea, and how does it affect our bodies?

Hear it explained by our ear, nose, and throat specialist, Dr. Rakhi Thambi, and learn more at ENT.UIHealth.Care.

24/07/2025

Two out of every three adults carry the herpes simplex virus type 1 that causes oral herpes — commonly recognized as cold sores. Subtle and largely asymptomatic, the virus can linger in the body, undetected, for a lifetime.

But according to a new study from UI Health researcher Deepak Shukla and his colleagues describe a pathway linking HSV-1 to a multiple sclerosis-like disease in animal models.

“If you are infected, then your immune system is constantly locked in battle with the virus,” said Shukla. “And if for any reason you become immunocompromised, the virus can escape and damage your brain.”

It’s not possible to eradicate herpes. But Shukla hopes further his team’s work can reduce its presence, while improving the understanding, treatment, and prevention of multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4lBxMco

23/07/2025

Today, we earned the coveted Magnet Recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center!

The Magnet Recognition is the highest and most prestigious distinction a healthcare organization can receive for nursing practice and quality patient care, and we’re grateful to all our staff for the collective commitment that went into this achievement 💚💙

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4lMgyt9

21/07/2025

Help us give a warm UIC welcome to our international nursing students visiting from Japan, Spain, and South Korea! 🇯🇵🇪🇸🇰🇷

The group will be attending lectures, touring our community, and visiting our partner institutions, while they see how we deliver our patient-centered care!

Hands-on clinical experiences and shadowing opportunities across our hospital will help them gain first-hand insight into the role of nurses as leaders, collaborators, and advocates in the U.S.

Welcome to UI Health! We can't wait to see what we learn from you all 🩺💚💙

20/07/2025

William Kane pulls up to North Ave. Beach at 5:25 a.m. He sports a lime-colored safety vest and holds two plastic bottles.

Then, the second-year master’s student in the UIC School of Public Health, wades into Lake Michigan to unscrew the lid of one bottle and let the tide wash in.

Kane is one of 17 student contributors to Chicago’s beach water testing program, a 10-year collaboration between UI Health and the Chicago Park District to test water quality and issue safety advisories to swimmers.

Every morning from Memorial Day to Labor Day, UI Health student researchers retrieve and test water samples from local beaches and report the results to the Chicago Park District, and by late morning, the park district shares the results with flocks of beachgoing city-dwellers and visitors.

Learn how this first-of-its-kind partnership is keeping swimmers safe all summer long: https://today.uic.edu/keeping-the-third-coast-safe-one-beach-at-a-time/

19/07/2025

We earned four Get With The Guidelines® awards from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association for 2025!

We’re proud to have been recognized for our hospital’s quality and commitment to providing effective care and treatment, using the most advanced procedures available, for stroke, coronary artery disease, heart failure, and resuscitation care.

This is the ninth consecutive year we’ve received a Get With The Guidelines® recognition for stroke, the sixth consecutive year for heart failure, the fourth for coronary artery disease (STEMI/NSTEMI), and the second consecutive year for resuscitation.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4m5MSXK

16/07/2025

On the latest episode of his Bridging the Gap podcast for the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium, UI Health oncologist Dr. Ryan Nguyen spoke with Lisa Hayes, the executive director of Pink-4-Ever Ending Disparities and an 18-year survivor of triple-negative breast cancer.

In the powerful conversation, Lisa shared the realities of facing cancer as a Black woman, how her diagnosis reshaped her life’s purpose and why inclusive, community-driven clinical research is essential.

They also discussed both of our organization’s work to end breast cancer disparities for Black women through advocacy, education, research and empowerment.

Hear the whole interview: https://bit.ly/4kO8oPz

15/07/2025

Dental procedures don’t often lead to new careers, but for Jocelyn Santiago, getting braces was the catalyst that launched her into dentistry.

“I kept watching the dental assistants and thought it would be an interesting career,” Santiago said. “I was working in retail at the time and knew I needed something more stable, so I went home and started researching dental assistant programs in the city.”

That’s when Santiago found the Mile Square Health Center Dental Assistant Certification Program.

Other dental assistant programs in the city can cost between $3,000 and $11,000, but operational funding for the Mile Square program is provided by the Delta Dental Foundation of Illinois and the Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation. As a result, students are only responsible for a $300 fee to cover textbooks and uniforms.

Learn more about this unique program and how you can grow your career at UI Health: https://bit.ly/4lFtnF0

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