Dr. Niranjan Karnik has been appointed as Multiple Principal Investigator of the UIC Center for Clinical & Translational Science

Posted on April 04, 2024

He previously served as Associate Director of the CCTS KL2 Program. CCTS is funded by a grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1-TR002003). He joins Drs. Robin Mermelstein and Rick Novak as MPIs on this grant as they collectively develop the application for the next cycle.

Dr. Marc Atkins featured on a news segment Public Health America

Posted on August 27, 2021

Aired Tuesday July 20th at 7:00pm where Dr. Atkins discusses his work in examining new models for mental health practice in urban communities to address long-standing disparities in mental health care.

Dr. Ed Cook was selected to receive the 2020 Frank J. Menolascino Award from the American Psychiatric Association Foundation

Posted on March 05, 2020

Congratulations to our own professor, Dr. Ed Cook for receiving the 2020 Frank J. Menolascino Award from the American Psychiatric Association Foundation. The Menolascino (Frank J.) Award recognizes an APA member who has made significant contributions to psychiatric services for persons with intellectual developmental disorders/developmental disabilities.

UI COM Chicago students participated in the Klingenstein Third-Generation Foundation Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Medical Student Fellowship

Posted on January 25, 2020

The Klingenstein Third-Generation Foundation Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Medical Student Fellowship's annual conference was held at Tulane in New Orleans, LA on January 24-25, 2020.

Dr. Ed Cook selected as a 2019 International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Fellow

Posted on September 09, 2019

Dr. Ed Cook was selected as an International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Fellow in May 2019. This award is the highest honor given by the International Society for Autism Research. It recognizes the sustained international research contribution to autism science that a person has made in their career, and the effect that it has had internationally on autism science.

Pediatricians’ association says: Don’t spank your kids

Posted on November 05, 2018

Dr. Marc Atkins, professor of psychiatry and psychology in UIC’s Institute for Juvenile Research, is quoted in a Chicago Sun Times article about new research on a new statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics about spanking children. The statement notes that corporal punishment — and verbal abuse — can harm kids.

American Graduate Day 2015 | Institute For Juvenile Research

Posted on September 29, 2015

The Institute for Juvenile Research (IJR) at the University of Illinois Chicago promotes effective policies and practices to relieve mental health burdens of children and families living in high poverty urban communities.  

A century of saving children

Posted on October 04, 2010

Psychiatrist and surgeon Carl Bell became interested in the effect violence has on youth in 1976 when a 4-year-old girl arrived in the South Side mental health clinic where he was on staff. Having witnessed her mother being stabbed to death, the girl could no longer speak.