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in memoriam To submit Class Notes or In Memoriam: https://advance.uic.edu/alumni-association/class-notes- home-page/class-notes-submission/ Edward Cohen, MD, former director of the UI COM Medical Science Training Program, died from complications of COVID-19 on Jan. 27, 2021, at age 88. With his wife, Toba Cohen (née Gold), Dr. Cohen lived in the Hyde Park-Kenwood neighborhood from 1968 until 2020, when the couple relocated to Key West, Florida. Born in Caldwell, New Jersey, to Rae Cohen (née Berke) and Harry Cohen, he grew up in Miami from the age of 7 and attended the University of Miami for three years before entering medical school. A research scientist specializing in the immunology of cancer, Dr. Cohen was a professor of microbiology and immunology at UIC from 1979 until the end of his life (emeritus since 2011); director of the Medical Science Training Program (MD/PhD program) from 1993 to 2006; and dean of the UIC School of Basic Medical Sciences from 1979 to 1981. Prior to his distinguished career at the University of Illinois, Dr. Cohen was an associate professor and then a professor of microbiology and medicine at the University of Chicago from 1968 to 1979. He held faculty positions at Rutgers and at the University of Colorado, where he completed his postdoctoral training. He earned his medical degree at Washington University in St. Louis, completed his medical internship at the University of Chicago Hospitals, and served as a research associate at the National Institutes of Health. In addition to Toba, Dr. Cohen is survived by his brother Martin Cohen (Deborra) of Oakland, California; by children Mark Cohen (Jane) of Atlanta, Lauren Small (Donald) of Baltimore, Jennifer Cohen (Steven Caudill) of Chicago, and Jonathan Cohen (Zeena Meurer) of New York; as well as eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Dr. Cohen was predeceased by a brother, Arthur Cohen of Los Angeles, and a sister, Thelma Altshuler of Miami. John M. Hickner, MD, MSc, former head of the Department of Family Medicine at UI COM, died peacefully at his home in Escanaba, Michigan, on Aug. 22, 2022, from a glioblastoma brain tumor. He was 72. He is survived by Val, his devoted wife of 48 years, and their five children: Michael (Kathy), Laura (Joe), Zach (Lauren), Anna and Olivia (Zack). Dr. Hickner had five grandsons: Isaac, Teague and Gavin Freidhoff, and Gabriel and Nathaniel Hickner. He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Mary, and two of 12 siblings, Catherine and Jim. He will be missed by his surviving siblings: Peter (Carol), Martha (John), Joe (Gail), Paul (Paula), Rosemary (Gerald), Ann (Brian), Tom (Amy), Bob (Meg), George (Jackie) and Patti (Garrik). He completed his bachelor of arts in psychology (cum laude) at St. John University in Collegeville, Minnesota, before attending Indiana University Medical School, where he earned his MD in 1975. He later earned a master's degree in clinical research design and biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health to support his work in primary care research. Dr. Hickner, his wife and their young children arrived in Escanaba in 1978 so that he could practice rural medicine and train medical students with the Upper Peninsula Medical Education Program, at that time a satellite location of Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine, where he was a faculty member for 25 years. In 2009, Dr. Hickner became the chairman of family medicine at the Cleveland Clinic and established their Medicine Institute Center for Research and Innovation. After retiring from medical practice and his position as chair of family medicine at UI COM in May 2018, he continued to serve as editor-in-chief of The Journal of Family Practice, recorded episodes of the Primary Care Update podcast and lectured at multiple national conferences annually through early 2022. Ghanshyam N. Pandey, PhD, a celebrated neuroscientist and Indo-American community leader, passed away on Oct. 15, 2022, at age 85. Dr. Pandey served as the distinguished professor of psychiatry and pharmacology and director of the Mood Disorders and Suicide Research program at UI COM, where he studied the underlying biological causes of depression and suicide. His contributions to the field garnered local, national and international recognition, including awards from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, the International Symposium on Translational Neuroscience, and the Indian Science Congress, as well as Researcher of the Year, University Scholar and Distinguished Faculty awards from the University of Illinois. He was the beloved husband of Leela; a devoted father and father-in-law to Meena, Medha, Deepa and Sanjiv; and an adoring grandfather to Kirin, Archana and Serena. He was also the caring brother and brother-in-law of Raman and his wife, Usha, along with 13 more brothers and sisters, and a dear uncle to Richa and Ritu. As an early South Asian immigrant to the Chicago area, Dr. Pandey led grassroots initiatives to build a culturally rich and politically active Indo-American community. He served as president of the Association of Indians in America, as well as founding president of the Uttar Pradesh Association of Greater Chicago, and revitalized these organizations with community- based service activities. Early in the history of the Illinois chapters, he worked with members of Congress to develop a fair immigration bill and collaborated with Metropolitan Asian Family Services to address the social and political needs of immigrants in Chicago. Dr. Pandey was honored by the Consul General of India for his advocacy on behalf of the Indo-American community. Illinois Medicine | 39 Ghanshyam N. Pandey, PhD Edward Cohen, MD John M. Hickner, MD, MSc

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