Gift fuels progress in treating childhood cancer
Barry E. Fields is a trial lawyer and partner with Kirkland & Ellis LLP, and serves as a University of Chicago Medical Center and UChicago trustee. He and his wife,
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Liaisons in Care expands to tackle healthcare inequities
The University of Chicago Medicine’s Liaisons in Care (LinC) program, funded by an $8 million grant from the AbbVie Foundation, created and recently expanded a network of community health workers
Ullman Family Team Science Award to support novel breast cancer research
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center prioritizes “team science,” a strategy that brings together researchers with wide-ranging expertise to tackle complex questions about cancer. Team science can have
Fostering compassionate patient care
By Kate Dohner Blaine Lesnik, PsyD, former president of the Illinois Psychological Association, celebrated the seventh anniversary of her double lung transplant by making a gift supporting a research project
$10 million gift to support ALS research, educational outreach at local high schools
The University of Chicago has received a $10 million gift from the Lohengrin Foundation to help establish a center of excellence in research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other
Gift advances cancer center’s research capabilities
The Cancer Research Foundation Breakthrough Board (formally known as the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation Women’s Board) has dedicated over 70 years to advocacy and philanthropy in support of
Gift empowers experts in digestive diseases
Lee Matricaria sought a top doctor in digestive diseases. Looking for someone recognized as a thought leader in the field, he found David T. Rubin, MD, Joseph B. Kirsner Professor
South Side Pediatric Asthma Center Receives $375K grant
The Cigna Foundation awarded a $375,000 Health and Well-Being grant to support the South Side Pediatric Asthma Center’s (SSPAC) mission to improve access to care and health outcomes for children with asthma
Promoting diversity in orthopaedic surgery
Although more than half of medical students today are women, they make up only 6.5 percent of orthopaedic surgeons, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. These numbers continue
Support for psychological needs of young oncology patients
Through a new initiative called Lyon’s Way, the Lyon Family Foundation recently committed $450,000 to the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital toward hiring a full-time psychologist to support patients