Illinois Medicine
volume 22, number 1 spring 2021
1 Dean's Message
14 UI Health sets up
Vaccine Corps
17 Full roster of large
COVID-19 grants
27 Reimagining
COM admissions
32 Five Questions
33 COVID-19 FAQs
C L I N I C A L C A R E
UI Health Battles on the Front Lines 19
The system's response included emphasis on coordination, setting up testing and
eventually vaccination sites, ramping up telehealth, and focusing on disparities.
M E D I C A L E D U C A T I O N
Med Ed in the Time of COVID-19 24
How the COM initially reacted to coronavirus-related shutdowns—and how it has kept
medical education moving forward in the socially distanced times since then.
A L U M N I P R O F I L E S
Julie Morita and Barbara Zimmerman 29
Morita, MD '90, participated in the Biden administration's transition team COVID-19 task
force, while Zimmerman, MD '85, provided emergency care in Italy and the Navajo Nation,
along with coronavirus education in Sudan.
