A webpage featuring an impact report for the University of Illinois Cancer Center.
The University of Illinois Cancer Center invites you to explore our Impact Report 2026. In it, you will see highlights of how our multi-year efforts have led to discoveries and new ways to improve cancer health outcomes for all.
#CancerResearch
Read it here: https://bit.ly/4dBysxo
The University of Illinois Cancer Center is offering free screenings at several UI Health and Mile Square Health Center locations.
The University of Illinois Cancer Center is offering a week of free screenings, from April 27 – May 1, at several @uihealth.bsky.social and Mile Square Health Center locations.
#HeadandNeckCancerAwareness
Click the link for more info: https://bit.ly/4bVzim5
Our newly redesigned lab website is now live: naba.lab.uic.edu
Built to meet #ADA standards, the new site improves accessibility, usability, and overall experience for all visitors.
Shout-out to Tali for leading this effort!
Take a look and let us know what you think.
#Accessibility #ADACompliance
Tune in on April 15, at 11 a.m. on Facebook Live with WRLL 1450 AM’s “Cafecito con Vicky”!
Tune in on April 15, at 11 a.m. on Facebook Live with WRLL 1450 AM’s “Cafecito con Vicky”!
Alma Gallegos, DMD, will share tips on #headandneckcancerawareness and information on FREE screenings (April 27–May 1). Don’t miss it!
Listen here: https://bit.ly/4qCrJXA
A screenshot of the video premiere of an Illinois Cancer Health Research (I-CHER) Center project.
Our video premiere brought community members together to highlight an I-CHER project raising awareness about #clinicaltrial participation for Black women with #breastcancer.
Watch more: https://bit.ly/4tyL8Kf
You can still listen to WVON 1690’s “Dr. in the House with Dr. Terry Mason,” when the Community Partner Spotlight guest was Karen Hall, founder of Cancer Support Transformation and a two-time #breastcancer survivor.
Listen to the segment here: https://bit.ly/4tAag3c
This image is a collage from the Dr. Gary Kruh Cancer Research Symposium and Student/Trainee Poster Competition. It shows several scenes, including speakers presenting to an audience at the University of Illinois Chicago, attendees engaging in discussions, and groups seated at tables. The event focused on academic and scientific presentations.
215 researchers, students and faculty came together at the Cancer Center's Dr. Gary Kruh Cancer Research Symposium for a day of inspiring talks, mentorship and a vibrant poster competition featuring 60 presenters.
#CancerResearch
Read more: https://bit.ly/3NUfMP8
Cancer Center member Jun Sun, PhD, is among four University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) faculty members named in March as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Cancer Center member Jun Sun, PhD, is among four University of Illinois Chicago faculty members named in March as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (@aaas.org), one of the world’s largest general scientific societies.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/3Ob7CBY
The University of Illinois Cancer Center is offering free screenings at several UI Health and Mile Square Health Center locations.
The University of Illinois Cancer Center is offering a week of free screenings, from April 27 – May 1, at several @uihealth.bsky.social and Mile Square Health Center locations.
#HeadandNeckCancerAwareness
Click the link for more info: https://bit.ly/4bVzim5
Photos of Cancer Center, scientists and community partners at two separate final community dissemination events in March, for the 2024 Hope Leaders cohort.
Scientists at the Cancer Center and community partners, in the Hope Leaders Program, shared their research at March events—bringing #cancerresearch and awareness to Chicago-area communities.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4lZopUY
Tune into WVON 1690 AM’s “Dr. in the House with Dr. Terry Mason,” on Sunday, April 5, at 10 a.m., when Karen Hall, a two-time breast cancer survivor, will be the featured guest.
Tune into WVON 1690 AM, on Sunday, April 5, at 10 a.m., when the segment will be a Community Partner Spotlight: Cancer Support Transformation.
Karen Hall, a two-time #breastcancer survivor, will be the featured guest.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/4rS0zx8
Join the University of Illinois Cancer Center community for a day of cancer research, collaboration, and conversation featuring scientific presentations, a community advocate speaker, and a student and trainee poster competition.
Join us tomorrow for a day of #cancerresearch, collaboration and conversation featuring scientific presentations, a community advocate speaker and a student/trainee poster competition.
This symposium is free and open to all.
Registration here: https://bit.ly/4sTrtow
University of Illinois Cancer Center member Pamela Ganschow, MD.
Bears Care awarded $150K to our own Pamela Ganschow, MD, supporting efforts to expand patient navigation, connect communities to free #breastcancer and #cervicalcancer screenings, and improve access to cancer genetic services.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4sII9yU
This has been an unforgettable Doctors’ Day — as you can see, the Cancer Center team is definitely feeling the love! If you haven’t yet sent your message of thanks, you can still do it by heading over to our special site: go.uillinois.edu/doctorsday
Doctors’ Day is here, and we can't put into words all the ways in which we are grateful for the healthcare heroes who work every day at the Cancer Center and throughout UI Health to change lives.
There’s still time to thank them! Send them a message at go.uillinois.edu/doctorsday
As Doctors’ Day approaches, do you have someone you’d like to thank? Send your message today at go.uillinois.edu/doctorsday so we can share it with them by Doctors’ Day on March 30.
University of Illinois Cancer Center member and researcher Peter Gann, MD, ScD, led a study published in the American Cancer Society journal Cancer.
The Cancer Center, and @uihealth.bsky.social Mile Square researchers, completed the “Smart PSA” study, a #prostatecancer screening trial tailored for high-risk, majority Black communities.
Led by Peter Gann, results are in American Cancer Society journal Cancer.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4bN4ZPH
We’re encouraging the entire Cancer Center community to come together for Doctors’ Day on March 30 and send personal messages of thanks to the healthcare heroes who have made a difference to you. Visit go.uillinois.edu/doctorsday and we’ll share your message with our team.
Karine Tawagi, MD, spoke about Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, on WVON 1690 AM’s March segment of “Dr. in the House with Dr. Terry Mason.”
March is #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth, and you can still listen to WVON 1690’s “Dr. in the House with Dr. Terry Mason,” when his guest was @uihealth.bsky.social Medical Oncologist Karine Tawagi, MD.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/4beppRA
Heartened by the generosity of our community during Give a Spark, we’re asking you to send messages of thanks to the dedicated medical professionals and researchers who make up the amazing Cancer Center care team ahead of Doctors’ Day on March 30: visit go.uillinois.edu/doctorsday
Pre-doctoral student trainees Lakshmi Kadkol, Kate Klein and Adriana Duraki, receievd the University of Illinois Cancer Center's Spring Travel Awards.
Pre-doctoral trainees Lakshmi Kadkol, Kate Klein and Adriana Duraki receieved Cancer Center Spring Travel Awards!
Each will receive $500 to present their #cancerresearch at conferences and connect with fellow scientists.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3PEMwMt
Frank Weinberg, MD, PhD, led a study with University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) researchers, on how to catch #lungcancer at its source.
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) researchers discovered a unique molecular signature in lung cells that could help detect #lungcancer at its earliest stages. The breakthrough may lead to earlier diagnosis, better treatment and even prevention.
Read more: https://bit.ly/47H8hS0
The University of Illinois Cancer Center has awarded two 2026 Pilot Project Program Awards to pairs of Cancer Center members: Ece Mutlu, MD, MBA; Bin He, PhD; VK Gadi, MD, PhD and Constance Jeffery, PhD (left to right).
Two pairs have received 2026 Pilot Project Program Awards from the University of Illinois Cancer Center:
Bin He, PhD, and VK Gadi, MD, PhD; and Ece Mutlu, MD, MBA and Constance Jeffery, PhD.
#CancerResearch
Read more: https://bit.ly/4sJ6Fzr
Cancer Center staff and members of the Colleges Against Cancer chapter at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) volunteered at the American Cancer Society (ACS) Discovery Ball on February 28 in Chicago.
Cancer Center staff and members of the Colleges Against Cancer chapter at UIC volunteered at the @americancancersoc.bsky.social Discovery Ball in Chicago, supporting registration, seating and the live auction.
#CancerAwareness #CancerResearch
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4bmfqtk
University of Illinois Cancer Center members Natalie Reizine, MD, and Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, were both featured in the media recently.
Our Cancer Center members are thought leaders in #cancerresearch and #oncology.
Chicago Health: Caregiving Magazine featured Natalie Reizine, MD, and @forbes.com featured @shikhajainmd.bsky.social.
Both care for patients at @uihealth.bsky.social.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4ua7SRU
We are grateful for the generosity of all those who have given so far and become part of the first-ever Give a Spark. Thank you!
If you haven’t made your gift yet, there’s still time before 5 p.m. CT today at go.uic.edu/GiveaSparkCancerCenter
Thank you!
Cancer Center Deputy Director VK Gadi, MD, PhD, and Emily Darby, MD, are challenging you to Give a Spark to the Cancer Center! If we can reach 20 donors, they will make a special additional $2,000 donation. Make your gift today at go.uic.edu/GiveaSparkCancerCenter.
Community members, students and researchers gathered for a Community Lab Mixer hosted by the Cancer Center and Peer Plus Education and Training Advocates.
Community members, students and researchers gathered for a Community Lab Mixer hosted by the Cancer Center and Peer Plus Education and Training Advocates, connecting dialogue with direct access to research spaces to address cancer disparities.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4sfO6mm
Give a Spark — our new spring day of giving — is here! Your gift can go twice as far, thanks to a generous $2,000 matching gift from Cancer Center Director Jan Kitajewski, PhD, and his wife, Barbara.
Spark generosity, ignite hope. Make your gift now: https://bit.ly/4b2IlkF
When you Give a Spark, you leave your mark and help improve cancer outcomes for all. On March 4, our entire community will come together to take part in UIC’s new day of giving, Give a Spark. But you can make your gift now at go.uic.edu/GiveaSparkCancerCenter
#GiveASpark #LeaveAMark