Research and Publications

Physicians from the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health collaborated with a UIC researcher to publish a report, “Examining the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Two Illinois Emergency Departments,” in the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine.
 
Congratulations to Nancy Zeleznik-Le, PhD, and Charles Hemenway, MD, PhD, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, for receiving a five-year NIH grant from the National Cancer Institute for their work: “AF9 (MLLT3) function in leukemia and normal hematopoiesis.”
 
Eugene Suh, MD, Charles Hemenway, MD, and Casey Mehrhoff, DO, for their paper, “Emergency of a Ph-negative Clone in a Child with Ph+ ALL,” published in the Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.
 
Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD, for his article, “Why Dax’s Case Still Matters,” published in the American Journal of Bioethics.
 
Elizabeth Mueller, MD, FACS, MS, for her article, “Efficacy and Safety of Combination Pharmacotherapy for Patients with Overactive Bladder: A Rapid Evidence Assessment,” published in European Urology.
 
Andrew Golz, MD, and Pietro Tonino, MD, FAAOS, for their article “A Biomechanical Analysis of Tibial Fixation Methods in Hamstring-Graft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction,” published in the Iowa Orthopedic Journal.
 
Michael Zilliox, PhD, for his article, “Pro-Survival Lipid Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Metabolically Programs T Cells to Limit Anti-tumor Activity,” published in Cell Reports.

PhD candidate Sharon Giarrizzo-Wilson, who received a grant from the Competency & Credentialing Institute to support her dissertation, “Identifying Transfer of Care Gaps: Electronic Health Record Capture of Handoff Communications.”