NIDCR Funding of Dr. Anne George’s Research to Stretch to 23 Years

The National Institute of Dental Research of the National Institutes of Health has decided to fund the research of Dr. Anne George, Allan G. Brodie Endowed Professor in the Brodie Tooth Development Genetics and Regenerative Medicine Research Laboratory and Professor of Oral Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, for another five years. This will result in 23 straight years of NIDCR funding of Dr. George’s research.

Urrea, a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction, a member of the Latino Literature Hall of Fame, and the author of 13 books, has won numerous awards for his poetry, fiction, and essays, some of which reflect his personal knowledge and experience of the U.S.-Mexico border culture.

UIC takes pride in the fact that researchers across campus are working to combat health and educational disparities in the neighborhoods surrounding our campus and across the nation. The UIC Monarch Center is focused on just that. The center, the only one of its kind, was established in 2003 to support teacher and related services preparation programs and increase the numbers and quality of their professional graduates.

Regenerative Medicine: Healing Wounds, Helping Patients

“More than six million people in the United States suffer from nonhealing wounds,” said William Ennis, DO, MBA, director of wound healing and tissue repair, Department of Surgery, “and this number does not include people with scar formation or burns.” Despite the number of people affected by nonhealing wounds, this topic continues to fly under the radar. Researchers at UIC are working to bring this area to national attention through their work at the Center for Wound Healing and Tissue Regeneration (CWHTR).

Atkins, South Beach, high fat, low fat, low carb—the number of diets being marketed to the general public can be overwhelming and leaves us asking, “Which one really works?” It’s a question that Shane Phillips, PT, PhD, assistant professor of physical therapy, is trying to answer.

Dr. Charbel is internationally recognized for his research and clinical expertise in the area of stroke, cerebrovascular disorders, cerebral blood-flow metabolism, and complex cerebral tumors. He is active in developing medical devices, and his work has resulted in multiple innovations. He is the winner of prestigious awards such as the 2006 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Awards: Medical Devices Runner-up and 2002 Inventor of the Year, University of Illinois at Chicago, and was named a Top Surgeon, America’s Top Surgeons, Consumers’ Research Council of America.

Rosemary White-Traut, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor and head, Women, Child, and Family Health Science, helps a mother care for her newborn. Dr. White-Traut is known for her research on developmental intervention for infants. The intervention, known as the ATVV intervention, provides auditory stimuli via the female human voice; tactile stimuli via moderate touch stroking; visual stimuli in the form of eye-to-eye contact; and vestibular stimuli, such as rocking.

A study by epidemiologist Robert Bailey, PhD, MPH, along with two other studies conducted in African countries, has shown that medical circumcision dramatically reduces a man’s risk of acquiring HIV from an infected woman. In fact, in December

Over the past 30 years, Juan Carlos Campuzano, PhD, has built a distinguished career as an outstanding scientist. An accomplished researcher, Dr. Campuzano has made significant contributions to the science of high-temperature
superconductors and to the phenomenon of photoemission spectroscopy. He is recognized as one of the two undisputed world leaders in the use of angle resolved photo-emission spectroscopy (ARPES), now universally recognized as one of the most powerful experimental tools used to probe novel materials.

Since joining the faculty in 1995, Stacie Geller, PhD, has played an integral role in the area of women’s health, both domestically and internationally. While she is involved in many different areas of women’s health research, she says her “global maternal-health work is the most meaningful work I do.”