About VCHA
Providing oversight of the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health), the UIC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs aligns the health-related academic and clinical enterprises under a single umbrella to better serve the state’s health care needs and to align the academic and clinical missions of the health science colleges and patient care services. The Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs reports to the UIC Chancellor and works collaboratively with the UIC Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost.
Through the integration of the university’s health care facilities and the educational, research and clinical programs of the seven health sciences colleges, the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs focuses on delivering the medical discoveries, clinical training, and personalized patient care that will improve the health of those in our communities and beyond.
About UI Health
The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health) provides comprehensive care, education, and research to train health care leaders and foster healthy communities in Illinois and beyond. A part of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), UI Health is a clinical enterprise that includes a 465-bed tertiary care hospital, 21 outpatient clinics, and 11 federally qualified Mile Square Health Center locations. With campuses in Chicago, Peoria, Quad Cities, Rockford, Springfield, and Urbana, the health system includes the academic and research activities of the seven UIC health science colleges: Applied Health Sciences, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy; the School of Public Health; and the Jane Addams College of Social Work. UI Health is dedicated to the pursuit of health equity.
UI Health remains committed to training the health care leaders of the future, and has already been responsible for significant training of the health care professionals across the state of Illinois. Including:
- 1 in 3 IL physicians received training at UI Health
- 1 in 5 IL physicians received their MD degree from the College of Medicine
- Over 1 in 3 IL pharmacists trained at the College of Pharmacy
- Over 8,000 practicing IL nurses trained at the College of Nursing
- More than 1 in 3 IL dentists trained at the College of Dentistry
- Nearly 1 in 4 IL social workers trained at the Jane Adams College of Social Work
UI Health Vital Signs
UI Health is a regional and national leader in advancing health equity through clinical services, health sciences education, research, and community partnerships, as demonstrated by Vital Signs such as these:
Vital Sign #1
Research Funding at UIC’s Health Sciences Colleges
In fiscal year 2024, the seven health sciences colleges at UIC received $339.5M of research funding, representing 70% of total UIC funding. Additionally, in its national ranking of schools by NIH funding, Forbes ranked the College of Nursing as #7 among schools of nursing, and the College of Pharmacy as #9 among schools of pharmacy.
Vital Sign #2
Resident Trainees at Mile Square
Forty-six resident trainees annually receive outpatient education and training through residency programs at Mile Square Health Center locations in Chicago and Rockford.
Vital Sign #3
Prescriptions/Transaction Fulfilled in FY 2024
With seven pharmacy practice locations throughout the University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics, the Retzky College of Pharmacy fulfilled a total of 428,562 prescriptions/transactions in fiscal year 2024.
Vital Sign #4
Historically Underrepresented Groups in UI Health Clinical Studies
As of December, 2024, UI Health has 6,898 patients on active clinical studies, approximately 80% of whom bring representation for groups historically underrepresented in clinical research. Since going live with Epic in 2020, UI Health has had a total of 17,927 patients associated with a study.
Vital Sign #5
Patient Visits to Mile Square in Fiscal Year 2024
In fiscal year 2024, there were a total of 158,171 patient visits to the 11 Mile Square Health Center sites in Chicago, Cicero and Rockford, including four school-based health centers in Chicago.
Vital Sign #6
People Employed by the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
The Hospital & Clinics employs 7,188 people who provide care to our patients, including 840 practicing faculty members of the College of Medicine’s University of Illinois Physicians Group.
About UIC
University of Illinois Chicago is the largest and only public research university in Chicago. With over 30,000 students across 16 colleges, UIC offers a diverse, academic environment to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing our communities and the world. Most recently, UIC was recognized by the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education as the 23rd best public university in the nation.
UIC is one of 131 institutions in the U.S. to receive the highest classification for research by the Carnegie Foundation. The university is one of only fourteen institutions in the country that is designated as both a Carnegie 1 Institution and a Hispanic Serving Institution. In fiscal year 2020, UIC established a new research record with sponsored research awards surpassing the $400 million mark for the first time in the university’s history.