Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
Provides oversight of UIC’s academic health enterprise, called UI Health.
University of Illinois Chicago
UI Health is UIC’s academic health enterprise
With a rich history of community-based public health and wellness programs dating back to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the University of Illinois Chicago has evolved to integrate UIC’s seven health sciences colleges with clinical care and research. Today, UIC’s reach spans across Illinois and includes campuses in six cities, the only state-funded hospital in Chicago, a network of federally funded community health centers, and a highly funded research portfolio that connects communities to discovery closer than ever before.
As UIC’s academic health enterprise, the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health) provides comprehensive care, education and research to train health care leaders and foster healthy communities in Illinois and beyond.
University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics
Serving patients with high-quality primary and specialty care.
UI Health Mile Square Health Center
Uniting care and community as one of the nation’s first federally qualified health center networks.
University of Illinois Cancer Center
Generating research and promoting health equity to improve cancer care for all.
OCEAN-HP
The Office of Community Engagement & Neighborhood Health Partnerships promotes health equity and builds leadership capacity.
Urban Health Program
Supporting underserved students in degree programs that lead to health careers.
Caring for our Community
Based in the heart of the Illinois Medical District, UI Health includes a 455-bed hospital, more than 20 outpatient, specialty and faculty practice clinics – including dental care, occupational therapy, and pharmacies — and 14 federally funded community clinic locations in Chicago’s neighborhoods and beyond.
UI Health provides a wide range of health care services to all, including the UIC community.
UIC Student Health & Wellness
Health Sciences Colleges
UI Health trains health care professionals through degree programs at seven strategically interconnected health sciences colleges to become the health leaders and innovators of tomorrow for Chicago, Illinois, and beyond.
Applied Health Sciences
Programs feature advanced and terminal degrees in disciplines such as: biomedical and health information sciences, disability and human development, kinesiology and nutrition, physical therapy, and occupational therapy.
Dentistry
Preparing the oral health leaders of tomorrow by offering master’s and doctoral degree programs and advanced specialty programs while providing a strong research and community health focus.
Medicine
With locations in Chicago, Peoria and Rockford, the College of Medicine prepares students for all medical specialties through the traditional and joint degree programs, , specialized programs such as rural medicine and global medicine, and graduate, residency and fellowship programs.
Nursing
Recognized as a national leader in nursing education, research and practice, the College of Nursing’s programs train registered nurses and offer bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral level nursing degrees with locations in Chicago, Peoria, Rockford, Quad Cities, Springfield and Urbana.
Pharmacy
Training current and future pharmacists and scientists through graduate and doctoral degree programs, and residency and fellowship programs.
Public Health
From undergraduate degrees to master’s and doctoral degrees in community health sciences, healthcare policy and administration, environmental and occupational health, and epidemiology and biostatistics, the School of Public Health is preparing public health practitioners, researchers and community leaders to seek solutions that eliminate disparities and promote health equity and social justice.
Social Work
The Jane Addams College of Social Work fosters professional social workers through master’s and doctoral degree programs and other licensures to develop knowledge and leadership in the pursuit of social justice for the most vulnerable and oppressed.
Translating Discovery to Care
UIC is one of the nation’s top federally-funded public research universities.
Student and faculty investigators at UIC’s seven health sciences colleges enjoy:
- An interdisciplinary research environment.
- Access to advanced research facilities.
- Support for research design and data analysis.
- The ability to engage with a diverse patient population through the university’s hospital and clinics.