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COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION I N T E R I M D E A N Charles E. Ray Jr., MD, PhD, MS R E G I O N A L D E A N , P E O R I A Sara L. Rusch, MD, Res '81, FACP R E G I O N A L D E A N , R O C K F O R D Alex Stagnaro-Green, MD, MHPE '05, MHA '17 A C T I N G R E G I O N A L D E A N , U R B A N A - C H A M P A I G N Janet A. Jokela, MD, MPH S E N I O R A S S O C I A T E D E A N F O R E D U C A T I O N Raymond H. Curry, MD, FACP A S S O C I A T E D E A N F O R D I V E R S I T Y A N D I N C L U S I O N Gloria Elam, MD, MPH A S S O C I A T E D E A N F O R C O L L E G E S T R A T E G I C I N I T I A T I V E S Patricia Finn, MD A S S O C I A T E D E A N F O R A D M I S S I O N S Jorge A. Girotti, PhD P R E S I D E N T O F W O L C O T T, W O O D A N D T A Y L O R , I N C . A N D C B O O F M E D I C A L S E R V I C E P L A N Frank Goldberg, PhD A S S O C I A T E D E A N F O R D E V E L O P M E N T A N D V P, U I F Stephanie Grinage A S S O C I A T E D E A N F O R S T R A T E G I C C O M M U N I C A T I O N Ilene Harris, PhD S E N I O R A S S O C I A T E D E A N F O R S T U D E N T S Kathleen Kashima, PhD A S S O C I A T E D E A N F O R E X E C U T I V E D E V E L O P M E N T Jay Noren, MD, MPH A S S O C I A T E D E A N F O R T E C H N O L O G I C A L I N N O V A T I O N A N D T R A I N I N G Bellur Prabhakar, PhD S E N I O R A S S O C I A T E D E A N F O R R E S E A R C H Larry Tobacman, MD A S S O C I A T E D E A N F O R C L I N I C A L A F F A I R S A N D E X E C U T I V E D I R E C T O R O F M E D I C A L S E R V I C E P L A N Patrick A. Tranmer, MD A S S O C I A T E D E A N F O R A D M I N I S T R A T I O N Todd Van Neck, MPP A S S O C I A T E D E A N F O R F A C U L T Y A F F A I R S William Walden, PhD A S S O C I A T E D E A N F O R E D U C A T I O N A L P L A N N I N G A N D Q U A L I T Y I M P R O V E M E N T Sandra Yingling, PhD ILLINOIS MEDICINE EDITORIAL STAFF P U B L I S H E R Todd Van Neck, MPP E D I T O R I N C H I E F Michael J. Wesbecher, MPH E D I T O R I A L B O A R D Stephanie Grinage; Ilene Harris, PhD M A N A G I N G E D I T O R Ed Finkel C O P Y E D I T O R Maria Mooshil C O N T R I B U T I N G W R I T E R S Richard Asa, Dan Baron, Carla Beecher, Melissa Maleske, Ian Murphy, Alice Patenaude, Susan Reich, Rose Shilling, Daniel Smith, Cheryl SooHoo D E S I G N Anne Boyle, Boyle Design Associates P H O T O G R A P H Y Lloyd DeGrane, Diane Smutny, Daryl Wilson, UIC News Services COVER: Man x-ray by Adimas, Adobe Stock Illinois Medicine is a publication of the University of Illinois College of Medicine Office of the Dean. ©2018 All rights reserved. All inquiries should be addressed to: Illinois Medicine Office of Medical Advancement (MC 792) 1747 W. Roosevelt Road, Suite 302 WROB Chicago, Illinois 60608-1203 Phone: (312) 996-4470 Email: medcomm@uic.edu www.medicine.uic.edu features H O L I S T I C M E D I C A L E D U C A T I O N A Curricular Prescription for Well-Being 12 As the College of Medicine institutes an innovative and updated curriculum, it is also focused on changing the culture of medical education to foster resilience and guard students against anxiety, depression, burnout and social isolation C O V E R S T O R Y Maximizing Brain Health 16 Researchers from the COM and around the UIC campus are collaborating to uncover the mysteries of the human brain and discover cures, in such diverse disciplines as anatomy and cell biology, neurology and rehabilitation, neurosurgery, and psychiatry T E A C H I N G L E A D E R S Educating Medical Educators 21 The COM's Master of Health Professions Education (MHPE) program and UIC's broader Executive Master of Health Administration (EMHA) program are training the next generation of medical education experts in the U.S. and beyond

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