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College of Medicine Administration Executive Dean Mark I. Rosenblatt, MD, PhD, MBA, MHA Interim Regional Dean, Peoria Meenakshy Aiyer, MD, FACP Regional Dean, Rockford Alex Stagnaro-Green, MD, MHPE '05, MHA '17 Acting Regional Dean, Urbana-Champaign Janet A. Jokela, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA Chief Advancement Officer/ Associate Dean for Advancement Joshua Butler Senior Associate Dean for Education Raymond H. Curry, MD, FACP Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion Gloria Elam, MD, MPH Associate Dean for College Strategic Initiatives Patricia Finn, MD Senior Associate Dean of Students Kathleen Kashima, PhD Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs Pauline Maki, PhD Associate Dean for Leadership Development Jay Noren, MD, MPH Associate Dean for Technological Innovation and Training; Interim Senior Associate Dean for Research Bellur Prabhakar, MSc, PhD Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Interim Executive Director of Medical Service Plan Heather M. Prendergast, MD, MS, MPH, FACEP Associate Dean for Admissions Trevonne M. Thompson, MD, FACEP, FACMT Associate Dean for Administration Todd Van Neck, MPP Associate Dean for Educational Planning and Quality Improvement Sandra Yingling, PhD Illinois Medicine Editorial Staff Publisher Todd Van Neck, MPP Editor in Chief Tom Wyatt, MS Managing Editor Ed Finkel Copy Editor Nancy Watkins Contributing Writers Carla Beecher, Alice Patenaude, Susan Reich, Daniel Smith, Cheryl SooHoo Design Anne Boyle, Boyle Design Associates Photography Lloyd DeGrane, Diane Smutny, Daryl Wilson, Joshua Clark/UIC News Services Illinois Medicine is a publication of the University of Illinois College of Medicine Office of the Dean. ©2021 All rights reserved. All inquiries should be addressed to: Illinois Medicine 1853 West Polk Street Suite 130 Chicago, Illinois 60612 Email: medcomm@uic.edu w w w.medicine.uic .edu features V A C C I N A T I O N S UI Health Opens Community Vaccination Site 4 Leads Chicago in providing shots for phase 1B in the early weeks. P R O F I L E O F T H E N E W D E A N Trial by Pandemic 6 After becoming executive dean in 2019, Mark Rosenblatt, MD, PhD, MBA, MHA, tackled piloting the College of Medicine through the multifaceted COVID-19 crisis. R E S E A R C H Facing Down COVID-19 11 Illinois Medicine played key roles in developing research into COVID-19 prevention and treatment, including phase 3 trials for both Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.